Formation (song)

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single song

"Formation" is a politically charged 2016 song by Beyoncé that addresses Black identity, Southern heritage, and social justice issues, and became a cultural touchstone in contemporary pop and protest music.

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Formation 3
Formation (song) canonical 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist Beyoncé ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Music Video NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Music Video 2017 NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception widespread acclaim ⓘ
culturalSignificance Black Lives Matter movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedAs cultural touchstone in contemporary pop and protest music ⓘ
politically charged ⓘ
protest song ⓘ
firstLivePerformance Super Bowl 50 halftime show NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstLivePerformanceDate 2016-02-07 ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
bounce ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
trap ⓘ
hasMusicVideo Formation (music video) NERFINISHED ⓘ
includedIn Lemonade (visual album) NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 3:26 ⓘ
lyricalTheme Black identity ⓘ
Black pride ⓘ
Hurricane Katrina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern heritage ⓘ
police brutality ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
systemic racism ⓘ
musicVideoDirector Melina Matsoukas NERFINISHED ⓘ
nominatedFor Grammy Award for Record of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grammy Award for Song of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ
performer Beyoncé ⓘ
premieredDate 2016-02-06 ⓘ
premieredOn Tidal NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer Mike Will Made-It NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pluss NERFINISHED ⓘ
recorded 2015 ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
Parkwood Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDate 2016-02-06 ⓘ
setInLocation New Orleans NERFINISHED ⓘ
songwriter Aaquil Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ashton Hogan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Beyoncé NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jordan Frost NERFINISHED ⓘ
Khalif Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mike Will Made-It NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pluss NERFINISHED ⓘ
Swae Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ
trackPosition 12 ⓘ
vocalist Beyoncé NERFINISHED ⓘ
yearOfRelease 2016 ⓘ

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Jordan Frost → knownFor → Formation (song) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Formation
Formation (music video) → basedOnSong → Formation (song) ⓘ
All Night → precedesInAlbumSequence → Formation (song) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Formation
Pepsi Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show → performedSong → Formation (song) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Formation