OMG! Beyoncé has a secret teen protégée, and we are OBSESSED
We all have notions that Blue Ivy might one day follow in her parents’ musical footsteps, but it looks like Beyoncé can’t wait that long.
According to the New York Post, Queen Bey has her sights set on a 17-year-old whose talent in the music department grabbed the attention of an executive from the star’s Parkwood Entertainment company back in 2014.
After spotting Sophie Beem performing in Greenwich Village, the exec placed the teen in front of Beyonce who spent the next two years mentoring the budding young star before deciding that now was the time to unveil her protégée to the wider world.
And everyone is falling all over themselves.
In addition to helping Sophie hone her songwriting skills, Queen Bey taught the young New Yorker how to nail that all-important on-stage feature – singing and dancing at the same time.
“One thing Beyoncé taught me was to sing and run on the treadmill at the same time,” Sophie told the New York Post.
“Most people don’t realise, but singing and dancing at the same time is something you have to train really hard for – and now I can do it!”
And if you think Sophie’s name sounds a little familiar, it may be because you already came across her on Spotify.
After releasing her self-titled debut EP in March, the teen has already clocked up almost one million plays, and it sounds like her star is definitely on the rise.
All hail, Queen Beem.
