Music / NewsBeyoncé shares full ‘Hold Up’ video on 35th birthdayThe singer released the standalone clip on YouTube yesterdayShareLink copied ✔️September 5, 2016MusicNewsText Dominique 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.TrendingThings To Come: Porn saves the world in Maja Malou Lyse’s ‘bimbo sci-fi’The Danish artist’s new show premieres at the 2026 Venice Biennale – here, she discusses her fictional future where ‘porn stars rule the world’ and how it reflects our relationship with images todayArt & PhotographyArt & PhotographyInside Studio Iron, Isamaya Ffrench’s new dystopian dreamworldBeautyHoroscopes May 2026: It’s a money month, so expect a surprise windfallBeautyWho would we be attracted to if we didn’t know what we looked like? Art & PhotographyWalter Pfeiffer, the cult photographer of beauty, sex and outsidersFashionNipples, nachos and mask4mask: The biggest trends at the Met Gala 2026 BeautyNude awakening: Meet the young people embracing naturismBeauty10 of the hottest Instagram accounts fusing art, sex and eroticaBeautyClaire Drake’s beauty affirmations: ‘Never be afraid to be a hot mess’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