Her first solo effort, Dangerously In Love, debuted at number one on the Billboard charts and produced four top five singles.
They parted ways in 2001 to pursue solo careers (they reunited in 2004 for their final album, Destiny Fulfilled) and that's when we really saw what Bey could do.īeyoncé has had one of most successful solo careers ever. In 1997, her group Destiny's Child released their major label debut song, "Killing Time." That song wasn't a huge smash, but Destiny's Child would go on to create hit after hit in the late '90s and early 2000s to become one of the most successful female groups ever. We first got to know Bey in the late '90s. It was a moment, and one she eclipsed with two masterpiece albums- Beyoncé and Lemonade-that peeled back the padding of her public persona like nothing before. It was one of the first times in her career that Beyoncé let her guard down-albeit briefly and entirely on her own terms-to show the world what a day in the life of the Queen was like. I'm glad I didn't give up on it because I actually did get a song out of it, and we also really had a laugh because we were able to be authentic.In February 2013, Beyoncé's Life Is But a Dream documentary aired on HBO. It feels like the enemy of creativity.' It was so cool to be able to have that conversation on why we wrote in such entirely different ways. It's like a crossword.' And I was like, 'But this is boring for me.
I was like, 'Can we be friends if this doesn't work? Like our whole songwriting dynamic?' And she was like, 'I love it. I actually quit within the first hour of our first session. She's also quite dominant, and she's extremely analytical. "That's what was interesting about writing with Katy Perry because, again, it's her voice at the end of the day. Trying to be of service, walking through life trying to make sure I'm being the best version of myself I can be."īut what happens when you hit up the studio with a star and you struggle to agree on anything? Enter: Katy Perry. Then she wrote me back and was like, 'What are you talking about?' I was like 'Riiight, OK!' I'm just a human being who's on my own trip. Sometimes that can bring up insecurities. I'm a fan and I want to do a good job and I want to work for the artist when I'm writing with them. I'm feeling a bit insecure that it was a bit annoying working with me as opposed to satisfying.' That was what my experience was like. "I wrote her saying, 'I'm just writing because I want to make sure I wasn't too overly dominant. "I remember the day after I wrote with Adele," Sia told Rolling Stone. When I played it for her, I was like, 'This is one of my favorite songs.' She was like, 'This is my life.' I told her, 'You know what, take it, do what you want with it.' She went and re-produced it, she changed some words, added the bridge, it’s hers." I felt like I was very strong in helping to raise my brothers and sisters but that really was her story. I didn’t have a dad growing up, so 'Daddy Lessons', that was more of a fantasy for me. I came in on the Jack White song and helped finish it. I came to her with a bunch of songs and she was like, 'I like that verse, I like the idea.' But she definitely doesn’t take things as is, at least not from me. She can take two songs, say, 'I like two lines, I like the melody then let me use that for a verse and a bridge and write the whole middle.' It’s more of a collaboration. She definitely changes the song structures. I’ve never seen anyone work the way she works. Speaking to Vanity Fair, Diana Gordon (the songwriter behind that infamous 'Becky with the good hair' line) revealed what it's like to work alongside the Queen herself: All things considered, it's hardly surprising that the song-writing process behind the tracks was a pretty collaborative one.
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