At 8pm on Wednesday, a social media floodgate opened onto my screens, straight out of Stockholm. Beyoncé, the global pop star who most intuitively defines her times, had kicked off her Renaissance tour.
But it was not what was going on centre-stage that first caught my eye but an Instagram post from the public passageways of Stockholm’s Melody Arena. “And this is why we love her,” read the caption on my friend’s post, below a picture of a sign printed in the semi-legendary Renaissance font. It read, ‘Gender Neutral Restrooms Renaissance World Tour’.
