Beyoncé Says Blue Ivy Saw Negative Comments About Her Dancing
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00:00 Beyoncé reveals her daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, used the negative comments about her dancing
00:11 to improve her skills on her mom's Renaissance world tour.
00:14 "She's just blossoming and turning into her mother."
00:22 The eldest of B and Jay-Z's three kiddos famously took the stage alongside her mama for several
00:27 of her shows around the world, slaying as a special guest dancer during the songs "My
00:32 Power" and "Black Parade."
00:39 Now fans get a little more insight into how that all came to be during the Grammy winner's
00:44 concert talk, "Renaissance, a film by Beyoncé."
00:47 "You are the visual baby."
00:48 "It's a new birth.
00:49 I hope you feel liberated.
00:50 But the Renaissance is not over."
00:56 According to the New York Times, after Blue's first performance in Paris, Beyoncé was horrified
01:01 to learn that her 11-year-old daughter read some not-so-nice critiques on social media.
01:06 But Bey says those nasty comments only inspired Blue to train harder.
01:17 In fact, back in October, Jay dished on Blue putting in the work to perfect those moves
01:22 during an interview with Gayle King.
01:24 "She wanted to do it the first night and we was like, 'Okay, if this is something you
01:28 want to do, you can't just go out there.
01:30 You gotta go work with the dancers and go work.'
01:33 And she worked every day and watched her work hard."
01:36 Well, it seems her hard work paid off because Blue's dance became a trend on TikTok.
01:49 At one point over the summer, Blue took a brief break, sitting out a couple of stops.
01:54 And when she made her return to the stage during the show in Detroit, the crowd went
01:58 wild.
02:06 But get this, Blue's dancing debut almost didn't happen.
02:10 In the flick, Beyoncé reveals her daughter came to her and said she was ready to perform.
02:15 And Bey told her no.
02:17 "So I took this really serious."
02:19 But the mommy-daughter duo eventually negotiated a one-off appearance and the rest is history.
02:33 After Blue made her tour debut in Paris, Bey shared a sweet tribute, writing, "My beautiful
02:38 firstborn.
02:39 I'm so proud and thankful to be your mama.
02:42 You bring us so much joy, my sweet angel."
02:45 And Blue Ivy's grandma, Tina Knowles, proudly pointed out that Blue gets extra credit for
02:50 dancing in heels.
02:51 "She's been born into a life she didn't ask for.
03:11 So since she was born, she's been in scrutiny and public eye and everyone having an opinion."
03:17 As for Jay, who starred alongside his wife on their joint On The Run tour in 2014, he
03:23 says this time around, he was more than happy to watch his wife and daughter from the sidelines.
03:28 "They are a very, very tight family unit."
03:30 "For me, it's her best tour.
03:32 And it's hard to really compare them because they all have their different things of genius.
03:40 But this one to me felt like the most complete."
03:43 And Jay says watching his little girl on stage, he was one proud dad.
03:48 "I still get goosebumps seeing her walk on stage."
03:50 "I'm proud of her."
04:00 (upbeat music)