Jay-Z and Beyoncé took OTR II on the road before fans even knew we'd be receiving Everything is Love. In the essay, she reveals one of her favorite moments from the tour, so far.One day I was randomly singing the black national anthem to Rumi while putting her to sleep. I started humming it to her every day. In the show at the time I was working on a version of the anthem with these dark minor chords and stomps and belts and screams. After a few days of humming the anthem, I realized I had the melody wrong. I was singing the wrong anthem. One of the most rewarding parts of the show was making that change. I swear I felt pure joy shining down on us. I know that most of the young people on the stage and in the audience did not know the history of the black national anthem before Coachella. But they understood the feeling it gave them.
In this era of her career, Beyoncé is working overtime to craft the narrative she wants put out in the world. Her Coachella performance and overtaking of Vogue are just a preview of what the next leg of her career could look like. Is it possible that Anna Wintour could be out of a job?Kristin Corry is a staff writer at Noisey. Follow her on Twitter.One of the most memorable moments for me on the On the Run II tour was the Berlin show at Olympiastadion, the site of the 1936 Olympics. This is a site that was used to promote the rhetoric of hate, racism, and divisiveness, and it is the place where Jesse Owens won four gold medals, destroying the myth of white supremacy. Less than 90 years later, two black people performed there to a packed, sold-out stadium. When Jay and I sang our final song, we saw everyone smiling, holding hands, kissing, and full of love. To see such human growth and connection—I live for those moments.