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This post was originally published following Beyonces groundbreaking 2018 Coachella-headlining performance.
We never know how or if were going to reach the future, but we get there.
We might hit an impasse, butwere goingto make it.
Black life is rough.
Black art is the salve.
She brought up her sister, husband, and childhood friends.
Early in the evening, Bey sang Lift Every Voice and Sing, then broke into Formation.
and launched into a skit perched halfway between aKappa probateand asceneout of Spike Lees 80s HBCU musicalSchool Daze.
Beychella toyed with time like it toyed with music.
Any show that can keep the energy sky-high during a necessary break between songs is the stuff of legend.
Her Coachella set was a stunningly balanced tribute to several permutations of blackness.
