RENAISSANCE ERA.
When Renaissance dropped the air changed.
Not just for me but I feel like everyone collectively let go and enjoyed the moment as they listened to it.
I can say for me personally...it changed my life. From the very first listen I thought that it was a self-love album. It begins and ends with affirmations. It was summer 2022, I was going into my junior year of college and clung to every word BEYONCÉ sang just to feel something. I was in therapy for the first time and started taking meds for anxiety and depression and if you have ever been on those meds you know how bad you crave to feel something. Renaissance was that for me. It came right on time I don’t care what anybody says. One thing I love about BEYONCÉ is no matter how separated from the collective she seems, her music is always so current to the atmosphere around us. I believe that the album's intention was for people to just pour positivity into themselves. BEYONCÉ speaks about everything! Even to have "BREAK MY SOUL" as the original single tells me exactly what I need to know.
I remember writing down all of the affirmations from each song and giving myself 5 mantras to repeat every morning;
1. I’m one of one.
2. I’m Number One.
3. I’m the only one.
4. Forever, I’m That Girl
5. Masterpiece Genius, drip intravenous
I was like totally obsessed with this album. I played “HEATED” every day for a whole year. That is my ultimate favorite song from the album. "I’M THAT GIRL" and "ALIEN SUPERSTAR" are in my top 3.
this album changed my life because it changed my mindset. repeatING those mantras made me believe that I was really that girl. nothing can get in my way because I was that girl. nothing could go wrong because I was that girl. I could do anything because I was that girl. WHEN THEY SAY ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS RE-WIRE YOUR BRAIN, THEY’RE TELLING THE TRUTH.
I thought that BEYONCÉ personally made the album for the soundtrack of my life. Repeating those mantras fed my ego just right, I gained so much confidence in myself. I carried myself differently. I protected myself and my energy differently. I acted as my highest self and left no room for negative self talk.
that album pushed me to my highest potential that year. I took a leap to New York Fashion Week as a social media manager got there and pumped myself up so much that I came back to Ohio as a personal assistant. Went to Paris Fashion Week immediately after (which opened my eyes to so much) then moved to Los Angeles to make it a full-time job in January 2023. I remember having to take all of my finals before I moved to L.A because of those Fashion Week trips, and for my meditation class I created my own guided meditation inspired by the album.
I had to present to the whole class and I was so anxious going into it, but as soon as I sat down to present my edible kicked in and I was the most Zen Meditation Coach you would ever meet lol.
Enjoy Below!
