Superpower (song)

"Superpower"
Song by Beyoncé featuring Frank Ocean from the album Beyoncé
Genre	Alternative R&B neo soul
Length	4:37
Label	Parkwood Columbia
Writer	Pharrell Williams Frank Ocean Jordan Asher Beyoncé Knowles
Producer	Williams Asher Knowles
Beyoncé track listing
"Flawless" (11) "Superpower" (12) "Heaven" (13)

"Superpower" is a song by American recording artist Beyoncé featuring Frank Ocean from her fifth studio album Beyoncé (2013). The song was written by Pharrell Williams, Ocean, Boots (credited as his real name Jordan Asher) and Beyoncé, and was co-produced by Williams, Boots and Beyoncé.

Music video

The music video for "Superpower" was directed by Jonas Åkerlund. It was filmed in a former shopping mall which was converted to a film set. Beyoncé does not lip-synch or dance during the video. The video features former Destiny's Child members Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams as well as Pharrell Williams. Åkerlund said:

We actually talked a lot about that. It's a very untraditional way of doing music videos, to not have her lip-synch. For Beyoncé, who's a dancer, it's very unusual to have a video without a dance part. I felt part of this idea for "Superpower" was to have stuff be in contrast to each other, so this song is very soft and very slow, but the action you see is aggressive and very big. We discussed it many times to see if we'd have the performance in the video or not. We decided no, and I think it works really, really well. It's kind of like a brave move, if you think about it. Most artists can act and have all these different things, but they'll still fall back on the performance.^[1]

References

1. Rosenthal, Jeff (December 16, 2013). "Director Jonas Åkerlund on ‘Haunted,’ ‘Superpower,’ and Beyoncé’s Many Virtues". New York. Retrieved February 10, 2015.

External links

• Beyoncé - Superpower ft. Frank Ocean on YouTube