Beyoncé just surprised everyone with a new music video online

It features a number of visual and lyrical references to police violence against black people, an issue that has been prominent in U.S. news coverage for the last couple of years.

The video opens with flood stricken New Orleans as Beyonce sings from the roof of a police auto filled with water.

The end of the video shows a wall that reads “Stop shooting us” as a boy wearing a hooded sweatshirt holds his hands in the air.

The scenes cut to an angelic-looking Blue as she dances around a musty old mansion, with a few of her cute little friends in tow.

The content of the song is much racier than most Beyonce fans are accustomed to.

What Queen Bey also did was send a special shout out to Red Lobster with the lyric “When he f-k me good I take his a- to Red Lobster”. Exactly one week after Greg Hudgens passed away after a battle with cancer, his daughter chose to share a heartfelt message on social media.

Beyonce’s sister Solange tweeted: “Y’all gonna learn bout dem children of Celestine & Mathew, lol”.

The powerful track was released ahead of Beyonce’s performance at the highly-anticipated Superbowl 50 event-that is scheduled for Sunday, February 7, 2016.

Beyonce is seemingly taking all the fan adulation and critical praise in her stride.

The Single Ladies hitmaker may be debuting the song live for the first time on a huge stage as she was rehearsing Formation during preparations for the halftime show according to a Saturday report from Rolling Stone.