--- ---  # Beyoncé's 'I Gotta Go Home' Is Your Exit Strategy for Every Situation  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 18, 2019 5:36 PM UTC  INDIO, CA - APRIL 14: Beyonce Knowles performs onstage during 2018 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Field on April 14, 2018 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella) INDIO, CA - APRIL 14: Beyonce Knowles performs onstage during 2018 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Field on April 14, 2018 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella)Kevin Winter—Getty Images for Coachella  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 18, 2019 5:36 PM UTC As is her practice, [Beyoncé](http://time.com/5572221/beyonce-homecoming-documentary-history/) re-affirmed her dominance as Queen Bey, the greatest living performer, when she released not only her [Netflix documentary, _Homecoming_](http://time.com/5572478/beyonce-homecoming-documentary/) but an surprise accompanying live album on Wednesday. The documentary, which charts Beyoncé’s process of creating and performing her [iconic headlining set at the 2018 Coachella Festival](http://time.com/5572535/beyonce-homecoming-coachella-netflix-review/), resulted in not only the rapture of the Internet, Beyhive and casual fans alike, but in the emergence of a perfect exit strategy for those who are looking to leave a social situation early. In a relatable moment in the documentary, Beyoncé announces, that like mother all around the world, she, too, must go home to her family. “I gotta go home to my fifty-eleven children,” she jokes (for the record, Beyoncé has three children, but if you count the Bey Hive, 5011 is not far off.) This sentiment won the hearts of the Internet, who wasted no time in taking to Twitter with their thoughts on the phrase and their intention to start using it as part of their daily lives. > [](https://twitter.com/whatsgoodDe/status/1118661584732282881) > [](https://twitter.com/SpeakFactsShaq/status/1118430524958232576) > [](https://twitter.com/queennaaji/status/1118446661473325057) > [](https://twitter.com/kayangrum/status/1118711576733921280) > [](https://twitter.com/Fergyonce/status/1118506999765962752) Beyoncé's Homecoming Netflix Doc Gives Fans New Phrase ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5573402/beyonce-homecoming-netflix-doc-home-quote/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5573402/beyonce-homecoming-netflix-doc-home-quote/"},"headline":"Beyoncé's 'I Gotta Go Home' Is Your Exit Strategy for Every Situation","datePublished":"2019-04-18T17:36:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:58:42.261Z","description":"As demonstrated in 'Homecoming'","url":"https://time.com/5573402/beyonce-homecoming-netflix-doc-home-quote/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b53739ddee637d6/69894891457a522de2d60e4b/beyonce-homecoming-documentary-home-quote.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/blt7b53739ddee637d6/69894891457a522de2d60e4b/beyonce-homecoming-documentary-home-quote.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2018 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival - Weekend 1 - Day 2","caption":"2018 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival - Weekend 1 - Day 2","creditText":"Kevin Winter—Getty Images for Coachella","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/5573402/beyonce-homecoming-netflix-doc-home-quote/","name":"Beyoncé's 'I Gotta Go Home' Is Your Exit Strategy for Every Situation"}}]}] ```