There’s no doubt that Beyonce is back. ?Her people are making sure that her face, name and music are leaking all over the internet! ?Mrs. Carter recently completed a photo shoot with Essence Magazine for their November 2008 issue. ?Check out a snippet of her close and personal interview:

?I feel that, especially now, with the Internet and paparazzi and camera phones, it?s so difficult to maintain mystery.? And that?s so important. Even in a relationship, I feel like not being that accessible is really important. If you think about Prince or Michael Jackson, or any superstars, you couldn?t see them when they got off their planes or when they got out of the pool and didn?t comb their hair. It?s great that people see we?re not perfect. But it?s almost impossible to have superstars now, because people will never get enough. And it?s not even about my music. It?s about all the things that people imagine about me in their minds. But I can?t satisfy everyone. I know that Jay and I probably do inspire people. And I appreciate people feeling proud. But this is the only way I?ve been able to stay sane, so why would I start talking now?

Beyonce also discussed her marriage and why she chose to keep the wedding small and intimate:

Beyonc? tells the magazine that?the wedding was very small and intimate, because she’s not a “traditional” woman and having it be “her day” wasn’t something she needed. Being a star and walking the red carpet has diminished the need for that over the years. “It’s been my day so many days already,” she told the magazine.

She didn’t want?an engagement ring?because “people put too much emphasis on that. It’s just material, and it’s just silly to me,” she said.

Instead of just getting wedding rings, the couple also got matching tattoos of the Roman numeral four on their ring fingers, so if they take off the bands for work or to go swimming, a mark of some form is still there. (The number four is special to the couple because her birthday is September 4, his birthday is December 4, and their wedding anniversary is April 4.) (Source)

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Behind the scenes of Beyonce’s Essence Magazine photo shoot:

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