But in a song, it works, and even comes off as kind of empowering. If we were giving out relationship advice, we might say this was a bad choice, or at least kind of immature. And she's not just toying-here it sounds like the lyric is about trying to make her ex jealous. And we can probably also agree that Beyoncé is a little more, um, human than the jealous vamps and werewolves in Eclipse.īut the reappearance of the theme of jealousy in all these places reminds us that Beyoncé is toying with an emotion that fascinates all kinds of audiences.
Okay, it might not be exactly like Othello-no racial controversy, no murder theme, and Beyoncé's lyricists are no Shakespeares. It's just material and it's just silly to me." ( Source) It's probably safe to surmise that even for Beyoncé, "putting a ring on it" is more a figure of speech than a literal requirement. When People asked her why she didn't get an engagement ring, Beyoncé responded, "People put too much emphasis on that. It turns out that when they got married on April 4th, 2008, Beyoncé and Jay-Z (whose birthdays are September 4th and December 4th, respectively) got matching tattoos of the Roman numeral IV on their ring fingers. She didn't go public with her own $5 million wedding ring until five months into her own marriage. Social commentary aside, the real Beyoncé has no reason to be bitter about a ring. Not to mention all the non-celebrities who stick together without marrying. Oprah Winfrey and her partner Stedman Graham are among many famous people who stay in long-term relationships without getting married-see also Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre, and Leondardo da Vinci, who bequeathed the Mona Lisa to his long-term partner Giacommo Caprotti when he died. These days, there's plenty of evidence pointing to the fact that marriage isn't a precursor to commitment. Is the ring line literal, or just a metaphor for the stability that the relationship lacked? The song actually addresses a jealous ex-boyfriend who failed to propose marriage and lost his chance with the singer. "Single Ladies" isn't an anthem of independence throughout.
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