die young die young song recorded american singer beyoncé fourth studio album composed beyoncé song development motivated fact beyoncé wanted song help people painful happy moments die young soul power ballad complete synthesizers piano guitar heavy drums inspired work american band earth lyrically song talks inability fight heart wants female protagonist sings indifferent love interest american actor tells prefers die live die young generally received contemporary music critics described dark ballad highlighted beyoncé vocal power song melody critics noted ballad heavily influenced 1980s soul music adding philadelphia soul vibe commented barely distinguishable songs criticizing chorus according forms major song following release die young charted number based downloads song beyoncé set list intimate nights beyoncé shows held ballroom new_york_city background recording die young written produced los_angeles cole green played tenor alto horn arranged recorded beyoncé vocals new_york_city served background vocalists mixed track assisted audio engineering die young tasks executed studio los_angeles speaking motivated record song vein die young beyoncé said want people think listen music want help painful memories painful moments happy moments want conversation composition lyrical interpretation die young soul power ballad heavily influenced 1990s music 1970s soul music alexis_petridis guardian commented dramatic philadelphia soul ballad modern production die young contains elements retro pop music song built heavy laid programmed according chicago_sun-times inspired material american band earth additional instrumentation includes horn section synthesizers piano keyboard guitar nme noted die young gets close soul adding chorus bears similarities previous work jazz hands jim_farber daily news wrote die young choir recalls harmonies female singing group emotions magazine compared song massive attack protection noted similarities songs lyrically die young talks inability fight heart wants wrong beyoncé mercy indifferent love interest telling die young live life beyoncé sings leaving legacy shows epic love interest stated music stays soft verse beyoncé romantic interest american actor feel like seventeen relates good girls fall bad boys bad boy loves drive fast smoke chorus beyoncé projects image woman wants love loved regardless die young live life live song progresses beyoncé references deeper emotional fires burning sings understands critical reception song received generally positive reviews mtv wrote die young dark ballad noting beyoncé sings listeners sense mystery commended stunning vocals likewise website ign wrote song gives beyoncé vocals room shine beautifully soft verses hook alexis_petridis guardian called die young fantastic dramatic song similarly rolling_stone wrote great melodramatic kick song comes like quiet storm slow jam modern drum programming live live life unusually self lyric beyoncé sells regardless sputnikmusic showed high song writing feel like seventeen die young vocal certainly bad boy beyoncé love physical representation countless fantasies guys drive fast smoke actual person feels pop song trying connection listener doesn feel like total fraud forget lady_gaga song relationship father babies convinced moment beyoncé die young live life lover cares don doesn fully explain enjoyable convey convincing beyoncé given right tools turns tools consist beyoncé voice prefix magazine found retro leaning boom equal measure die young likewise wrote die young boundary pushing backdrop 1970s soul dragged tomorrow describing bizarre brilliant spin magazine described slow bloom song preoccupied love pleasure music week described die young drum heavy ballad accompanied lovely melody jocelyn_vena mtv_news described ballad having old school vibe commended instead going hard beyoncé keeps music soft robert_copsey british entertainment media news website digital_spy noted similarities die young beyoncé older material mixed review came entertainment_weekly compared beyoncé work die young past idols felt tone overshadowed style stating gets lost idols shadows bbc online wrote ballad successful songs similarly nme classified die young barely distinguishable publication wrote song lyrics chorus adding lyrical references instead explained overturned favour romantic greg_kot chicago_tribune noted song little chorus repeat pitchfork media commented die young ruins soul vibe theatrical broadway live performance beyoncé performed die young live time august intimate nights beyoncé revue held ballroom new_york_city performed ballad people wearing gold dress backed female band backing singers called performance included video album live elements chart performance selling digital downloads die young opened number week ending july
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