--- title: Brandy: Doesn't Know the Words to Beyonce's Formation Video description: Singer Brandy Norwood is one of pop culture's favorite singers, but even she needs to get in formation and learn the lyrics to Bey's song. canonical: https://time.com/4487676/brandy-beyonce-formation-video/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-12T16:01:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:26.361Z og:title: Brandy Does Not Know the Lyrics to Beyoncé's 'Formation' og:description: "Please don't let that Hive come for me for not knowing all the words" og:url: https://time.com/4487676/brandy-beyonce-formation-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Brandy Does Not Know the Lyrics to Beyoncé's 'Formation' twitter:description: "Please don't let that Hive come for me for not knowing all the words" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Brandy Forget the Lyrics to Beyoncé's 'Formation'  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 12, 2016 4:01 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 12, 2016 4:01 PM UTC [Brandy](http://time.com/4169111/brandy-new-song-beggin-and-pleading/) was a ’90s triple threat, bringing us gems like her namesake album and _Moesha_, but she has admitted that she doesn’t know all the lyrics to Beyoncé’s [song “Formation](http://time.com/4210856/beyonce-formation-download-free-new-single-super-bowl-show/).” In an Instagram post from Sunday night, the singer revealed that she might need a little more time to learn all the words to [the hit single](http://time.com/4211888/beyonce-formation-activism/). In the clip, she sings along with the chorus of the song until she can’t remember the lyrics; thankfully, a friend was on deck to help her out and what Brandy lacked in Queen Bee lyrical knowledge, she more than made up for with her dance moves. In the caption of the post, Brandy took a light-hearted approach to the situation with a nod to the Lemonade singer’s [ faithful fan base](http://time.com/3912684/beyonce-vegan-fans-angry/). “Ok ladies now let’s get in formation…. Oh Lord please don’t let that Hive come for me for not knowing all the words.” Watch the video below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4487676/brandy-beyonce-formation-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4487676/brandy-beyonce-formation-video/"},"headline":"Watch Brandy Forget the Lyrics to Beyoncé's 'Formation'","datePublished":"2016-09-12T16:01:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:26.361Z","description":"\"Please don't let that Hive come for me for not knowing all the words\"","url":"https://time.com/4487676/brandy-beyonce-formation-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Music","Beyonce","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4487676/brandy-beyonce-formation-video/","name":"Watch Brandy Forget the Lyrics to Beyoncé's 'Formation'"}}]}] ```