Beyonce’s “Formation” Red Lobster Line Origin Story Revealed

Today, Red Bull Music Academy shared a lengthy interview with Mike WiLL Made-It, where he revealed even more secrets behind his and Rae Sremmurd’s contributions to Beyoncé’s Lemonade track “Formation.” Earlier this year, Mike WiLL told The New Yorker that Swae Lee came up with song’s central lyric (“OK, ladies, now let’s get in formation”) during a freestyled songwriting session at Coachella. Now, the producer’s said that Slim Jxmmi also helped pen an integral line of the song–the Red Lobster line.

In the same Coachella session, Jxmmi came up with “If you fuck me good, I’ll take your ass to Margiela.” Later, Mike WiLL gave the recordings to Beyoncé, who turned it into her now-iconic lyric, “If you fuck me good, I’ll take your ass to Red Lobster.” Mike WiLL clarifies that while the song was a “collaborative effort between me, Pluss, Sremm, and her,” Beyoncé “wrote both of her verses and she got inspired by what Jxmmi said.” Watch the full interview below. (The “Formation” discussion begins at 1:31:24.)

Revisit our Guest List interview with Rae Sremmurd. 

Revisit “Formation”:

Watch Rae Sremmurd on an episode of Pitchfork.tv’s “Over/Under”:

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