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Beyoncé thinks she is a mermaid

  • July 5, 2011
  • Owen Myers

Beyoncé's  22-minute doc­u­ment­ary 'Year of 4' has premiered on her Vevo channel, showing the creative process behind her new album.

The short opens with a grainy black and white sequence of Beyoncé on a beach, saying in voiceover: "I'm always happy when I'm sur­roun­ded by water. I think I'm a mermaid, or I was a mermaid. The ocean makes me feel really small, and it puts my whole life into per­spect­ive."

A par­tic­u­larly good bit in 'Year of 4' is when Beyoncé is shooting on a Parisian rooftop with a "bustier" on her head and remarks that she would like to go to an authentic, "really dirty" part of the city, and you can see everyone thinking "what are you talking about Beyoncé, you have a bustier on your head".

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