Beyonce's "Renaissance Tour" Sparks Skin-Deep Controversy, Tina Knowles Hits Back At 'Bozos' As Concert Film Debuts In AMC Theatres

Ahead of Beyonce’s "Renaissance Tour" opening, Tina Knowles, the superstar’s mother, took to Instagram to lash out at those who disparaged her daughter’s appearance at Saturday’s Los Angeles premiere of the concert film, calling the critics “bozos,” “clowns,” and “haters.”

“She does a film, called the renaissance, where the whole theme is silver with silver hair, a silver carpet, and suggested silver attire and you bozos decide that she's trying to be a white woman and is bleaching her skin? .. How sad is it that some of her own people continue the stupid narrative with hate and jealousy,” Tina wrote.

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What Happened: Staying within the theme of her highly successful 2023 Rennaissance Tour, Beyonce arrived at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Samuel Goldwyn Theater last weekend dressed in head-to-toe chrome with platinum blonde hair.

While the majority of her fans were undoubtedly star-struck, some accused Beyonce of lightening her skin and “wanting to be white,” according to Tina, who wrote a lengthy Instagram post defending her daughter against the vitriol.

“I am sick and tired of people attacking her. Every time she does something that she works her ass of for and is a statement of her work ethic , talent and resilience. Here you sad little haters come out the woodwork. Jealousy and racism , sexism , double standards , you perpetrate those things.”

The Main Event: “Rennaissance” will hit AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc AMC, Cinemark Holdings CNK and IMAX Corp IMAX theatres Friday and is estimated to gross about $40 million worldwide this week.

Throughout the public premier, Beyonce will undoubtedly want the focus to remain on her music and not on her critics, which her mom admitted to on Instagram, stating that her daughter will be “pissed at her for doing this.”

Beyonce’s focus makes sense. The worldwide music industry’s valuation, excluding live shows, hit $41.5 billion last year, according to Digital Music News, which cited a report by former Spotify Technology S.A. SPOT and PRS for Music chief economist Will Page.

In terms of the music industry’s future, last year, Goldman Sachs raised its projections, forecasting the industry will be worth a staggering $151.4 billion, including live shows, in 2030, led by music streaming, which the firm said it believes “will be resilient in an economic downturn.”

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