Headscratchers / Beyoncé

• The song "Irreplaceable". She's kicking a guy out of her house for cheating on her, and then she says "I could have another you in a minute, and in fact he'll be here in a minute." If she has another man on his way to move in with her as soon as the first guy is gone, doesn't this imply that she's also been cheating?
  • I always thought what she meant by the line "matter of fact he'll be here in a minute" is saying that not only can she find another man easily, she intends to start the search, like, right now. I might be wrong but that's just always how I heard it.
  • I interpreted it a little differently. I thought she meant she went looking for another guy as soon as she found out the first was cheating and then, she kicked him out. Of course, that might be cheating too on her part since she didn't dump him yet, but I'm not certain.
  • I always thought she meant that he shouldn't be telling her she'll regret this decision because there are a million other cheating losers out there and she could get any of them. I believe the "matter of fact, he'll be here in a minute" was either gloating of some kind, or a warning to get out before her new boy comes and whoops some ass.
  • I think it's playing off of her image, that she is so desirable she could get any guy she wants at any time.
    • I thought it was a combination of the above, and another way of saying she's better off without him: he's just another asshole and there are a million others like him. She's special, he's insignificant.
  • I assumed that they had broken up a day or two before (allowing time to pack out and get ready to move out) and, in that time, she'd already managed to replace him with a new guy.
  • In short, dude fucked up by cheating on her. He's trying to save face while being booted of their house by saying that she'll regret kicking him out...and her retort is basically to tell him that he's so easy to substitute, she has one on the way right now.
• Her robot-ish hand in the Single Ladies music video. Seriously. What was the point?
  • Rule of Cool?
  • An homage to Michael Jackson, perhaps?
  • She's showing off her hand as one does when one gets a new ring.
• Is the message of Single Ladies supposed to be "Get engaged, NOW!" ?
  • From the lyrics it sounds like she's addressing a former boyfriend who didn't want to marry her, but is now upset to see her with other men ("And now you on a trip / 'Cause another brother noticed me"). She's basically saying "If you're so bothered about it, why didn't you make me yours?"
• In the song "Sorry", why does Beyoncé repeat "I ain't sorry"? Why is this even necessary? Who in their right mind believes Beyoncé has anything to apologize for?
  • It could be a sarcastic remark on her part. Her man is attempting to apologize for his cheating on her, and she's refusing to accept his apology. She's going out on the town not thinking about him at all, and she doesn't feel bad about it, because she has no reason to care what her man thinks about it after he's just stepped out on her. "Sorry, I ain't sorry!"

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