Released: April 17, 2019

Songwriter: Danja Hal David Ingrid Burley PARTYNEXTDOOR Burt Bacharach JAY-Z Beyoncé DJ Khaled

Producer: Derek Dixie Beyoncé

Please give it up for my incredible, incredible crew on this stage
My female dancers, give it up now
Come on, ladies
Give it up for my male dancers
Please give it up for Larry and Laurent, Les Twins
Please give it up for my incredible background singers
Please give it up for my beautiful orchestra
Please give it up for my drum line
Please give it up for my crew, that is everyone behind the scenes
That worked tirelessly to put this show together, we love you
Thank you to my family that's here tonight
Have a beautiful night
I love you from the bottom of my heart
God bless you, goodnight
Peace

Beyoncé

In the twenty-first century, no pop star was as poised, as polished, or as generally fierce as Beyoncé. She scored early success with Destiny’s Child, who started out as a sexier and sassier (if less adult) version of TLC, then steadily became more and more of a vehicle for Beyoncé’s operatic vocals and general diva-tude, which may have been the plan all along.

Whether appearing in TV spots, co-starring in films like Dreamgirls, or killing it every night on stadium tours, Beyoncé was omnipresent in the 2000s. Almost everybody, Beygency member or otherwise, loved shiny, hip-hop-fueled hits like “Crazy in Love”, and “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”. Moving into the 2010s, Beyoncé fights on, gaining more and more traction in pop culture with her work and music.

She has made a significant impact upon the music landscape in general with her recent albums 4 and BEYONCÉ, which explored complex themes like motherhood, feminism, marriage, sexuality, and doubt in a greater depth. With Lemonade, she went a step further—the fierce, intimate exploration of marriage, infidelity, and forgiveness was her most personal and musically daring album yet.

From the album