What Beyoncé's 'Cowboy Carter' Teaches Us About Genre, Race & Reinvention

Welcome back to Bitches and Bangerz, I’m your host Aideen and buckle up because today, we’re diving headfirst into one of the most talked-about albums of the year, Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter.”It’s been called everything from genre-bending brilliance, a historical masterpiece to ‘not real country music’, and after sweeping the Grammys, including winning Best Album and Best Country Album, let’s just say the internet, particularly the country music fans had some things to say…But listen, this episode isn’t just about the backlash. It’s about why we, as listeners and consumers, get so uptight when artists switch things up. We’re talking genre policing, artistic evolution, the racial and gender biases baked into the music industry.Whether you’re a diehard member of the Beyhive or you’ve been side-eyeing this album since “Texas Hold ‘Em” dropped — I promise you, this conversation will make you think twice about what makes an album ‘country’… and who we allow to define that in the first place.Today on Bitches and Bangerz, we are discussing What Beyonces Cowboy Carter Teaches Us About Genre, Race & Reinvention Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.