Beyoncé fans were giddy with excitement to hear their dear queen bee was chosen to cover Vogue’s September issue.
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So, instead of the usual interview that takes months of to-and-fro between the magazine’s editors and the celebrity’s publicist, Pulitzer-winning journalist Margo Jefferson settled with penning a short essay on her star quality. “It was unquestionably posed to me as … call it a think piece, if you want”. Mario Testino for Vogue Beyonce seems on Vogue cover for the style mag’s September concern However in contrast to her previous covers the 7/11 show star wasn’t interviewed alongside the lavish shoot. According to The New York Times, Bey is the first celebrity to appear on the cover in the past five years without submitting to an interview. “At some imperceptible point around 2013 to 2014, she appears to have stopped giving face-to-face interviews”.
In a May piece about Beyoncé and Jay Z’s vegan diets, the New York Times only received correspondence from her via email: “Beyoncé, a representative explained, has not answered any direct questions for more than a year”.
Yale professor Daphne A. Brooks told the Times that Beyonce may be pulling a power move to maintain her own privacy.
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When one lands an exclusive cover shoot with Queen of the World, Beyoncé, one mustn’t assume an interview will accompany said shoot. Gawker recapped the article and titled it, “GQ interview confirms that Beyonce is f***ing insane and exactly as you imagine her”.
