The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Beyoncé’s Global Impact

Episode Date: September 4, 2023

Beyoncé's impact on music and pop culture is undeniable. The Daily Show dives deep into Queen Bey's global influence. Trevor Noah covers the media freakout over Beyoncé's "Lemonade" album and former correspondent Jessica Williams dissects the political messages in Beyoncé's 2013 Super Bowl Halftime performance. Also, Trevor talks about the time Beyoncé left him starstruck at the Oscars and takes guesses on who he thinks bit Beyoncé at a party.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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for season 47th. Listen to on fire the officialor podcast starting September 18th wherever you get your podcast. You're listening to Comedy Central. Boy, does Beyonce know how to drop an album. So much stuff happened this weekend. Where do I start? I'll tell you exactly where we start with lemonade. Boy, does Biance know how to drop

an album. And a big reveal. Lemonade. Beyonce know how to drop an album? A big reveal. Lemonade. Bionse's Surprise, new album. Bionse, stopping the world once again, dropping a visual album. A shroud of secrecy, followed by an HBO special. The bombshell's masterpiece. Setting the internet on fire.

Yeah, setting the internet on fire. Thanks for setting the internet on fire, Beyonce. That's how we get our porn, you know. I've got to go back to magazines now. Do you know how big this was? Like this was huge. Anything that wasn't lemonade this weekend didn't mean shit. I mean, President Obama said he was quintupling the number of special forces he's sending to Syria. Nothing. North Korea launched a missile for the first time from a submarine, making it even harder to defend against, nothing. And one of the Koch brothers said that Hillary Clinton might make a better president than any of the current Republican options. That is so insane. That is all insane. And obviously, Hillary Clinton, she was like, I don't need them. But you know, she like on the side like, hit me up on Snapchat. Hit me up.

Put me up on Snapchat. But people paid hardly any attention to all of that, because Beyonce is the news. And the best part of Biance is realizing that despite 15 years of talking about her, news anchors remain unready for her jelly. Beyonce, showing her enormous influence on popular culture. Showing her enormous influence on popular culture? Focus, Gail.

Focus, you're on live TV. You know, I don't blame Gail, though, because this visual album was a feast for the senses. You know, it uses a story of infidelity to touch on everything from female empowerment to social justice, embracing blackness, and the importance of fire safety. Yeah, well, you see here, Beyonce is showing us the importance of staying calm

during a fire evacuation, dress well and walk towards an exit. Now, this, this is an example of an artist at her peak, you know, at the peak of her powers, taking on so many issues, musically, visually, socially, everything is happening, but apparently all anyone can talk about is this. Infidelity, adultery, cheating, Trouble for Queen B and JZ. Lies and distrust.

Marital strife, she adds fuel to the rumors her husband Jay-Z cheated on her. Scandal! This is just so much to take in right now. Who would have ever suspected that Jay-Z could possibly cheat on Biance? There were no clues. It's not like he ever made a song that said, Girls, girls, girls, girls, girls, girls, I do adore.

No clues at all. And Bionte, why do you keep doing this to us? You know you're causing chaos. We can't handle this, Queen Bee? Every time you drop something, the world stops. We have to analyze it. Every single time, Beyonce dropped something. Beyonce just dropped her keys. What does it mean? What does it mean?

So now in this album, Beyonce maybe said that Jay-Z maybe had an affair with someone. And so now, Beyonce's fans have declared a fatwa on some alleged side chick basically. And that possible side chick is a designer Rachel Roy. That's what the internet thinks. And no, that's not my accent. I said Rachel Roy, not Rachel Ray. The difference, Rachel Roy, and you're not the only ones who are confused by this. Misdirected fans seem to be going after the wrong, Rachel, angry fans, posted lemons and insults all over a celebrity chef Rachel Ray's Instagram account.

One fan telling her, go caramelize some onions. What? The internet. The internet is so weird. You realize there's foody insults now? Yeah, go caramelize some onions. Why don't you go and saute some mushrooms? And while you added, add some paprika to the chicken. Who's insulting you, Martha Stewart? What's going on here? This entire event left everyone asking so many questions.

Did Jay-Z cheat? Who is Rachel Roy? Are you sure it's not Rachel Ray? The only question people weren't asking after that video is, why does society always punish the woman in an affair much more than the man? Yeah, people are going after this mystery woman like she tricked Jay-Z into her vagina. Like, like she just laid a trail of Yankee hats leading up to her bedroom for Jay-Z to follow. I just don't get it.

As we all know, last night was the Super Bowl. And it seems like the real MVP of the night was Biance. For more, we turn to our senior Biance correspondent, Jessica Williams, everybody. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you Jessica Williams, everybody. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thanks, Trevor. On Saturday, Beyonce dropped her new song formation. And in typical Bionse fashion, there was an epic video

to go along with it. Everybody in the Bayhive went to Knowles Con One, which is reserved only for the most intense Beyonce drops. J.K, we're always in KnowlesCon 1. And it was awesome because there was so much in this video about black female empowerment. But it's not just about self-love. I mean, she calls out police brutality

and the constant fear that black people have of the police. She even threw back to Hurricane Katrina. The Black Girl magic in that video was out of control. She was like a beautiful black Dumbledore, but wearing a really nice weed and $3,000 worth of Gucci. And that was just the tailgate before the big game. It really was an amazing show, but not everyone was ready for that jelly.

In the end, we find out that Beyonce dressed up an tribute to the Black Panthers, went to a Malcolm X formation. and the song, and the song, and the song, and the song, and the song, and the song, and the song, the song, the song, the song, the song, the song, the song, the song, the song, the song, the lyrics, the lyrics, the lyrics, the lyrics, the lyrics, the the the the the the the the the the the the the their, their, their, tho, tho, tho, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, the, and, their, their, their, and, and, their, and, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their went to a Malcolm X formation, and the song, the lyrics which I couldn't make out a syllable, were basically telling cops to stop shooting blacks. I thought it was really outrageous that she used it as a platform to attack police officers. Is there anything in America which can exclude race? I mean, why is race brought into the halftime show at a Super Bowl game?

Why? Race was brought in because Beyonce was brought in. And brace yourself, you might want to sit down for this, but Beyonce is black. And as a black person, you walk around every day constantly reminded that you are black. And as a black person, you walk around every day constantly reminded that you are black. We're more likely to get paid less, we're more likely to get sent to prison, and we're more likely to win a dance competition. But, it's not all bad.

The point is, Beyonce is black, and this song is her message. That's what artists do. Their message is in their music. Like how Chris Martin wore his global citizen armband to promote his message of ending worldwide poverty. Or how Bruno Mars delivered his message about how Uptown was going to funk me up. That's a threat. I live Uptown.

I barely slept after that performance. How dare he say something like that? And why are people surprised that Beyonce would send a message during the show? She's done this since the beginning of her career. Have we forgotten when she addressed the importance of mental health and crazy in love? Uh-oh, uh-oh, oh, oh, oh, no, indeed. But look, I get it. Bionze wasn't just doing any television performance.

I mean, this was the Super Bowl. And that's what got some people pissed. You're talking to Middle America when you got a sweet we have the Super Bowl so if you can have entertainment, let's have, you know, decent, wholesome entertainment. Okay, so first of all, are you saying that you can't talk about race issues to middle America? What are they? So delicate and unaware and maybe so white that Beyonce is too much for them? You know what's right in the middle

of America? Ferguson, Missouri. And furthermore, furthermore, I am so sorry that this wasn't wholesome enough for you. I didn't realize that singing about race was equivalent to Janet Jackson getting her titty pulled out at the Super Bowl. But you're right, you know what? The fans deserve wholesome entertainment, like watching 300-pound men give each other concussions, while a crowd cheers like we're extras in the movie Gladiator. So what is wrong with Beyonce everyone? Were you not entertained? Jessica Williams, everyone, we'll be right back. Finding great candidates to hire can be like trying to find a needle in a haystack.

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Unbelievably exciting news. My new podcast, the weekly show. We're going to be talking about the election, economics, ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. The Oscars was amazing. No, genuinely. It was my first time there. I, uh, eternally grateful to anyone who, like, like, made it happen. I was, I was, I was in heaven.

I was like, this is genuinely insane. Like, everyone tries to act fancy about, I see people tweeting all the time. Oh, nobody cares about the Oscars. Who cares? Who cares? Who cares? I don't care about them. I don't care.

And then it's like, Helen Marin. Was that Helen Marin? Oh my God, Daniel, Craig. I care. I care. No matter who you are on the world, you watch movies. Do you know what I mean? It's like movies that will make you happy, movies that will make you sad. These people, you see them as part of your life, you've grown up with them, and you see them in person. It's a magical experience.

It genuinely is. Like the event was amazing, and there's like all these after parties. the afterparties, their, the best, their, their, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, and, th, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, the, and, and, the, the, and, thi, the so they throw and it's like the coolest thing I was no social media there's no anything just people having a great time and if like everyone's just having fun but again it's a little it's a little weird because like you if you're not used to it you there are moments when you go like this is surreal right because like one moment I'm on the dance floor I'm dancing I'm like DJ black coffee and the so I'm dancing, I'm like, dancing, dance, because the DJ Black Coffee was there, South African DJ, amazing, and he's on, and so I'm dancing, I'm like, yeah, South African, South Africans, and then,

and then Usher comes onto the dance floor, and he's like, let's dance, and it's like, no, no, no, no, you're like a professional, no, like, the rest of us is like, eh, hey, and then Usher's like, move, move to the other one, to the thing, do it all, yeah, bam. And it's like, no, there should be like a professional dance floor and then a dance floor for the rest of us. This is both, like the rest of us is like making speaking of Beyonce and Jay, like just sweetest, nicest people. You know, this was the weirdest moment of my night and maybe my life.

I will see where I categorize it, was I'm on the dance floor. Everyone's having a good time, and then Beyonce starts walking in my direction. So I'm like, oh, I should move, right? Because it's Biance. Where she is going is not to me so I'm like I must move it's Beyonce and I also do not want to be have coming after me because they're like yo you block Beyonce's path I don't want to be involved in this so she like walks towards me so I like turn to move out of the way but it turned she was coming to say hi she says hi to everybody like just like a nice high you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you th you th you th you th you th you th you th you th you th you th you th you th you th you th you th you th you th you th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th thin th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th thi thi thi thi thi to to to to thi to to thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi but it turns out she was coming to say hi. She says hi to everybody, like, just like, like a nice hi. You think she'd be like sitting in a box, like waving, no.

She's saying hi and she's really cool and she comes over to say hi. But now I'm like, I'm like, trying to like come in and hug me and say hi, and I'm like moving. And then I'm like, then I'm like, oh I'm sorry Beyonce I'm so sorry. It was yeah it was if it never happens again it's fine I'm done. The biggest new story that we we need to cover and I mean it's it's troubling me and it's a tough issue and I'll figure out how to get into it but it's the big story about who bit Beyonce. As a pressing issue it's been plaguing me every single day. I thought it was like a little story that was going to go away but it's really big. I don't know if you know the details of this but Tiffany Haddish was I think it was a GQ interview and she said that she offered to

fight someone on behalf of Biancee, I don't know if she was at a party and someone bit Beyonce, on her cheek, apparently. And now everyone's like, who bit Beyonce? There's all types of speculation. And I'm trying to figure it out in my head. I'm trying to go through it all. Like, I don't think that it would be a black celebrity. I'll tell you why I just don't think any black person tha tha thin, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, that it would be a black celebrity. I'll tell you why I just don't think any

black person thinks that they would be like comfortable enough to bite Beyonce. If you ever see black people with Bionce, everyone is just like the Queen. We're here, we're here, we're just like stand around. There's like a force field. So in my head I'm trying to figure out who I've heard rumors of like Jennifer Lawrence which I could see she seems like she would pull something like that she just be like oh my god it's so task that I can see it but yeah we're gonna be on the case does anyone have like any any suspicions who who you think it was Chrissy Teegan you think it was Chrissy Teegan no she said she didn't do it she said well she said she said John Legend told her she didn't do it? she th she th th th she th she th she th she th she th she th she th she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she was she was she was she was she was to to th th th th th to to th th to to to to to to th she was she was she was she was she was do it. She said, well, she said John Legend told her she didn't do it.

She was so like, if she gets like really drunk, he tells her what happened during, and he's like, no, you didn't do that. He probably would have made her turn herself in. Or he would have stopped her. She would have been like, I'm going to be like, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I'm to be like, I'm, I'm, I'm, I, to be like, I'm th, to be like, to be like, to be like, to be like, to be like, to be like, to be like, to be like, to be like, to be like, to be like, to be like, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, to be like, I, to be like, I, to be like, to be like, I, to be like, to be like, to be like, to be like, to be like, to be like, to be like, I'm to to to the, the, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, no, no, oh no. I don't think it's Chrissy Tegar. Who else do you think it could be? Who? Mike Tyson?

Mike Tyson? No, I bet Mike Tyson. I wouldn't bite me. I'd never bite me. I mean, I see the queen, you know, I wouldn't do something like that. That's my past life. I'm not going to bite in the bag. I really wonder who, like, whoever that person is, if it comes out, it's over for them. Like the beehive, you do not want to be on the wrong side of Beyonce's fan base. They will find you. They will find you, they will find you, they will hurt you to to the ladies. All of them will be slapping.

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