--- description: Surprise! (Again!) title: Beyonce "Grown Woman" Alternate Music Video image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98a895eb271c282b/6986885b3bc999caf71a2b18/beyonce-grown-woman-alternate-video.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Beyoncé's "Grown Woman" Gets An Alternate Video: Watch by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 1, 2014 4:42 PM CUT  Screenshot by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 1, 2014 4:42 PM CUT There’s no doubt that Beyoncé has a lot of fans, and those fans are a crafty bunch — literally. A quick search on [Etsy](http://www.etsy.com/search/handmade?q=beyonce&ship%5Fto=US&ref=auto3&explicit%5Fscope=1 "undefined") reveals everything from Yoncé iPhone cases to homemade “Surfbort” t-shirts to “Flawless” necklaces to Queen Bey football jerseys. But while her Hive are an ingenious bunch, none can rival the Queen herself when it comes to a creative streak. Not only did Beyoncé release a [surprise visual album](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/12/13/this-is-how-the-internet-reacted-to-beyonces-amazing-surprise-album-drop/ "undefined") with videos for every [iTunes-crashing](http://gizmodo.com/beyonces-surprise-new-album-crashed-itunes-overnight-1482524545 "undefined") track, but now she’s gone and made an alternate video for the _Beyoncé_ bonus video “Grown Woman.” Like she sings: She’s a grown woman. She can do whatever she wants. The alternate video for the Timbaland-produced track takes Beyoncé’s original concept for her video — pairing home movies with her grown-up self — and transforms it by adding exuberantly animated doodles and extra bling while still leaving baby Bey and cute Kelly Rowland lip-syncing. Here’s the alternate video: And here’s the original: \[via [Vulture](//www.hitfix.com/news/beyonce-unveils-new-alternative-version-of-grown-woman-video#puUizC76l6xVGlpy.99 "undefined")\] **MORE**: [14 Things to Know About Beyoncé’s New Album](http://entertainment.time.com/2013/12/13/14-things-to-know-about-beyonces-new-album/ "undefined") **MORE**: [It’s a Thriller: New Michael Jackson Songs Coming in May on Posthumous LP _Xscape_](http://time.com/43596/michael-jackson-xscape-new-music/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/45384/beyonce-grown-woman-alternate-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/45384/beyonce-grown-woman-alternate-video/"},"headline":"Beyoncé's \"Grown Woman\" Gets An Alternate Video: Watch","datePublished":"2014-04-01T16:42:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T07:33:21.341Z","description":"Surprise! (Again!)","url":"https://time.com/45384/beyonce-grown-woman-alternate-video/","keywords":["Music","Beyonce","Music videos"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98a895eb271c282b/6986885b3bc999caf71a2b18/beyonce-grown-woman-alternate-video.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98a895eb271c282b/6986885b3bc999caf71a2b18/beyonce-grown-woman-alternate-video.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"beyonce-grown-woman-alternate-video","caption":"","creditText":"Screenshot","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":"https://time.com/45384/beyonce-grown-woman-alternate-video/","name":"Beyoncé's \"Grown Woman\" Gets An Alternate Video: Watch"}}]}] ```