--- description: Beyonce released a new song and music video on Saturday, ahead of her halftime performance with Coldplay during Sunday's Super Bowl title: Beyonce 'Formation': Download Beyonce's New Single for Free image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c223e82d6b746d9/69887c78a988ca615a6b6783/beyonce.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Beyonce](/tag/beyonce/) ## Beyonce Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Beyonce's New Single 'Formation'  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 6:56 PM CUTPublished: Feb 6, 2016 9:25 PM CUT  Beyonce attends the MET Gala in New York City on May 4, 2015. Beyonce attends the MET Gala in New York City on May 4, 2015.Mike Coppola—Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 6:56 PM CUTPublished: Feb 6, 2016 9:25 PM CUT Beyonce released a new song and music video on Saturday ahead of her highly anticipated halftime performance with Coldplay during Sunday’s Super Bowl. The song, “Formation,” is the first solo song Beyonce has released since the re-release of her self-titled video album in 2013 and can now be [downloaded for free from Tidal](http://beyonce.tidal.com/ "undefined"). Filming for the music video, which also features her daughter Blue Ivy, sparked early speculation that a new song was coming, [according to _Spin_](http://www.spin.com/2016/02/beyonce-formation-new-song-music-video-tidal-watch-stream/?utm%5Fsource=spintwitter&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fcampaign=spintwitter "undefined"). Beyonce performed “Formation” during Super Bowl halftime show rehearsals, but it is not confirmed if she’ll debut the song live at the game, Rolling Stone [reports](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-beyonces-surprise-new-video-formation-20160206#ixzz3zQeFlwEW "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4210856/beyonce-formation-download-free-new-single-super-bowl-show/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4210856/beyonce-formation-download-free-new-single-super-bowl-show/"},"headline":"Watch Beyonce's New Single 'Formation'","datePublished":"2016-02-06T21:25:28.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T18:56:41.000Z","description":"It's unclear if she will perform the song for the first time during the Super Bowl halftime show","url":"https://time.com/4210856/beyonce-formation-download-free-new-single-super-bowl-show/","keywords":["Beyonce"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c223e82d6b746d9/69887c78a988ca615a6b6783/beyonce.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c223e82d6b746d9/69887c78a988ca615a6b6783/beyonce.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"beyonce","caption":"attends the \"China: Through The Looking Glass\" Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015 in New York City.","creditText":"Mike Coppola—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/beyonce/","name":"Beyonce"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4210856/beyonce-formation-download-free-new-single-super-bowl-show/","name":"Watch Beyonce's New Single 'Formation'"}}]}] ```