 "Cosmopolitan"s Gina Mei noted how the fact that Beyoncé was surrounded by "gorgeous, powerful, and independent women" throughout the video made it "a tour de force, and it's all kinds of empowering".Similarly, Zimmer from "The Daily Beast" noted how the singer was accompanied by "crews of beautiful black women everywhere she goes" in the "good old-fashioned girls rule, boys drool banger".Emily Blake from Mashable.com described the video as "the most epic, middle-finger filled girls-only party this great nation has seen".