3.18.13 - New Music - Beyonce

I have…a lot of thoughts about this song (songs?).

First, the timing is poor. Why was this not released a month ago? You know, right around the time she performed at the Super Bowl, otherwise known as THE LARGEST AUDIENCE YOU CAN PERFORM IN FRONT OF? If that had happened, whatever she released – even this song – would have charted incredibly well.

Second, the track is hopefully not a proper single, but rather a buzz track. If the purpose of it is to bring even more attention to her name so as to prepare us for the coming of something spectacular, than good job. If this is actually the real first single from her as-yet-untitled fifth album, I’m not so happy.

I really like that the song is actually two (“Bow Down” and “I Been On”), just combined with a breakdown. The track(s) was even produced by two different people – Hit-Boy did the first part and Timbaland & co were in charge of the latter. Very artistic, very strange, and not altogether in a great way. I’m not wholly opposed to this, but it’s not exactly my jam either.