Surprise! Beyoncé Drops a New Single and Music Video – and It Features Blue Ivy
Beyonce surprised fans Saturday by dropping new music, an empowering new single called "Formation."
The song is typical Queen Bey female empowerment fare, telling women to
"get in formation." The new single also has a tinge of southern pride
and acknowledgment of the singer's heritage.
Her lyrics -- "My daddy Alabama, Momma Louisiana/You mix that negro with that Creole make a Texas bamma" -- prove as much.
Still, it's the music video that has the Beyhive buzzing. Shot in New
Orleans, the video is politically-charged, referencing slavery, Martin Luther King, Jr., Hurricane Katrina, and police brutality as one shot centers on a wall that reads "Stop shooting us."
There are also lighter moments in the video, including amazing
choreography in a dark hallway, inside an empty indoor pool and in a
parking lot as Bey sings, "Okay ladies, now let's get in formation."
The Beyhive has been tweeting their approval of Beyonce's latest effort. Here are the best emojis that describe "Formation":
Toward the middle of the music video, Beyonce and her bevy of dancers
perform fast-paced choreography in a parking lot. The girls stand in a
straight line. So it's fitting that the Showgirls emoji complement this
scene at the 2:28 minute mark.
Bey even used the emoji when showing behind-the-scenes photos from the video.
There are plenty of "Formation" lyrics that are perfect for emojis to
describe money. She tells fans, "Always stay gracious/best revenge is
your paper" and even sings, "I just might be a black Bill Gates in the making."
Throughout the song, Bey reminds her fans that although she may live in
New York City with her husband, Jay Z, and their daughter, Blue Ivy,
she's still a Texas girl at heart. She sings, "I got hot sauce in my
bag, swag." Although there's no hot sauce emoji, another spicy emoji
will do.
One of the most powerful scenes of the music video is toward the very
end. After Beyonce sings atop a police car surrounded by water,
reminding viewers of the powerful 2005 storm, Hurricane Katrina, she
drowns. Many fans have been tweeting in homage to that scene.
If there is any emoji to capture Beyonce's entire career, it would be
the Honeybee. It doesn't matter what Queen Bey creates, does, says or
sings, the Honeybee applies and the Beyhive knows it.
Beyonce is rumored to perform "Formation" during Super Bowl 50's highly anticipated halftime show Sunday. She'll perform inside San Francisco's Levi's Stadium along with headliner Coldplay and special guest Bruno Mars.
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