Directed by Jake Nava and featuring Jay Z holding court at Parisian cabaret house Crazy Horse (that’s where he proposed), Beyoncé’s video for ‘Partition’ is the impeccable embodiment of her eponymous album’s matrimonial raunch, boasting lyrics including (but not limited to) “Oh he so horny, yeah he want to fuck/He popped all my buttons and he ripped my blouse/He Monica Lewinsky’d all on my gown” and a breakdown in French that loosely translates to “Do you like sex?
Sex. I mean, the physical activity. Coitus. Do you like it?”
Sex. I mean, the physical activity. Coitus. Do you like it?”
Subtlety – not her strong suit (that would be her birthday suit). Regarder:
