Music / NewsBeyoncé shares full ‘Hold Up’ video on 35th birthdayThe singer released the standalone clip on YouTube yesterdayShareLink copied ✔️September 5, 2016MusicNewsTextDominique Sisley Beyoncé celebrated her 35th birthday yesterday by sharing the full standalone video for “Hold Up” on YouTube. The clip, which won the VMA’s Best Female Video award last week, has been plucked from the singer’s iconic, hour-long visual album Lemonade. Despite initially only being viewable on Tidal, it has now been posted to Vevo; making it freely available to all fans who have yet to see her smash shit up with a baseball bat. The video, which runs over five minutes, opens with Beyoncé reading a poem from Somali-born Brit Warsan Shire. “I tried to change,” the singer recites. “Closed my mouth more, tried to be softer, prettier, less awake. Fasted for 60 days, wore white, abstained from mirrors, abstained from sex, slowly did not speak another word.” “I grew thickened skin on my feet, I bathed in bleach, and plugged my menses with pages from the holy book, but still inside me, coiled deep, was the need to know ... Are you cheating on me?” “Hold Up” is the second track to shared outside of Tidal, and follows on from her June-released video for “Sorry”. Watch it in full above. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREThe rise of EsDeeKid in 5 tracksWatch: Oklou on favourite films, parenthood, and how to say her name GucciEsDeeKid, Fakemink and more shut down Gucci’s AW26 afterpartyA starter pack guide to the lore of 2hollis‘The internet was a bad parent to me’: 2hollis and Arca in conversation6 times Lil Uzi Vert pushed rap forwardLil Uzi Vert: ‘Everything’s too goth, we need more steampunk’fakemink 101: The rise of ‘London’s saviour’ in numbers5 of the best Oklou collabs, ranked‘Alt girls get their flowers’: Oklou and PinkPantheress go head-to-headWatch: fakemink on lust, obsessive fans and his new album, Terrifiedfakemink: ‘I’m the Eminem of the UK underground’Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy