Strong enough to bear the children (children) How we smart enough to make these millions To all the men that respect what I do, please accept my shine

This goes out to all the women getting it in, you on your grind

In the video, Beyoncé goes from Mad Max to glam in evening dresses with her army women to reiterating the message that women can do, and be, it all. It reminded me of what I love, which is mixing different cultures and eras-things that typically don’t go together-to create a new sound.”ĭirected by Francis Lawrence-who already worked with Bey in the Destiny’s Child days for videos “Independent Women Part 1” in 2000 and “Emotion” in 2001, in addition to directing videos with Jennifer Lopez (“Jenny from the Block,” “Play”), Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance,” and more-the ‘Run the World” video was filmed in Los Angeles and the Mojave Desert over three days and features more than 200 dancers, exotic animals, and Beyoncé as Queen. It felt a bit African, a bit electronic, and futuristic. “I just heard the track and loved that it was so different.

“There’s nothing safe about it, I know that much,” said The-Dream, who also co-wrote Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It).” “That would never happen with any other artist of her stature, male or female.”Ī new direction for Beyoncé, the song evolved into a futuristic fusion of electro-pop and R&B. “It’s definitely riskier than something a bit more simple,” said Beyoncé in a 2011 interview. Written by Beyoncé, along with Terius “The-Dream” Nash, Nick van de Wall, Dave Taylor, Adidja Palmer, and Thomas Wesley Pentz, and produced by Bey, Switch, The-Dream, and Taylor, the song features the marching drum beat sampled off dancehall duo Major Lazer’s 2009 track “P on de Floor.” Girls, we run this mutha, chants Beyoncé several times opening one of the fiercest female anthems of the 2010s. “Run the World (Girls),” released in 2011, off Beyoncé’s fourth album, 4, documents female strength and empowerment in everything-motherhood, business, art, relationships, and then some.

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