Beyoncé’s <em>Vogue</em> Takeover Is a Show of Power
The pop star’s reported shaping of the September cover hints at the shifting relationship between the media and their subjects—and between creators of color and traditional gatekeepers.
Control, meet control: The legendarily exacting editor Anna Wintour has handed the legendarily exacting singer Beyoncé some rule of the legendarily influential . In an unprecedented arrangement , the cover and some inside photos of the forthcoming September issue have been orchestrated and selected by the subject rather than the editors. Beyoncé will not break her years-long avoidance of traditional , but she will write her own’s largest and most-scrutinized annual edition—possibly the final September issue of Wintour’s 30-year tenure before she retires.
