Forgive me for a couple of quick posts this week – I’m moving out of home and when you’ve only got your own two hands and a Ford Fiesta to do it with it’s a bit of a process!

During Tuesday’s class the Egg Hunt turned its attention to one of the world’s most watched media events – the ‘Superbowl’, America’s NFL grand final that attracted one billion viewers worldwide and is famous for charging up to one million dollars for a thirty second ad spot.

With that in mind, it’s not hard to see why Beyonce chose it as the time to drop her new track, Formation. This is where we came in: at around the same time, she released the associated video and it’s a doozy.

In recent years, Beyonce has become ever more political, using her powerful influence to great effect. She’s a proud feminist, and sang at the inauguration of America’s first black president Barack Obama. And yet this new video is probably as strong a statement as Queen Bey has ever made.

It’s fiercely and in no uncertain terms a black pride song, with Beyonce singing about her heritage, typical African American physical traits, and her own success (“I might just be a black Bill Gates in the making”). The video backs up these messages, with powerful imagery of a drowned New Orleans post-Hurricane Katrina, African-Americans presented as colonialists in a vintage setting, and a young black boy dancing in front of a row of armed, white policemen.

It’s a mesmerising video to watch and while there has been a backlash against the song, with some claiming Beyonce was disrespectful towards American police, I’m glad she’s taking the time to use her influence to make a strong statement and stand up for minority groups.

Plus, it’s a dead catchy song.