Beyonce: An Icon Who's Struggled To Make Iconic Music

This past Sunday, Beyonce put on one of the greatest Super Bowl halftime performances of all time. For 12 exhausting minutes, Queen Bey entertained like I’ve never seen anyone entertain before.

It would be criminal to just state that she sung and danced her hip off; the performance was so much more than that: there were flashy lights, explosions,
these insane aerobic dances, giant Beyonce faces and Beyonce duplicates. There was even an appearance from the two Destiny’s Child members that didn't become homeless, Kelly and Michelle.

I enjoyed the show and treated it like a big budget summer movie: a fun, special effects-ridden spectacle that starts to show its flaws the harder you think about it.

Because, while Beyonce's Super Bowl performance might have cemented her legacy as the greatest entertainer we have in music right now — and, quite possibly, of all time — the performance might have also confirmed that she doesn't have the songs to match her mighty status.

She's a musical icon who doesn’t make iconic music.

It's stunning when you think about it. There's not a current artist in music with her skill set: She sings and dances better than everyone else in her field, and it’s not very close.

However, when we talk Beyonce, we have to talk legacy. We’re not comparing her to the Rihannas and Lady Gagas of the pop world. She’s passed that. In a sense she’s Thor — a God amongst mortals.