Formation

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single song

"Formation" is a politically charged, critically acclaimed song by Beyoncé that celebrates Black identity and Southern culture while addressing racism and police brutality.

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Formation canonical 7

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist Beyoncé ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Music Video ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance (nomination)

Grammy Award for Record of the Year ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Record of the Year (nomination)

Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Song of the Year (nomination)
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception critically acclaimed ⓘ
featuresArtist Big Freedia ⓘ
Messy Mya ⓘ
firstLivePerformance Super Bowl 50 ⓘ
surface form: Super Bowl 50 halftime show
genre R&B ⓘ
bounce ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
trap ⓘ
hasMusicVideo Formation (music video) ⓘ
includedInAlbum Lemonade ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 4:52 ⓘ
musicVideoDirector Melina Matsoukas ⓘ
notableLyric I like my baby hair, with baby hair and afros ⓘ
I like my negro nose with Jackson Five nostrils ⓘ
performer Beyoncé ⓘ
politicalContent yes ⓘ
premieredOn Tidal ⓘ
producer Mike Will Made-It ⓘ
Pluss ⓘ
rankedOnList Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
Parkwood Entertainment ⓘ
releasedAsSingleFrom Lemonade ⓘ
releaseDate 2016-02-06 ⓘ
subjectOf controversy over anti-police interpretation ⓘ
theme Black feminism ⓘ
Black identity ⓘ
Black pride ⓘ
Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: Southern United States culture

police brutality ⓘ
racism ⓘ
usedFor The Formation World Tour promotion ⓘ
vocalist Beyoncé ⓘ
writer Ashton Hogan ⓘ
Beyoncé ⓘ
Jordan Frost ⓘ
Mike Will Made-It ⓘ
Pluss ⓘ
Swae Lee ⓘ
yearOfSong 2016 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Beyoncé → notableSong → Formation ⓘ
Mike Will Made-It → notableWork → Formation ⓘ
Renaissance World Tour → setlistIncludes → Formation ⓘ
Homecoming → includesSong → Formation ⓘ
Formation World Tour → featuresSong → Formation ⓘ
Super Bowl 50 halftime show → songPerformed → Formation ⓘ
Beyoncé discography → includesSingle → Formation ⓘ