The superstar opens up about taking care of herself and the story behind 'Bootylicious'
At 19 years old, Beyoncé had a major run-in with the harsh expectations that show business puts on women’s bodies. She was going through a moment of insecurity at the time, after gaining some weight and having trouble fitting into the designer sample sizes she was being sent. So she turned around and wrote “Bootylicious,” which would go on to top the charts for Destiny’s Child.
The artist first recalls an injury that impacted her already shy demeanor, which she said helped her to be an imaginative dreamer. “I had my first vocal injury at 13 from singing in the studio for too many hours,” she says. “We had just gotten our first record deal, and I was afraid I had developed nodules and destroyed my voice and that my career could be over. The doctors put me on vocal rest all summer and I was silent once again.
Her silence didn’t last long, though—as a teenager and in her 20s, Beyoncé focused on launching her career, pouring herself into her work. That also meant making serious sacrifices; her aim to buck negative stereotypes against Black women and to achieve number-one statusto ultimately work for herself, completely independently, meant she had to give a lot of life up. “If something wasn’t helping me reach my goal, I decided to invest no time in it,” she recalls.
It’s a credo that’s led the artist into the next phase of life, she explains—one that is centered around taking care of herself and her family at all times. “I’ve personally struggled with insomnia from touring for more than half of my life,” she says. “Years of wear and tear on my muscles from dancing in heels. The stress on my hair and skin, from sprays and dyes to the heat of a curling iron and wearing heavy makeup while sweating on stage.
That means ditching the diets that have been cornerstones of Beyoncé’s career . “In the past, I spent too much time on diets, with the misconception that self-care meant exercising and being overly conscious of my body,” said the singer. “My health, the way I feel when I wake up in the morning, my peace of mind, the number of times I smile, what I’m feeding my mind and my body—those are the things that I’ve been focusing on. Mental health is self-care too.
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