--- title: Beyoncé Actually Dropped the Mic and the Beyhive Can't Deal description: Beyoncé made the world stop for fans at her On the Run II tour concert when she literally dropped the mic after singing 'Resentment'. canonical: https://time.com/5343001/beyonce-drops-mic-at-concert-reactions/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-19T14:52:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:57.029Z og:title: Beyoncé Actually Dropped the Mic and Fans Can't Deal With It og:description: Bow down og:url: https://time.com/5343001/beyonce-drops-mic-at-concert-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt45ea9845fc6042ff/698935b8929fad45d9bf11c8/beyonce-drops-the-mic.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Beyonce and Jay-Z "On the Run II" Tour Opener - Cardiff og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Beyoncé Actually Dropped the Mic and Fans Can't Deal With It twitter:description: Bow down twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt45ea9845fc6042ff/698935b8929fad45d9bf11c8/beyonce-drops-the-mic.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Beyoncé Actually Dropped the Mic and Fans Can't Deal With It  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 19, 2018 2:52 PM UTC  CARDIFF, WALES - JUNE 06: Beyonce Knowles performs on stage during the "On the Run II" tour opener at Principality Stadium on June 6, 2018 in Cardiff, Wales. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images For Parkwood Entertainment) CARDIFF, WALES - JUNE 06: Beyonce Knowles performs on stage during the "On the Run II" tour opener at Principality Stadium on June 6, 2018 in Cardiff, Wales. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images For Parkwood Entertainment)Kevin Mazur—Getty Images For Parkwood Entert  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 19, 2018 2:52 PM UTC [Beyoncé](http://time.com/4631309/beyonce-lemonade-impact/) made the world stop for fans at her [On the Run II tour](http://time.com/5195480/beyonce-jay-z-otr-ii-tour-dates/) concert in France this week when she literally [dropped the mic](http://time.com/4544958/barack-obamas-rap-moments/) after singing her infamous ballad about infidelity, “Resentment.” In a clip from the concert, Beyoncé finishes belting out the final notes of the song while seated before insouciantly dropping the mic, something that the Beyhive could not get enough of, especially since “Resentment” was a song that caused [no short measure of discussion](http://time.com/4802554/jay-z-beyonce-relationship-timeline/) on the first On the Run tour. As might be expected, it didn’t take long before the Internet discovered this iconic moment and made good use of it on social media, creating a GIF-able moment that will no doubt bless us time and time again for tweets to come. > [](https://twitter.com/HiveUpdate/status/1019712312758951936) > [](https://twitter.com/Richl562/status/1019624234430001152) > [](https://twitter.com/allanbcool/status/1019528773312471045) > [](https://twitter.com/LetetiaRose/status/1019457218255572992) > [](https://twitter.com/beyonce%5Fposts/status/1019335385447567360) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5343001/beyonce-drops-mic-at-concert-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5343001/beyonce-drops-mic-at-concert-reactions/"},"headline":"Beyoncé Actually Dropped the Mic and Fans Can't Deal With It","datePublished":"2018-07-19T14:52:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:53:57.029Z","description":"Bow down","url":"https://time.com/5343001/beyonce-drops-mic-at-concert-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt45ea9845fc6042ff/698935b8929fad45d9bf11c8/beyonce-drops-the-mic.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/blt45ea9845fc6042ff/698935b8929fad45d9bf11c8/beyonce-drops-the-mic.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Beyonce and Jay-Z \"On the Run II\" Tour Opener - Cardiff","caption":"Beyonce and Jay-Z \"On the Run II\" Tour Opener - Cardiff","creditText":"Kevin Mazur—Getty Images For Parkwood Entert","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/5343001/beyonce-drops-mic-at-concert-reactions/","name":"Beyoncé Actually Dropped the Mic and Fans Can't Deal With It"}}]}] ```