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I find it extraordinary that Beyoncé, in her video Formation, managed to accumulate so many profoundly different kinds of images.
And, with its New Orleans police cars and "stop shooting us" graffiti, her most recent video, Formation, was welcomed by the Black Lives Matter movement as a valuable contribution to the cause.
First we had the release of the video Formation, in which Bey wears not just recognisable designer clothes but clothes by Gucci, the label of the moment, taking on the fashion zeitgeist and making herself an inextricable part of it.
Taken out of the context of its video, "Formation" is still a powerful political statement, but it's also an extremely catchy single, a mastery of the cool and vicious rap sound that Beyoncé developed on her song "7/11".
Beyoncé was widely tipped to be preparing to make a deeply political statement with her Super Bowl show after releasing a surprise single and video, Formation, on Saturday, which referenced both Hurricane Katrina and the recent mass protests across the US over police killings of unarmed young black men.
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The under-realised themes show up some threadbare choreography: lots of posing and pop-video formations.
Beyoncé is also competing for best music film with Lemonade and music video with Formation.
The video for "Formation" would be an anthem of female and black empowerment, set in Louisiana, where Beyoncé's maternal grandparents are from.
Ortiz was responding to Beyoncé's video for Formation, and her Super Bowl halftime show, which presented images of black unity in the face of the police.
In 2016, in the video for "Formation," Beyoncé sank a police car into the waters of Louisiana — an image that suggested both the neglect of black people after Hurricane Katrina and the history of lost souls in the Atlantic.
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