--- title: Beyonce Interviews Solange For Interview Magazine description: Beyonce interviewed her sister Solange Knowles and they discussed family, womanhood, and her process. canonical: https://time.com/4630540/beyonce-solange-interview/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-10T19:56:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:04.441Z og:title: Read Beyoncé's Interview With Solange on Growing Up Together og:description: Talk about a sister act og:url: https://time.com/4630540/beyonce-solange-interview/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Beyoncé's Interview With Solange on Growing Up Together twitter:description: Talk about a sister act twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Beyoncé and Solange Discussed What It Was Like to Grow Up Around Beyoncé  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 10, 2017 7:56 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 10, 2017 7:56 PM UTC It’s only two weeks into 2017, but the Knowles sisters are letting no grass grow under their feet, coming in strong with a brand new [_I_ _nterview Magazine_](http://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/solange/#%5F) story featuring [Solange Knowles](http://time.com/4515377/solange-knowles-on-family/), as interviewed by [big sister Beyoncé](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2016-beyonce-runner-up/) (who calls herself Solange’s “biggest fan”) — and as one might imagine, the results are flawless. In between revealing a love of [_The Real Housewives of Atlanta_](http://time.com/3695688/andy-cohen-real-housewives/)and reminiscing on growing up in Houston, Bey and Solange also discussed creative process, womanhood, and their family — a huge inspiration for [Solange’s latest album, _A Seat at the Table_](http://time.com/4511121/solange-knowles-album-beyonce/), where she even used audio of their parents as musical interludes. Solange shared that the vision and drive that she witnessed from the strong women in her life, especially from their mother and Beyoncé herself helped to shape her creative process. “Growing up in a household with a master class such as yourself definitely didn’t hurt,” she said. “And, as far back as I can remember, our mother always taught us to be in control of our voice and our bodies and our work, and she showed us that through her example.” “But I do have—and I’m unafraid to say it—a very distinctive, clear vision of how I want to present myself and my body and my voice and my perspective. And who better to really tell that story than yourself?” she said. “Which is a huge part of why I wanted you to interview me for this piece. Because the album really feels like storytelling for us all and our family and our lineage. And having mom and dad speak on the album, it felt right that, as a family, this closed the chapter of our stories.” Read the full interview, [here](http://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/solange/#%5F) and see Solange’s Instagram post about it below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4630540/beyonce-solange-interview/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4630540/beyonce-solange-interview/"},"headline":"Beyoncé and Solange Discussed What It Was Like to Grow Up Around Beyoncé","datePublished":"2017-01-10T19:56:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:40:04.441Z","description":"Talk about a sister act","url":"https://time.com/4630540/beyonce-solange-interview/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Beyonce","celebrity","Culture","solange","solange knowles"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4630540/beyonce-solange-interview/","name":"Beyoncé and Solange Discussed What It Was Like to Grow Up Around Beyoncé"}}]}] ```