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==Critical response==
==Critical response==
''[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]]'' named the song "Best New Track" of the day, with Britt Julious comparing it to "[[Flawless (Beyoncé song)|Flawless]]" and writing that "for Beyoncé (and for her listeners, too), the unapologetic embracing of ones blackness and the power one can harness when making a name, livelihood, and legacy can't ever be ignored or taken for granted."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/17969-beyonce-formation/|title="Formation" by Beyoncé - Tracks - Pitchfork|publisher=}}</ref> Omise'eke Natasha Tinsley, a professor of African Studies at [[University of Texas at Austin]], writes for ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' that the song, which many called "political" because of its references, "differs radically from other post-Ferguson protests songs like [[Trip Lee]]'s "Coulda Been Me" or [[Rihanna]]'s "[[American Oxygen]]" video, which focus on black men's deaths," calling African American women to stand side by side ("in formation").<ref>{{Cite web|title = Beyonce's 'Formation' Is Activism for African Americans, Women and LGBTQ People|url = http://time.com/4211888/beyonce-formation-activism/|website = TIME.com|access-date = 2016-02-09|first = Omise'eke Natasha|last = Tinsley|first2 = Caitlin|last2 = O'Neill}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Beast|The]]'' [[The Daily Beast|''Daily Beast'']] calls the song "a fiery black power anthem and call to arms".<ref name="fiery" /> A ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' journalist wrote that "in the era of #[[BlackLivesMatter]], 'Formation' felt downright necessary" and further deemed it "a powerful statement of black Southern resilience".<ref name="rs1">{{cite news|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/our-favorite-songs-and-videos-right-now-beyonce-kanye-west-and-more-20160302/beyonce-formation-20160302|title=Our Favorite Songs and Videos Right Now: Beyonce, Kanye West and More|work=Rolling Stone|publisher=Wenner Media|date=March 2, 2016|accessdate=May 14, 2016}}</ref> "Formation" was later placed at number one on the same magazine's "50 Best Songs of 2016" list by Rob Sheffield, with him commenting: ""Formation" was a song that kept hope alive in a bleak year – and it will be essential ammo for the struggles to come in the next."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-best-songs-of-2016-w452313/beyonc-formation-w452794|title=50 Best Songs of 2016|publisher=Rolling Stone|date=November 30, 2016|accessdate=November 30, 2016}}</ref>
''[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]]'' named the song "Best New Track" of the day, with Britt Julious comparing it to "[[Flawless (Beyoncé song)|Flawless]]" and writing that "for Beyoncé (and for her listeners, too), the unapologetic embracing of one's blackness and the power one can harness when making a name, livelihood, and legacy can't ever be ignored or taken for granted."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/17969-beyonce-formation/|title="Formation" by Beyoncé - Tracks - Pitchfork|publisher=}}</ref> Omise'eke Natasha Tinsley, a professor of African Studies at [[University of Texas at Austin]], writes for ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' that the song, which many called "political" because of its references, "differs radically from other post-Ferguson protests songs like [[Trip Lee]]'s "Coulda Been Me" or [[Rihanna]]'s "[[American Oxygen]]" video, which focus on black men's deaths," calling African American women to stand side by side ("in formation").<ref>{{Cite web|title = Beyonce's 'Formation' Is Activism for African Americans, Women and LGBTQ People|url = http://time.com/4211888/beyonce-formation-activism/|website = TIME.com|access-date = 2016-02-09|first = Omise'eke Natasha|last = Tinsley|first2 = Caitlin|last2 = O'Neill}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Beast|The]]'' [[The Daily Beast|''Daily Beast'']] calls the song "a fiery black power anthem and call to arms".<ref name="fiery" /> A ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' journalist wrote that "in the era of #[[BlackLivesMatter]], 'Formation' felt downright necessary" and further deemed it "a powerful statement of black Southern resilience".<ref name="rs1">{{cite news|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/our-favorite-songs-and-videos-right-now-beyonce-kanye-west-and-more-20160302/beyonce-formation-20160302|title=Our Favorite Songs and Videos Right Now: Beyonce, Kanye West and More|work=Rolling Stone|publisher=Wenner Media|date=March 2, 2016|accessdate=May 14, 2016}}</ref> "Formation" was later placed at number one on the same magazine's "50 Best Songs of 2016" list by Rob Sheffield, with him commenting: ""Formation" was a song that kept hope alive in a bleak year – and it will be essential ammo for the struggles to come in the next."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-best-songs-of-2016-w452313/beyonc-formation-w452794|title=50 Best Songs of 2016|publisher=Rolling Stone|date=November 30, 2016|accessdate=November 30, 2016}}</ref>


Besides Sheffield of ''Rolling Stone'',<ref>http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-best-songs-of-2016-w452313/beyonc-formation-w452794</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'',<ref>http://www.ew.com/article/2016/12/09/ew-best-songs-2016/4</ref> ''[[Time Magazine]]''<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cox|first1=Jamieson|title=The Top 10 Best Songs of 2016|url=http://time.com/4575319/top-10-best-songs-2016/?xid=time_socialflow_twitter|website=TIME.com}}</ref> ''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]],''<ref>http://www.complex.com/music/2016/12/best-songs-of-2016</ref> ''[[Fuse (magazine)|Fuse]]'',<ref>http://www.fuse.tv/2016/11/the-20-best-songs-of-2016#1</ref> ''[[NPR]]'',<ref>http://apps.npr.org/best-music-2016/list/top-songs/</ref> and ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' magazine<ref>{{cite web|last=Saunders|first=Hillary|title=The 50 Best Songs of 2016|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/12/the-50-best-songs-of-2016.html?p=5|website=pastemagazine.com}}</ref> considered the song the best one of 2016. ''[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9981-the-100-best-songs-of-2016/?page=10|title=The 100 Best Songs of 2016|publisher=Pitchfork Media|date=December 12, 2016|accessdate=December 12, 2016}}</ref> and ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/featured/the-101-best-songs-of-2016/2/|title=The 101 Best Songs of 2016|publisher=Spin (magazine)|date=December 13, 2016|accessdate=December 13, 2016}}</ref> named the song the second best of the year, while ''[[NME (magazine)|NME]]'' the sixth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/list/nme-best-songs-2016-1871049|title=NME's Songs of the Year 2016|publisher=NME (magazine)|date=November 26, 2016|accessdate=December 13, 2016}}</ref> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' ranked "Formation" at number 14 on their "100 Best Pop Songs of 2016" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/year-in-music-2016/7617635/billboard-top-100-pop-songs-of-2016|title=Billboard's 100 Best Pop Songs of 2016: Critics' Picks|publisher=Billboard|accessdate=December 12, 2016|date=December 12, 2016}}</ref>
Besides Sheffield of ''Rolling Stone'',<ref>http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-best-songs-of-2016-w452313/beyonc-formation-w452794</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'',<ref>http://www.ew.com/article/2016/12/09/ew-best-songs-2016/4</ref> ''[[Time Magazine]]''<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cox|first1=Jamieson|title=The Top 10 Best Songs of 2016|url=http://time.com/4575319/top-10-best-songs-2016/?xid=time_socialflow_twitter|website=TIME.com}}</ref> ''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]],''<ref>http://www.complex.com/music/2016/12/best-songs-of-2016</ref> ''[[Fuse (magazine)|Fuse]]'',<ref>http://www.fuse.tv/2016/11/the-20-best-songs-of-2016#1</ref> ''[[NPR]]'',<ref>http://apps.npr.org/best-music-2016/list/top-songs/</ref> and ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' magazine<ref>{{cite web|last=Saunders|first=Hillary|title=The 50 Best Songs of 2016|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/12/the-50-best-songs-of-2016.html?p=5|website=pastemagazine.com}}</ref> considered the song the best one of 2016. ''[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9981-the-100-best-songs-of-2016/?page=10|title=The 100 Best Songs of 2016|publisher=Pitchfork Media|date=December 12, 2016|accessdate=December 12, 2016}}</ref> and ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/featured/the-101-best-songs-of-2016/2/|title=The 101 Best Songs of 2016|publisher=Spin (magazine)|date=December 13, 2016|accessdate=December 13, 2016}}</ref> named the song the second best of the year, while ''[[NME (magazine)|NME]]'' the sixth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/list/nme-best-songs-2016-1871049|title=NME's Songs of the Year 2016|publisher=NME (magazine)|date=November 26, 2016|accessdate=December 13, 2016}}</ref> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' ranked "Formation" at number 14 on their "100 Best Pop Songs of 2016" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/year-in-music-2016/7617635/billboard-top-100-pop-songs-of-2016|title=Billboard's 100 Best Pop Songs of 2016: Critics' Picks|publisher=Billboard|accessdate=December 12, 2016|date=December 12, 2016}}</ref>

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"Formation"
Song

"Formation" is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé for her sixth studio album Lemonade (2016). It was written by Khalif Brown, Jordan Frost, Asheton Hogan, Mike Will Made It and Beyoncé and produced by the latter two alongside Pluss. It served as the album's lead single, released on February 6, 2016 through Parkwood Entertainment.

The song's accompanying music video, directed by Melina Matsoukas premiered on the same day as the song itself through Beyoncé's official YouTube account. It received mixed response for its alleged anti-police stance, which the singer denied, in addition to controversy over documentary footage used in the video. However, some critics praised its depiction of African-Americans not frequently seen in mainstream media. In order to promote the song, Beyoncé performed it during her guest appearance at the Super Bowl 50 halftime show the day after its premiere. Throughout 2016, Beyoncé launched her The Formation World Tour which was named in reference to the song. "Formation" has been nominated for three Grammy Awards: Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Music Video, and has been included on several year-end lists.

Release

"Formation" was written by Khalif "Swae Lee" Brown, Jordan Frost, Asheton Hogan, Mike Will Made It and Beyoncé while its production was handled by the latter two alongside Pluss as a co-producer.

"Formation" was released on February 6, 2016, accompanied by its official music video. It was released in a similar manner to Beyoncé's 2013 self-titled studio album without any previous announcements, leading its release to be dubbed as a "surprise release" by media outlets.[2] The song was made available for free download exclusively via the subscription-based music streaming service Tidal.[3][4] The release of the song was also followed by new merchandise through the singer's website with items and clothings citing lyrics from the song.[2]

Composition

The Guardian's Alex Macpherson wrote the song "musically transpires '7/11'".[5] The song is written in the key of F minor in common time with a tempo of 123 beats per minute.[6] Beyoncé's vocals span from D3 to A♭4 in the song.[7] It has a minimalistic beats which transforms into a marching band stomp during the last lines of the chorus.[8] Lyrically, the song addresses racial topics as well as rumors about the singer's connection to popular conspiracy theories about the Illuminati, seen in the opening lines, “Y'all haters corny with that Illuminati mess”.[8]

Critical response

Pitchfork named the song "Best New Track" of the day, with Britt Julious comparing it to "Flawless" and writing that "for Beyoncé (and for her listeners, too), the unapologetic embracing of one's blackness and the power one can harness when making a name, livelihood, and legacy can't ever be ignored or taken for granted."[9] Omise'eke Natasha Tinsley, a professor of African Studies at University of Texas at Austin, writes for Time that the song, which many called "political" because of its references, "differs radically from other post-Ferguson protests songs like Trip Lee's "Coulda Been Me" or Rihanna's "American Oxygen" video, which focus on black men's deaths," calling African American women to stand side by side ("in formation").[10] The Daily Beast calls the song "a fiery black power anthem and call to arms".[11] A Rolling Stone journalist wrote that "in the era of #BlackLivesMatter, 'Formation' felt downright necessary" and further deemed it "a powerful statement of black Southern resilience".[12] "Formation" was later placed at number one on the same magazine's "50 Best Songs of 2016" list by Rob Sheffield, with him commenting: ""Formation" was a song that kept hope alive in a bleak year – and it will be essential ammo for the struggles to come in the next."[13]

Besides Sheffield of Rolling Stone,[14] Entertainment Weekly,[15] Time Magazine[16] Complex,[17] Fuse,[18] NPR,[19] and Paste magazine[20] considered the song the best one of 2016. Pitchfork[21] and Spin[22] named the song the second best of the year, while NME the sixth.[23] Billboard ranked "Formation" at number 14 on their "100 Best Pop Songs of 2016" list.[24]

Chart performance

Flanked by her dancers, Beyoncé performs "Formation" on The Formation World Tour in 2016

Prior to its official release as a single, "Formation" debuted at number nine on the US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles in February 2016.[25] The song also debuted at number 11 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay with 16.3 million audience impression marking Beyoncé's highest career debut on that chart.[26] Throughout March, the song reached number 33 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs due to airplay and further purchase was not disclosed to Billboard by Tidal, the official platform where the song was exclusively made available. After the release of Lemonade, "Formation" set new peak positions on the charts.[27] It debuted at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on May 2, 2016, becoming Beyoncé's first top 10 single since "Drunk in Love" in 2014; it is also the singer's highest-debuting single of her career (surpassing "Ring the Alarm" and "Drunk in Love" which both debuted at number 12). During that week, the song debuted at number three on the Digital Songs chart, selling 174,000 downloads.[27] It fell to number 19 on the Hot 100 in its second week.[28]

Upon the release of Lemonade, "Formation" also debuted on several international charts. It debuted at number 31 on the UK Singles Chart on May 5, 2016.[29] The same week it also moved to a new peak position of eight on the UK R&B Singles chart.[30] On the ARIA Singles Chart, the song set a peak of 17 on the chart issue dated May 8, 2016. It managed to top the ARIA Urban chart the same week, while the singer's own "Hold Up" was on the second spot.[31] On the French Singles Chart, "Formation" set a peak position of 24 during the week of the album's release. In Canada, the single peaked at number 32 on the Canadian Hot 100 and was certified gold by Music Canada on July 5, 2016 for sales of 40,000 copies.[32]

Music video

Release and synopsis

The accompanying music video for "Formation" was directed by Melina Matsoukas and it premiered along with the song on February 6, 2016.[8][33] It was available through Tidal as well as an unlisted video on the singer's official YouTube account. The music video for "Formation" was shot in Los Angeles, California and it features references to Hurricane Katrina, antebellum and Louisiana Creole culture, police brutality, racism and black pride.[8][34][35]

The music video modifies the song to include spoken interpolations from the New Orleans artist Big Freedia and the YouTube personality Messy Mya, who was murdered in New Orleans in 2010.[8] It begins with Beyoncé lying on top of a Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor in a flooded street. During the end, a man can be seen holding a newspaper with Martin Luther King Jr.'s face on it with the title "The Truth". Later on, a young hooded boy dances in front of a line of police officers with their hands up before the video cuts to a graffitied wall with the words "stop shooting us" tagged on it.[36] Dance routines are performed throughout the video by Beyoncé accompanied by back-up dancers. Her daughter Blue Ivy Carter makes a cameo appearance,[35][37] sporting a natural afro.

Reception and controversy

Syreeta McFadden for The Guardian notes that the video depicts archetypal southern black women "in ways that we haven't seen frequently represented in popular art or culture".[38] Following its online release, filmmakers Abteen Bagheri and Chris Black, used their Twitter accounts to clarify that "Formation" used footage from That B.E.A.T., their 2013 documentary about the Katrina disaster of New Orleans bounce.[11] Bagheri said he was asked for approval to use the footage, but the request was denied.[8] In a series of tweets, Black and Bagheri claimed they did not give permission to Beyoncé or the music video's director Melina Matsoukas for using their documentary footage. In a statement to Entertainment Weekly, a representative of the singer said, "The documentary footage was used with permission and licensed from the owner of the footage. They were given proper compensation. The footage was provided to us by the filmmaker's production company. The filmmaker is listed in the credits for additional photography direction."[39] Soon after, Bagheri issued a statement to The Washington Post: "Anyone who works in the industry knows that putting out a work is a miracle. There needs to be a unity amongst directors. We need to preserve the sanctity of the craft and champion individual voices. Our work isn't just b-roll for someone else. It just shouldn't be considered, whether or not it's legal. It's a bad precedent to set."[40]

Accolades

"Formation" won a Grand Prix in the Excellence in Music Video category at the inaugural Cannes Lions Entertainment for Music, on June 24, 2016.[41] At the BET Awards 2016, the music video for "Formation" received three awards: the Centric Award, Viewer's Choice Award and Video of the Year.[42] On July 26, 2016, "Formation" was nominated for six MTV Video Music Awards: Video of the Year, Best Pop Video, Best Direction, Best Choreography, Best Editing, and Best Cinematography. At the ceremony the following month, "Formation" won all its nominations, becoming Beyoncé's most-awarded video at the VMA's, also making her the artist with the most awards (24), surpassing Madonna (20).[43] The video was nominated for Best Female Video at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards Japan.[44] "Formation" won a Clio Award for Innovation and Creative Excellence in a Music Video at the 2016 awards. At the 2016 UK Music Video Awards, "Formation" won Best Styling in a Music Video, and Best Direction and Best Music Video at the 2016 London International Awards. Formation" won an AICE Award for Best Music Video.[45]

Live performances

Beyoncé performing during the Super Bowl 50 halftime show

Beyoncé performed the song as part of a guest appearance during the Super Bowl 50 halftime show, which was headlined by Coldplay at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California on February 7, 2016.[46][47] Her performance started after Bruno Mars finished with "Uptown Funk". She wore a black and golden leather outfit and was joined towards the end by Mars again. The duo finished his track and went on performing dance choreographies. Jon Caramanica of The New York Times praised the singer's overall energetic performance, concluding that she outshined Coldplay. He felt that Beyoncé was the only artist capable of promoting new songs at the event. and "walking the cultural tightrope of delivering a song with such potent declarations of black pride on a stage that prefers studied neutrality".[48] A writer of Rolling Stone felt that the performance, with tributes to Michael Jackson and the Black Panthers was "awe-inspiring".[12]

Since the release of the song and the subsequent Super Bowl performance, various publications have released think-pieces about the song, and the current stage of race relations in the United States.[49][50] Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan backed the singer during a sermon.[51] Saturday Night Live performed a sketch titled "The Day Beyoncé turned Black" as a result of the release, airing Saturday, February 13.[52] As Lisa Respers France commented in her piece for CNN, "Beyoncé is certainly not the first celebrity to cause a stir by inserting race into her art, but there's a reason why her recent actions are resonating. Quite simply, she is one of those stars of color who -- until now -- has been beyond race for the mainstream audience. That was the basis of a recent "Saturday Night Live" skit that portrayed white fans freaking out about her "blackness," as conveyed by her new "Formation" music video and a Super Bowl halftime performance in which her backup dancers dressed in Black Panther-esque outfits. The halftime show has prompted a number of discussions both pro- and anti-Beyoncé."[50]

"Formation" was the opening number on Beyoncé's The Formation World Tour (2016) with the first performance taking place in Miami at the Marlins Park on April 27, 2016.[53] It was performed with the singer backed by dancers dressed in black sequined leotards and hats with wide brims.[54] "Formation" was also performed as part of a medley of songs from Lemonade at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards on August 28, 2016, along with "Pray You Catch Me", "Hold Up", "Sorry" and "Don't Hurt Yourself". She finished the performance with "Formation", with her dancers forming the feminisy symbol at the end. Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield commented that Beyoncé "set the whole thing on fire with a 16-minute stomp through the Lemonade songbook", considering the performance as "one of the most blood-chillingly great live performances in award-show history".[55]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Beyoncé's website.[56]

Song credits
  • Writing – Khalif Brown, Jordan Frost, Ashton Hogan, Michael Williams II, Beyoncé
  • Production – Mike Will Made It, Beyoncé
  • Vocals production – Beyoncé
  • Additional production – Pluss
  • Ad-libs – Swae Lee of Rae Sremmurd
  • Additional background ad-libs – Big Freedia
  • Trumpet – Matt Doe
  • Horn arrangement – Derek Dixie
  • Recording – Stuart White, The Beehive, Los Angeles
  • Audio mixing – Jaycen Joshua; Innersount MGMT, Larrabbee Sound Studios, North Hollywood and Stuart White; Pacifique Studio, Los Angeles
  • Assistant mix engineering – Maddox Chhim, David Nakaji, Arthur Chambazyan
  • Mastering – Dave Kutch, The Mastering Palace, New York City

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[79] Gold 35,000‡
Canada (Music Canada)[32] Gold 0*
United States (RIAA)[80] Gold 500,000‡

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Radio and release history

Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various February 6, 2016 Free download (Tidal exclusive)
[3]
United Kingdom February 15, 2016 Contemporary hit radio [81]

See also

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