Beyoncé released a sexy new music video for her "Flawless" remix with Nicki Minaj two months after the 33-year-old singer first dropped the track. Queens Bey & Barbie light up the stage together at Stade de France in Paris in September for this version of the latest single from Beyoncé's self-titled album, and treating fans to over five minutes of a joint live performance between the two superstars.
The original "Flawless" is a staccato, trap-flavored track with a dirty groove and a clattering beat with Beyoncé singing about "the pressure women feel to be perfect and to think of marriage as the main goal of their life/ I took some time to live my life/ But don't think I'm just his little wife." The remix version of the song features newly added verses and explicit lyrics by both Beyoncé and Minaj and marks their first collaboration together, and show off the pair's chemistry and vocal delivery.
The visuals open with Beyoncé on stage in Paris for one of the final nights of her On The Run Tour with husband Jay-Z. Against her trademark black-and-pink background, Beyoncé begins to sing "***Flawless" as audio from acclaimed Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie plays and flashes across the screen, reading, "Feminist: a person who believes in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes." Breaking it down in a printed, sleeved one-piece, the Grammy winner begins, "You wake up, flawless/ Post up, flawless/ Ridin' round in it, flawless/ Flossin' on that, flawless." She then continues to perform the meme-inspiring single, crooning and working it with an army of backup dancers.
The original "Flawless" is a staccato, trap-flavored track with a dirty groove and a clattering beat with Beyoncé singing about "the pressure women feel to be perfect and to think of marriage as the main goal of their life/ I took some time to live my life/ But don't think I'm just his little wife." The remix version of the song features newly added verses and explicit lyrics by both Beyoncé and Minaj and marks their first collaboration together, and show off the pair's chemistry and vocal delivery.
The visuals open with Beyoncé on stage in Paris for one of the final nights of her On The Run Tour with husband Jay-Z. Against her trademark black-and-pink background, Beyoncé begins to sing "***Flawless" as audio from acclaimed Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie plays and flashes across the screen, reading, "Feminist: a person who believes in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes." Breaking it down in a printed, sleeved one-piece, the Grammy winner begins, "You wake up, flawless/ Post up, flawless/ Ridin' round in it, flawless/ Flossin' on that, flawless." She then continues to perform the meme-inspiring single, crooning and working it with an army of backup dancers.
Midway through the song, Beyoncé changes the lyrics from her original words to the remixed version, altering the message to make reference to her infamous elevator scuffle with Jay-Z and her sister Solange. Teasing something new to fans, she raps, "Of course sometimes shit go down/ When it's a billion dollars on an elevator." The performance is hardly over, however, as Beyoncé then brings Minaj out to the sold-out show in Paris. Introduced by her real name Onika, the "Anaconda" rapper struts out in skintight printed onesie, spitting "The queen of rap, slayin with Queen Bey/ If you ain't on the team, you plain' for team D."
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