My House (Beyoncé song)
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| type = single
| artist = Beyoncé
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| released = {{start date|2023|12|1}}
| recorded = 2022–2023
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- {{Duration|m=4|s=22}} (main version)
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| writer =
- Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
- Terius Gesteelde-Diamant
| producer =
- Beyoncé
- The-Dream
| prev_title = Delresto (Echoes)
| prev_year = 2023
| next_title = Texas Hold 'Em
| next_year = 2024
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"My House" is a song by American singer Beyoncé. It was released on December 1, 2023, through Parkwood Entertainment and Columbia Records, as a single to promote her 2023 concert film, Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé. Written and produced by Beyoncé and American songwriter The-Dream, "My House" is a rap and house song driven by trap beats and horns.
Background and composition
The song marks her first original solo release since Renaissance on July 29, 2022.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beyonce-shares-new-song-my-house-listen/|title=Beyoncé Shares New Song "My House": Listen|last1=Corcoran|first1=Nina|last2=Hussey|first2=Allison|website=Pitchfork|date=December 1, 2023|access-date=December 1, 2023|archive-date=December 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204041206/https://pitchfork.com/news/beyonce-shares-new-song-my-house-listen/|url-status=live}} The album was accompanied by the 2023 Renaissance World Tour, which was later brought to screen as Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé on December 1, 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/oct/02/beyonce-announces-renaissance-world-tour-concert-film|title=Beyoncé announces Renaissance world tour concert film|last=Snapes|first=Laura|website=The Guardian|date=October 2, 2023|access-date=December 1, 2023|archive-date=November 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130135115/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/oct/02/beyonce-announces-renaissance-world-tour-concert-film|url-status=live}} Soon after its release, speculation arose that there might be a new song playing throughout the credits for the movie, which would turn out to be "My House".{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/beyonce-my-house-new-single-renaissance-1235815796/|title=Beyoncé Drops New Single "My House" Following Release of Renaissance Film|last=Horowitz|first=Steven J.|website=Variety|date=November 30, 2023|access-date=December 1, 2023|archive-date=December 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201162443/https://variety.com/2023/music/news/beyonce-my-house-new-single-renaissance-1235815796/|url-status=live}} The track was surprise-released the day after.{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2023/12/beyonce-my-house-stream/|title=Beyoncé Releases Surprise New Song "My House": Stream|last=Harrison|first=Scoop|website=Consequence|date=December 1, 2023|access-date=December 1, 2023|archive-date=December 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201172945/https://consequence.net/2023/12/beyonce-my-house-stream/|url-status=live}} In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, producer and long-time collaborator The-Dream suggested the song was conceived as a way to mark the tailend of the Renaissance rollout: "How do we wrap [it] up in a way without also trying to compete with it or make something that's light-Renaissance, because Renaissance is a special thing?"{{Cite web |last=Fekadu |first=Mesfin |date=2024-01-09 |title=The-Dream on Oscars Shortlist, Why He'd Give His Kidney to Beyoncé and How Losing His Mother Connected Him to Color Purple |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/the-dream-on-oscars-shortlist-kidney-beyonce-color-purple-1235782960/ |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}
The "infectious" and "energetic" rap{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2244312/beyonce-my-house/music/|title=Beyoncé – "My House"|last=Chelosky|first=Danielle|website=Stereogum|date=December 1, 2023|access-date=December 1, 2023|archive-date=December 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213073357/https://www.stereogum.com/2244312/beyonce-my-house/music/|url-status=live}} track was co-written and co-produced by The-Dream.{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/zach-dionne/beyonce-my-house-new-song|title=Beyoncé Returns With Surprise Song "My House"|last=Dionne|first=Zach|website=Complex|date=December 1, 2023|access-date=December 1, 2023|archive-date=December 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201222639/https://www.complex.com/music/a/zach-dionne/beyonce-my-house-new-song|url-status=live}} Driven by "triumphant horns", "My House" sees the singer go into "full rap mode" and "scorching bars" as she "turns up the heat".{{cite web|url=https://uproxx.com/music/beyonce-my-house-renaissance-film/|title=Beyoncé Goes Into Full Rap Mogul Mode On "My House", A Surprise Song In The Renaissance Film End Credits|last=Gonzalez|first=Alex|website=Uproxx|date=November 30, 2023|access-date=December 1, 2023|archive-date=December 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204041126/https://uproxx.com/music/beyonce-my-house-renaissance-film/|url-status=live}} The song features "bold, brassy tones" highlighted by a prominent "cracking trap beat".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/beyonce-surprise-release-my-house-stream-it-now-1235520925/|title=Beyonce Checks-In With Surprise Release "My House": Stream It Now|last=Brandle|first=Lars|magazine=Billboard|date=December 1, 2023|access-date=December 1, 2023|archive-date=December 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201142032/https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/beyonce-surprise-release-my-house-stream-it-now-1235520925/|url-status=live}}
Reception
Alexis Petridis of The Guardian gave the song four out of five stars, describing it "genuinely unexpected and thrilling". Petridis wrote that its sound moves away from the sounds of Renaissance to "Houston hip-hop and abstract electronica", even if it "proves to be episodic in structure" without a chorus. At the end the critic stressed that "Beyoncé currently occupies a realm in which she does whatever she wants, something the powerful, uncommercial 'My House' serves to underline", something that "from anyone else, Taylor Swift for example, it would count as an unexpectedly leftfield preconception-baiting gesture".{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |author-link=Alexis Petridis |date=December 1, 2023 |title=Beyoncé: My House review – bold, beat-switching journey to a strobe-lit dancefloor |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/dec/01/beyonce-my-house-song-review-documentary-renaissance |access-date=December 7, 2023 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=December 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207060432/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/dec/01/beyonce-my-house-song-review-documentary-renaissance |url-status=live }}
Mary Siroky of Consequence wrote that Beyoncé "peels back some of the dance and house elements" to sounds incorporated in Homecoming: The Live Album, with a "truly wild beat" similar to "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" and "tonal swings" of the voice.{{Cite web |last=Siroky |first=Mary |date=December 1, 2023 |title=Beyoncé's 'MY HOUSE' Is Our Song of the Week |url=https://consequence.net/2023/12/beyonce-my-house-song-of-the-week/ |access-date=December 9, 2023 |website=Consequence |language=en-US |archive-date=December 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208093609/https://consequence.net/2023/12/beyonce-my-house-song-of-the-week/ |url-status=live }} Hattie Lindert of Pitchfork also compared the song to "a star athlete’s celebration pose after a godlike game [...] begin[ning] as a nasty step team stomp that evokes the unified roar of 2018's Homecoming before switch[ing] to a boiling house cut where she calls for a self-love revolution."{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/beyonce-my-house/|title="My House"|last=Lindert|first=Hattie|website=Pitchfork|date=December 1, 2023|access-date=December 2, 2023|archive-date=December 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213073357/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/beyonce-my-house/|url-status=live}} Ludovic Hunter-Tilney of the Financial Times described the song as "an enjoyably bombastic stomper" in which listeners "surrender to Beyoncé's powerful singing."{{Cite web |last=HunterTilney |first=Ludovic |date=December 1, 2023 |title=Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé review — stunning spectacle makes the floor shake |url=https://www.ft.com/content/50dbd7f0-452d-4191-a6f2-a072dabbea95 |access-date=December 7, 2023 |website=Financial Times |archive-date=December 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207180741/https://www.ft.com/content/50dbd7f0-452d-4191-a6f2-a072dabbea95 |url-status=live }}
The song was nominated at the 24th Black Reel Awards for Outstanding Original Song.{{Cite web |last=Complex |first=Valerie |date=December 15, 2023 |title=Black Reel Awards Nominations: 'The Color Purple' And 'Rustin' Dominate |url=https://deadline.com/2023/12/black-reel-awards-nominations-revealed-color-purple-and-rustin-dominate-nominations-1235669797/ |access-date=December 16, 2023 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}
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|The 10 Best Songs of 2023 |{{Center|3}} |{{Cite magazine|date=December 6, 2023|title=The 10 Best Songs of 2023|url=https://time.com/6340132/best-songs-2023/|access-date=December 6, 2023|magazine=Time|language=en|archive-date=December 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231206194217/https://time.com/6340132/best-songs-2023/|url-status=live}} |
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Commercial performance
In the United States, "My House" debuted at number 57 on the Billboard Hot 100.{{Cite web|url=https://ratedrnb.com/2023/12/beyonce-my-house-debuts-on-billboard-charts/|title=Beyoncé's 'My House' Debuts on Multiple Billboard Charts|first=Keithan|last=Samuels|date=December 12, 2023|access-date=December 13, 2023|archive-date=December 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213073358/https://ratedrnb.com/2023/12/beyonce-my-house-debuts-on-billboard-charts/|url-status=live}} It also became Beyoncé's fifth Top 10 song on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs and sixth Top 10 song on the Hot Rap Songs chart, her first rap charting as lead artist.{{Cite magazine |last=Anderson |first=Trevor |date=December 14, 2023 |title=Double Feature: Beyoncé's 'My House' Premieres in Top 10 on Rap & Dance Charts |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/beyonce-my-house-top-10-rap-dance-songs-charts-debut-1235556734/ |access-date=December 14, 2023 |magazine=Billboard}}
Live performances
On December 25, 2024, Beyoncé debuted "My House" live as part of her 2024 NFL Halftime Show set list.{{Cite web |last=McClay |first=Caché |date=December 25, 2024 |title=Beyoncé Bowl: See the setlist of the Ravens-Texans game halftime performance on Christmas |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/12/25/beyonce-bowl-set-list-christmas/77216004007/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241226061936/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/12/25/beyonce-bowl-set-list-christmas/77216004007/ |archive-date=December 26, 2024 |access-date=December 26, 2024 |website=USA Today |language=en-US}}
Personnel
- Beyoncé – producer, composer, lyricist, lead vocals, background vocals, vocal producer, performer
- The-Dream – producer, composer, lyricist, vocals, background vocals
- Khirye Tyler – additional producer
- Mike Dean – mixing engineer, mastering engineer
- Stuart White – recording engineer
- Brandon Harding – recording engineer
- Sean Solymar – assistant engineer
- Tommy Rush – assistant engineer
- Matheus Braz – assistant engineer
Charts
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| scope="row"| US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2024/hot-dance-electronic-songs/|title=Hot Dance/Electronic Songs – Year-End 2024|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 17, 2024}}
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2023|certyear=2024|artist=Beyoncé|title=My House|access-date=April 17, 2024}}
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Release history
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| December 1, 2023 | {{hlist|Digital download|streaming}} | style="text-align:center;" | {{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |title=Listen to Beyoncé's surprise new rap song 'My House' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-to-beyonces-surprise-new-rap-song-my-house-3551957 |access-date=December 1, 2023 |work=NME |date=December 1, 2023 |archive-date=December 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201163537/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-to-beyonces-surprise-new-rap-song-my-house-3551957 |url-status=live }} |
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| scope="row" | Italy
| December 8, 2023 | Sony |