Beyonce is such a visual artist. This was just trying to figure out another side to her that could be fun and young and exciteful and a great video.

One half was like, I hope this doesn't affect it, and the other half was like, it's great that people know I did a Beyoncé record.

Beyoncé can handle any record you put in front of her. Any record that pushes her in that direction, it would have been good to be on the project.

Beyoncé don't get a lot of leaks. She just has a very tight control. Most of the time, that's generally not the case, but I pretty much follow her direction.

She [Beyonce] is just an energetic performer and she loves drums. She loves edge.

Generally, you're always shooting in the dark with Beyonce. She's just creative and eclectic and up on always trying to be ahead of the game. That was the moment of me trying to figure out how I wanted to give her another moment.

I made the record, and I sent it over to Jay Brown, who was working on Rihanna's album. He was like, "Send me that record for Rihanna."