Women's Power Reflected in Beyoncé's Song “Run the World (Girls)”

Abstract

By analyzing the song 'Run the World (Girls)' by American singer Beyoncé, this paper explores the singer's musical expression of female empowerment and her call for female empowerment, using costumes, dance moves, and props with a morale boosting rhythmic layers and melodic layers that shout out the lyrics of women leading the world, inspiring and the music serves as a medium for public reflection. Music is a medium that brings together the public to think about the power of women. Power is often referred to as a masculine trait, but Beyoncé breaks the stereotypes that society has long formed about women by supporting the idea that women can realize their worth, that women can build nations and that power can be a social identity for women.