American R&B singer Beyonce has described the new video for her single “Run This World (Girls)” as “futuristic,” “electronic” and “African.” Of the overload of half-references in the video, some things came to mind: Pieter Hugo‘s hyena men (or rather, the hyenas on a leash) make an appearance, and so are the two pantsula dancers in Converse flanking her midway through the song. But the real question is what she doing planning to ‘build a nation’ or ‘take over the world’ from Georgia (the country)? –Tom Devriendt.

Further Reading

Global Genre Accumulation

If there’s an underground dance scene or marginalized community nearby, Diplo or some DJ like him has or probably will “discover,” re-frame, and sell it to audiences in another part of the world.