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Busy Beyonce tired of `Booty-This, Booty-That`
NY, Sept 19: Beyonce Knowles helped promote the `booty talk` so prevalent on the pop scene as well as appreciation for a woman`s round, tight butt, but the sultry rhythm and blues diva is tired of all the bootylicious babble she has inspired.
NY, Sept 19: Beyonce Knowles helped promote the "booty talk" so prevalent on the pop scene as well as appreciation for a woman's round, tight butt, but the sultry rhythm and blues diva is tired of all the bootylicious babble she has inspired.
"It's really silly. I wrote a song called 'Bootylicious,' maybe three years ago. And now the word is in the dictionary. To be honest, I hate the word," said Knowles, the singer turned actress whose second film, "The Fighting Temptations," opens nationally on Friday.
Knowles, who got her start with the singing group Destiny's Child, which had a number one record when she was 15, has gotten a lot of mileage out of her song and sexy videos celebrating her voluptuous attributes, but the Houston native says it is time to move on.
"I'm getting older," said the 22-year-old Knowles, wearing long, glittering diamond and ruby earrings and a bracelet to match at an interview this week. "I want my style to reflect that."
Knowles, who scored a hit this year with her first solo album, "Dangerously in Love," is certainly not slowing down.
Next week she is meeting with fashion designers about launching her own line and seeing some movie people about her next film project. Then it's off to Rome and Paris to shoot commercials before starting a six-week European concert tour ahead of a January reunion with cohorts Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland to begin work on a new Destiny's Child record.
Knowles, needless to say, does not shy away from her creative urges and explained the story behind "Bootylicious."
"I'm glad I wrote it. It's a fun song," she said. "It's just a word, like someone is feeling confident. I wrote it because I was gaining weight, and I felt like for all the people that feel like I do right now, I'm going to write this song and make people proud of their curves.
"But now everywhere I go, everybody is saying, 'booty-this' and 'booty-that' and it's really irritating."
Though "The Fighting Temptations," which co-stars Cuba Gooding Jr. and a host of gospel, soul and rap talent, contains a laugh-line reference to "bootyology," Knowles feels she is stepping forward with the film.
Bureau Report
"I'm getting older," said the 22-year-old Knowles, wearing long, glittering diamond and ruby earrings and a bracelet to match at an interview this week. "I want my style to reflect that."
Knowles, who scored a hit this year with her first solo album, "Dangerously in Love," is certainly not slowing down.
Next week she is meeting with fashion designers about launching her own line and seeing some movie people about her next film project. Then it's off to Rome and Paris to shoot commercials before starting a six-week European concert tour ahead of a January reunion with cohorts Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland to begin work on a new Destiny's Child record.
Knowles, needless to say, does not shy away from her creative urges and explained the story behind "Bootylicious."
"I'm glad I wrote it. It's a fun song," she said. "It's just a word, like someone is feeling confident. I wrote it because I was gaining weight, and I felt like for all the people that feel like I do right now, I'm going to write this song and make people proud of their curves.
"But now everywhere I go, everybody is saying, 'booty-this' and 'booty-that' and it's really irritating."
Though "The Fighting Temptations," which co-stars Cuba Gooding Jr. and a host of gospel, soul and rap talent, contains a laugh-line reference to "bootyology," Knowles feels she is stepping forward with the film.
Bureau Report