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ESSAY: Beyoncé's "reclamation of America"

ESSAY: Beyoncé's "reclamation of America"

A dispatch from MetLife Stadium last night

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May 29, 2025
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Last night at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, America got a talking-to. And so did I.

Beyoncé Knowles-Carter performed her “Cowboy Carter” tour act over three hours in a stubborn May rain. It was full of what one might expect from one of the most ambitious artists of our time: literal and vocal pyrotechnics, costume changes that on their own justified the…

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