My House (Beyoncé song) explained
My House |
Cover: | Beyoncé - My House.png |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Beyoncé |
Recorded: | 2022–2023 |
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Length: | - 4:22 (main version)
- (radio edit)
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Prev Title: | Delresto (Echoes) |
Prev Year: | 2023 |
Next Title: | Texas Hold 'Em |
Next Year: | 2024 |
"My House" is a song by American singer and songwriter Beyoncé. It was released on December 1, 2023, through Parkwood Entertainment and Columbia Records, as a single to promote her 2023 concert film, . Written and produced by Beyoncé and American songwriter The-Dream, "My House" is a rap and house song driven by trap beats and horns.
Background and composition
The song marks her first original solo release since Renaissance on July 29, 2022.[1] The album was accompanied by the 2023 Renaissance World Tour, which was later brought to screen as on December 1, 2023.[2] Soon after its release, speculation arose that there might be a new song playing throughout the credits for the movie, which would turn out to be "My House".[3] The track was surprise-released the day after.[4] In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, producer and long-time collaborator The-Dream suggested the song was conceived as a way to mark the tailend of the Renaissance rollout: "How do we wrap [it] up in a way without also trying to compete with it or make something that’s light-Renaissance, because Renaissance is a special thing?"[5]
The "infectious" and "energetic" rap[6] track was co-written and co-produced by The-Dream.[7] Driven by "triumphant horns", "My House" sees the singer go into "full rap mode" and "scorching bars" as she "turns up the heat".[8] The song features "bold, brassy tones" highlighted by a prominent "cracking trap beat".[9]
Reception
Alexis Petridis of The Guardian gave the song four out of five stars, describing it "genuinely unexpected and thrilling". Petridis wrote that its sound moves away from the sounds of Renaissance to "Houston hip-hop and abstract electronica", even if it "proves to be episodic in structure" without a chorus. At the end the critic stressed that "Beyoncé currently occupies a realm in which she does whatever she wants, something the powerful, uncommercial My House serves to underline", something that "from anyone else, Taylor Swift for example, it would count as an unexpectedly leftfield preconception-baiting gesture".[10]
Mary Siroky of Consequence wrote that Beyoncé "peels back some of the dance and house elements" to sounds incorporated in , with a "truly wild beat" similar to "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" and "tonal swings" of the voice.[11] Hattie Lindert of Pitchfork also compared the song to "a star athlete’s celebration pose after a godlike game [...] begin[ning] as a nasty step team stomp that evokes the unified roar of 2018’s Homecoming before switch[ing] to a boiling house cut where she calls for a self-love revolution."[12] Ludovic Hunter-Tilney of the Financial Times described the song as "an enjoyably bombastic stomper" in which listeners "surrender to Beyoncé's powerful singing."[13]
The song was nominated at the 24th Black Reel Awards for Outstanding Original Song.[14]
Commercial performance
In the United States, "My House" debuted at number 57 on the Billboard Hot 100.[16] It also became Beyoncé's fifth Top 10 song on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs and sixth Top 10 song on the Hot Rap Songs chart, her first rap charting as lead artist.[17]
Personnel
- Beyoncé – producer, composer, lyricist, lead vocals, background vocals, vocal producer, performer
- The-Dream – producer, composer, lyricist, vocals, background vocals
- Khirye Tyler – additional producer
- Mike Dean – mixing engineer, mastering engineer
- Stuart White – recording engineer
- Brandon Harding – recording engineer
- Sean Solymar – assistant engineer
- Tommy Rush – assistant engineer
- Matheus Braz – assistant engineer
Charts
Release history
Notes and References
- Web site: Beyoncé Shares New Song "My House": Listen. Corcoran. Nina. Hussey. Allison. Pitchfork. December 1, 2023. December 1, 2023. December 4, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231204041206/https://pitchfork.com/news/beyonce-shares-new-song-my-house-listen/. live.
- Web site: Beyoncé announces Renaissance world tour concert film. Snapes. Laura. The Guardian. October 2, 2023. December 1, 2023. November 30, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231130135115/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/oct/02/beyonce-announces-renaissance-world-tour-concert-film. live.
- Web site: Beyoncé Drops New Single "My House" Following Release of Renaissance Film. Horowitz. Steven J.. Variety. November 30, 2023. December 1, 2023. December 1, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231201162443/https://variety.com/2023/music/news/beyonce-my-house-new-single-renaissance-1235815796/. live.
- Web site: Beyoncé Releases Surprise New Song "My House": Stream. Harrison. Scoop. Consequence. December 1, 2023. December 1, 2023. December 1, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231201172945/https://consequence.net/2023/12/beyonce-my-house-stream/. live.
- Web site: Fekadu . Mesfin . 2024-01-09 . The-Dream on Oscars Shortlist, Why He’d Give His Kidney to Beyoncé and How Losing His Mother Connected Him to Color Purple . 2024-01-10 . . en-US.
- Web site: Beyoncé – "My House". Chelosky. Danielle. Stereogum. December 1, 2023. December 1, 2023. December 13, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231213073357/https://www.stereogum.com/2244312/beyonce-my-house/music/. live.
- Web site: Beyoncé Returns With Surprise Song "My House". Dionne. Zach. Complex. December 1, 2023. December 1, 2023. December 1, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231201222639/https://www.complex.com/music/a/zach-dionne/beyonce-my-house-new-song. live.
- Web site: Beyoncé Goes Into Full Rap Mogul Mode On "My House", A Surprise Song In The Renaissance Film End Credits. Gonzalez. Alex. Uproxx. November 30, 2023. December 1, 2023. December 4, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231204041126/https://uproxx.com/music/beyonce-my-house-renaissance-film/. live.
- Beyonce Checks-In With Surprise Release "My House": Stream It Now. Brandle. Lars. Billboard. December 1, 2023. December 1, 2023. December 1, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231201142032/https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/beyonce-surprise-release-my-house-stream-it-now-1235520925/. live.
- News: Petridis . Alexis . Alexis Petridis . December 1, 2023 . Beyoncé: My House review – bold, beat-switching journey to a strobe-lit dancefloor . . December 7, 2023 . 0261-3077 . December 7, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231207060432/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/dec/01/beyonce-my-house-song-review-documentary-renaissance . live .
- Web site: Siroky . Mary . December 1, 2023 . Beyoncé's 'MY HOUSE' Is Our Song of the Week . December 9, 2023 . . en-US . December 8, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231208093609/https://consequence.net/2023/12/beyonce-my-house-song-of-the-week/ . live .
- Web site: "My House". Lindert. Hattie. Pitchfork. December 1, 2023. December 2, 2023. December 13, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231213073357/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/beyonce-my-house/. live.
- Web site: HunterTilney . Ludovic . December 1, 2023 . Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé review — stunning spectacle makes the floor shake . December 7, 2023 . . December 7, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231207180741/https://www.ft.com/content/50dbd7f0-452d-4191-a6f2-a072dabbea95 . live .
- Web site: Complex . Valerie . December 15, 2023 . Black Reel Awards Nominations: 'The Color Purple' And 'Rustin' Dominate . December 16, 2023 . Deadline . en-US.
- December 6, 2023. The 10 Best Songs of 2023. December 6, 2023. Time. en. December 6, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231206194217/https://time.com/6340132/best-songs-2023/. live.
- Web site: Beyoncé's 'My House' Debuts on Multiple Billboard Charts. Keithan. Samuels. December 12, 2023. December 13, 2023. December 13, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231213073358/https://ratedrnb.com/2023/12/beyonce-my-house-debuts-on-billboard-charts/. live.
- Anderson . Trevor . December 14, 2023 . Double Feature: Beyoncé's 'My House' Premieres in Top 10 on Rap & Dance Charts . December 14, 2023 . Billboard.
- Web site: ARIA Top 20 New Music Singles Chart. Australian Recording Industry Association. December 11, 2023. December 8, 2023. December 8, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231208061438/https://www.aria.com.au/charts/new-music-singles-chart/2023-12-11. live.
- Web site: Official IFPI Charts – Digital Singles Chart (International) - Week 49/2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231213081429/https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_ien.html. dead. December 13, 2023. IFPI Greece. December 13, 2023.
- Web site: IRMA – Irish Charts. Irish Recorded Music Association. December 9, 2023. November 9, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181109045817/http://www.irma.ie/index.cfm?page=irish-charts&chart=Singles. live.
- Web site: Billboard Japan Hot Overseas – Week of December 13, 2023. Billboard Japan. ja. December 13, 2023. December 13, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231213073400/https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=d_and_a_overseas&year=2023&month=12&day=18. live.
- Web site: Dutch Single Tip 09/12/2023. dutchcharts.nl. nl. December 9, 2023. December 9, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231209011319/https://dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp?cat=st&date=20231209&year=2023. live.
- Web site: Tipparade-lijst van week 50, 2023. Dutch Top 40. nl. December 16, 2023.
- Web site: NZ Hot Singles Chart. Recorded Music NZ. December 11, 2023. December 9, 2023. December 8, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231208154646/https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/hotsingles?chart=5724. live.
- News: Skinner . Tom . Listen to Beyoncé's surprise new rap song 'My House' . December 1, 2023 . . December 1, 2023 . December 1, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231201163537/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-to-beyonces-surprise-new-rap-song-my-house-3551957 . live .
- Web site: Sisti . Sara . BEYONCÉ - MY HOUSE (Radio Date: 08-12-2023) . EarOne . December 1, 2023 . it . December 1, 2023 . December 13, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231213073406/https://www.earone.it/news/beyonce_my_house_radio_date_08_12_2023_83039499/ . live .