Mega star alert - it's rapper Nicki Minaj and celebrated pop star Beyoncé joining forces in one song. The flawless remix of 'Flawless' (too much?) features none other than a new segment featuring the rapper who has become some what of a hot topic at the moment. But there's more - you can now listen and watch the live version of the track featuring the two popular singers, as they took to the stage to perform their track. About two and a half minutes into the video, Pop queen Beyoncé triumphantly announces to the crowd that Nicki Minaj will be joining her on stage for the remixed version, and it's safe to say the crowd goes wild. Whilst we envy everyone in the audience, the track itself has that extra bite and sass to it courtesy of Nicki's rap segments, and the solid beat makes for an even more addictive version of the song.
Minaj kills her verses, and the gradual speed in her verses builds the song appropriately, until the low beat in the background returns and the crowd screams. Beyoncé's lyrics are particularly relevant and contain some subtle digs at previous events, such as the elevator incident, in which she screams 'of course some shit gonna go down when there's a billion dollars in the elevator'. Whilst we would have loved an actual music video version for the track (it seems to be the latest rage for musicians to include live recordings instead of pre-rehearsed music videos for the accompany 'video' to a song), the live version still has everything you would expect in a usual pop video; there's slick dancing, captivating visuals, funky costumes and of course, killer high notes. It's undeniable that the chemistry between Nicki and Beyoncé is electric, and Minaj is particularly endearing in the video as she giggles and smiles away as she raps and sings along with her on-stage partner.
Overall, the song is catchy and current (what is it with remixes some how sounding marginally or drastically better than the original?), and in a similar vain to J-Lo's 'Booty' remix, which sounds 10 times better with Azalea's rapping segment, Beyoncé's 'Flawless' remix sounds that little bit more dramatic and insanely catchy with Minaj's verse - could we see a pattern emerging amongst musical artists? Will rap remixes become a thing once again? Only time will tell! In the mean time, check out the flawless video below and bounce along with Nicki and Beyoncé:
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