I have two different sides to my personality. I decided to give my fans what they want and who they are used to who is the person in all the videos and the person in ‘Crazy in Love’ who is Sasha Fierce. I have someone else takes over when its time for me to work and when I’m on stage.
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Beyonce talking about her alter ego
This alter ego takes over when I am on stage. She is really wild and daring and a much more impulsive performer than I am. Her name is Britannia. When I am her I feel I can take on the world, normally I am pretty shy.
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Britney Spears talking about her alter ego
A trauma powerful enough to create an alternate personality leaves the victim in a world where normal rules of right and wrong no longer apply.