7 Moments From Beyonce’s ‘Life Is But A Dream’ That Brought Us Closer [GIFS]

Like everyone else in the world, I was glued to my television, popcorn in hand, watching Beyoncé‘s HBO documentary “Life Is But A Dream.” In the intimate 90-minute special, we got to see a different side of the Grammy-award winner. She showed vulnerability, how hard she works to pull off her amazing performances and her softer side. Take a gander at our list of the seven things we learned from the mega-star.

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1. Beyoncé can really sing.

While singing “Listen” a capella in the backseat of a car, or in the studio recording “I Care” not only do you hear the range in her voice, but you saw raw emotion. Coming off of her inauguration National Anthem scandal, to hear Beyonce not just sing but sang, she definitely silenced all the haters. *snaps for the kids*

2. Beyoncé is naturally beautiful.

It’s easy to be gorgeous with a team of people whose entire goal is to make you look flawless–you would be too. But in the intimate video footage, we often saw the singer with no makeup. We saw Beyoncé’s flawless skin, gorgeous light brown eyes and beautiful smile. There’s no denying her beauty and we can now see why Jay is so smitten!

3. She’s is all about her girls.

“I love my husband, but there’s nothing like a conversation with a woman who understands you. I grow from those conversations. I need my sisters.” Beyoncé is a firm believer in being around women and helping women uplift themselves. She showed footage of her Solange and Kelly Rowland singing and just playing around having a good time, which was refreshing and fun.

4. Beyoncé’s human.

For a woman like Beyoncé who seems to have life all together–the career, the clothes and the adoring husband–to find out she had a miscarriage and endured such loss, a loss that many women have experienced, it humanized the mega-star. It made her, dare we say, normal.

5. Beyoncé has a potty mouth.

There were a few times Mrs. Carter dropped the s-bomb, and while performing “Resentment” at The Revel hotel, she sang “I couldn’t do it for you/ like that wack bi*ch could.” This tickled me to no end while watching the documentary because Beyoncé has always walked the line between sex kitten and goodie-two-shoes, so to see her drop a few cuss words made her even more relatable.

6. Beyonce adores her husband.

In the Dec. 4, 2006 video footage aboard a private jet, Beyoncé gives a toast to Jay-Z on his birthday. As her voice cracks, she talks about how much he’s taught her, including how to be a woman. In the private and sentimental moment, Beyoncé took off her cool and showed the world that Jay-Z is by far the apple of her eye. We always knew they loved each other, but this helped seal the deal and made us fall in love with them all over again.

7. Beyonce is a boss.

She’s a woman in control of her own brand, her music, and her empire. I couldn’t be anymore happier and empowered to see how nervous she made her crew when discussing the lighting of her stage. To see a woman with that much power not afraid to evoke it was inspiring.

Life is But A Dream showcased a lot of sides of Beyonce. She’s still a very private woman, but this documentary helped give her fans a deeper look into who the performer is when she isn’t on the stage, and what I took away was that she’s well…kind of like us!

In case you missed it, watch the entire documentary below.