10/24/2008

Alexandra Perich

Beyonce has revealed that her much-hyped new record I Am...Sasha Firece will be a double album named in part after her infamous stage persona alter ego.  
  
"The new record is a double album and has two covers, like a magazine would have two covers," Beyonce said, according to E! Online. "One of the covers is named I Am... and then the second cover is named Sasha Fierce. That is my alter ego and now she has a last name."  
  
As promised, the format of a double album will allow Beyonce to take a more personal and expansive approach to the music, revealing the two sides of her personality.  
  
"The double album allows me to take more risks and really step out of myself, or shall I say, step more into myself, and reveal a side of me that only people who know me see," she said.  
  
"I have someone else that takes over when it's time for me to work and when I'm on stage, this alter ego that I've created that kind of protects me and who I really am. That's why half the record, I Am..., is about who I am underneath all the makeup, underneath the light, and underneath all the exciting star drama," Beyonce continued.  
  
And her other half...  
  
"Sasha Fierce is the fun, more sensual, more aggressive, more outspoken side and more glamorous side that comes out when I'm working and when I'm on the stage."  
  
The first hints of each were revealed earlier this month, with singles from both albums simultaneously released; "If I Were A Boy," from I Am..., and "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)," from Sasha Fierce.  
  
I Am...Sasha Fierce is due out November 18.