I just went back to watch #Beyoncé and the Chicks on their surprise CMA performance of “Daddy Lessons” again to make sure I wasn’t imagining our first impressions when Mollie showed it to me back then.

First of all, it’s an amazing performance. There’s no way I wouldn’t have been on my feet dancing along to it if I’d been there. But watch the crowd shots. There’s a lot of men who are doing anything from perfunctory clapping, to looking confused or actively unhappy. B crashed their party and they don’t like it.

And of course the Grammys shoved “Lemonade”, the album it was on, in the Urban Contemporary category (?!) and then ignored it for album of the year. Leaving Adele (who won) to remark “What the !%#$! does she have to do to win album of the year?” People literally wrote syllabi on Black History from the songs on that album. It was brilliant, both musically and in terms content. And the fact that the song wasn’t considered Country is absolutely nuts.

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💝 Beyoncé & Dixie Chicks' 🎤 HQ SOUND LIVE - "Daddy Lessons" 🎸 🎷🎻🎺 🎶

Beyoncé 💝 and The Dixie Chicks⚡️ perform “Daddy Lessons” at the 2016 Country Music Awards. 💝⭐️ SPECTACULAR✨💫HQ remastered sound 🎧 Editing by sbc (setz...

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