--- title: The Beyoncé-Hamilton Mashup You Need to Watch Right Now description: In what might be the best pop culture pairing ever, there's now #HAM4BEY, the Beyoncé-Hamilton mashup of your dreams. canonical: https://time.com/4580054/beyonce-hamilton-mashup/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-22T17:35:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:55.490Z og:title: This Beyoncé-'Hamilton' Mashup Is Straight Out of Your Dreams og:description: #HAM4BEY og:url: https://time.com/4580054/beyonce-hamilton-mashup/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt889103afb99e14ee/6988af6be20a8707d8a9350d/beyonce-hamilton-mashup.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Beyonce "The Formation World Tour" - Santa Clara og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Beyoncé-'Hamilton' Mashup Is Straight Out of Your Dreams twitter:description: #HAM4BEY twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt889103afb99e14ee/6988af6be20a8707d8a9350d/beyonce-hamilton-mashup.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Beyoncé-_Hamilton_ Mashup Is Straight Out of Your Dreams > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage) Kevin Mazur—WireImage  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 22, 2016 5:35 PM UTC In what might be the most glorious pop culture pairing ever, LA artist Michael Korte and arranger Jared Jenkins dropped #HAM4BEY, the [Beyoncé](http://time.com/4557009/beyonce-super-bowl-cheetos/)–[Hamilton](http://time.com/4558417/hamilton-mixtape-tracks/) [musical mashup](http://time.com/4578887/daft-punk-beastie-boys-mashup-album/) of your dreams. The nearly 7-minute clip features singers India Carney, Vincint, Mariah Maxwell, Jej Millanes, Kelly Margareth Lee and Jamond McCoy performing a melody of songs from [the hit Broadway musical _Hamilton_](http://time.com/4578311/donald-trump-hamilton-brandon-victor-dixon/) and the fiercest tracks from Beyoncé’s songbook. While singing about one of America’s founding fathers with tracks like “Alexander Hamilton” and “My Shot” in tandem with Queen Bey’s “Countdown” and “[Formation](http://motto.time.com/4550090/amy-schumer-formation-parody-essay/)” might seem like an odd match, the mashup effortlessly melds the two genres in a way that will delight the Beyhive and Hamilton fans alike. 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