Savage Remix Feat. Beyoncé

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Savage Remix Feat. Beyoncé is a remix of rapper Megan Thee Stallion's song "Savage" featuring Beyoncé that was released in April 2020. The song gained widespread popularity on Twitter and TikTok, especially after "Savage" was made into a TikTok dance in March 2020.

Origin

On April 29th, 2020, Megan Thee Stallion released "Savage Remix (feat. Beyoncé) [Official Audio]" to YouTube (shown below). The video garnered over 3.8 million views and 309,000 likes in 20 hours.

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On April 29th, 2020, Megan Thee Stallion announced the release on Instagram^[1] saying, "I’m literally crying 😭 being from HOUSTON MF TEXAS this shit means EVERYTHING to me !!!! SAVAGE REMIX FT THE QUEEN @BEYONCE OUT NOW! All the artist proceeds of the song goes to @breadoflifehou to support our city during this pandemic! 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽 HOTTIES WE UP 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 🐎🐎🐎🐎🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝." The post gained over 2.8 million views in a day. That same day, Twitter user @PopCrave shared an Instagram live video of Megan Thee Stallion with the caption, "Megan @TheeStallion got emotional talking about her collaboration with @Beyonce and what it would’ve meant to her late mother:'My mama was a really huge fan of Beyoncé.'" (shown below). The post garnered over 414,000 views, 46,500 likes and 8,900 retweets in a day.

On April 29th, many Twitter users began praising Beyonce's rapping skills and lyrics. In one verse she mentions stating an OnlyFans account. RollingStone^[2] released OnlyFans' response, "Beyonce, and any artist, are welcome to join OnlyFans at any time to foster a deeper connection with their fans." That day, Twitter user @IamGMJohnson^[3] wrote, "Imagine being Jay-Z and realizing you're the second best rapper in your household…Beyonce a Savage" (shown below left). The tweet received over 25,400 likes and 4,900 retweets in a day. Twitter account @espnW^[4] also responded to the song saying, "theestallion and Beyonce on the 'Savage' remix Fire #savageremix" (shown below, right). The tweet accumulated over 1,200 likes and 220 retweets in a day.

On April 29th, TikTokers began incorporating the song into dance videos and videos commenting on the song itself. TikToker z.i.o.n_ uploaded a video commenting "We all know blue ivy the real reason this happened" (shown below, left). The video gained over 9,700 likes in a day. TikToker inaenaetwinsofficial uploaded a dance video that received over 81,300 likes in a day.

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