--- title: Beyonce Mi Gente Remix Inspires Funny Internet Reactions description: Beyoncé appeared on a remix of J Balvin's 'Mi Gente', with all benefits going to help those affected by the natural disaster in Puerto Rico. canonical: https://time.com/4962596/beyonce-mi-gente-remix-reactions/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-29T16:10:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:41.047Z og:title: The Internet Is Losing It Over Beyoncé's Remix of 'Mi Gente' og:description: Beyoncé appeared on a remix of J Balvin's 'Mi Gente', with all benefits going to help those affected by the natural disaster in Puerto Rico. og:url: https://time.com/4962596/beyonce-mi-gente-remix-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b5bebf4392ed08d/6988dff0929fadb3b6bede35/beyonce-mi-gente-reactions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Celebrity Sightings in New York City - September 14, 2017 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Is Losing It Over Beyoncé's Remix of 'Mi Gente' twitter:description: Beyoncé appeared on a remix of J Balvin's 'Mi Gente', with all benefits going to help those affected by the natural disaster in Puerto Rico. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b5bebf4392ed08d/6988dff0929fadb3b6bede35/beyonce-mi-gente-reactions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet's Mind Is Lost and Nowhere to Be Found Because Beyoncé Released a Remix > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by James Devaney/GC Images) James Devaney—GC Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 29, 2017 4:10 PM UTC [Beyoncé](http://time.com/4856743/beyonce-highest-paid-musician-2016/) blessed the world on Thursday night by releasing [a remix of J. Balvin and Willy Williams’ popular song “Mi Gente,”](http://time.com/4962254/beyonce-mi-gente-puerto-rico-mexico/) her first song since giving birth to [twins Rumi and Sir Carter](http://time.com/4800193/beyonce-jay-z-twins-birth/) in June. While new music from Beyoncé is always exciting, her most recent collaboration is especially notable because she’s pledging all profits from the sales of the track to help with[ the natural disaster relief efforts in Puerto Rico, Mexico and other islands in the Caribbean that were affected by recent storms](http://time.com/4962224/puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-relief-donald-trump/). Queen Bey first posted the remix via Instagram along with a caption that drew awareness towards the crisis in Puerto Rico and other islands affected by the recent natural disasters. “I am donating my proceeds from this song to hurricane relief charities for Puerto Rico, Mexico and the other affected Caribbean islands,” Beyoncé wrote on Instagram. As might be expected, Beyhive and casual fans alike lost their minds over the new release and promptly took to the web to share their feelings about the “Mi Gente” remix. > [](https://twitter.com/darkwavebaby/status/913572377463869441) > [](https://twitter.com/brokeymcpoverty/status/913606057179594752) > [](https://twitter.com/ScottieBeam/status/913747328137342977) > [](https://twitter.com/PrestonMitchum/status/913769595307249664) > [](https://twitter.com/thugyonce/status/913649828231446528) > [](https://twitter.com/antoniodelotero/status/913616884100141056) Bey’s remix to help those affected by the natural disasters in the Caribbean follows [her Bey Good campaign to help her hometown of Houston after natural disasters ravaged the city.](http://time.com/4935876/beyonce-blu-ivy-serve-meals-hurricane-harvey-victims-houston/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4962596/beyonce-mi-gente-remix-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4962596/beyonce-mi-gente-remix-reactions/"},"headline":"The Internet's Mind Is Lost and Nowhere to Be Found Because Beyoncé Released a Remix","datePublished":"2017-09-29T16:10:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:47:41.047Z","description":"The Beyhive is losing it over \"Mi Gente\"","url":"https://time.com/4962596/beyonce-mi-gente-remix-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","viral","Beyonce"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b5bebf4392ed08d/6988dff0929fadb3b6bede35/beyonce-mi-gente-reactions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b5bebf4392ed08d/6988dff0929fadb3b6bede35/beyonce-mi-gente-reactions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Celebrity Sightings in New York City - September 14, 2017","caption":"Celebrity Sightings in New York City - September 14, 2017","creditText":"James Devaney—GC 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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4962596/beyonce-mi-gente-remix-reactions/","name":"The Internet's Mind Is Lost and Nowhere to Be Found Because Beyoncé Released a Remix"}}]}] ```