--- title: Amy Schumer, Goldie Hawn Parody Beyoncé's 'Formation' Video description: Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn created a parody of Beyoncé's "Formation" video along with Joan Cusack and Wanda Sykes. canonical: https://time.com/4541512/amy-schumer-goldie-hawn-beyonce-formation-parody/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-21T23:18:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:54.096Z og:title: Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn Recreated 'Formation' og:description: It's a TIDAL exclusive og:url: https://time.com/4541512/amy-schumer-goldie-hawn-beyonce-formation-parody/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt12b3e4240e8961ea/6988ab2e524fc0eda4df9f28/amy-schumer-beyonce-formation-parody.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Celebrities Visit SiriusXM - August 23, 2016 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn Recreated 'Formation' twitter:description: It's a TIDAL exclusive twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt12b3e4240e8961ea/6988ab2e524fc0eda4df9f28/amy-schumer-beyonce-formation-parody.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn Recreated Beyoncé's 'Formation' > Sponsored content. 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Kempin—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 21, 2016 11:18 PM UTC Since [Queen Bey’s tour-de-force of an album, _Lemonade_](http://time.com/4306316/beyonce-lemonade-black-woman-magic/), dropped nearly six months ago, it’s shown up in pop culture everywhere [from Stephen Colbert’s _The Late Show_ and James Corden’s _The Late Late Show_](http://time.com/4472873/beyonce-stephen-colbert-james-corden-parodies/) to more recently on _Saturday Night Live_, where the female comedians channeled “Sorry” for [a hilarious and very excellent skit about Melania and the women of the Trump campaign](http://time.com/4532612/snl-melania-trump-beyonce-lemonade/). [Amy Schumer](http://time.com/3939261/amy-schumer-defense-race-comedy/) and Goldie Hawn’s take on “Formation” debuted as a Tidal exclusive on Friday, featuring Schumer and Hawn attempting to re-create the now iconic selfhood anthem. It’s an odd choice for the _Mother/Daughter_ co-stars given that the song addresses racial politics and police brutality (Schumer and Hawn don shirts that read an excerpt from the song “[Texas Bama](http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/02/10/466178725/in-beyonc-s-formation-a-song-for-the-bama),” a racially complex term historically used in a derogatory manner). Joan Cusack and Wanda Sykes also join them on an island, where they lip-sync and re-create some of Beyoncé’s choreography alongside flora and fauna. The video is available on [TIDAL](http://Watch the video on Tidal here). 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