Beyonce, in surprise new track, takes on police abuse


Beyonce performs during the Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. - Getty/AFP/File / Chris Graythen

New York (AFP) - Beyonce is back with her first new music in more than two years, a hip-hop-heavy track with nods to the Black Lives Matter movement and police brutality.

The pop superstar released a single and accompanying video, "Formation," on Saturday in a surprise one day before she is set to perform before tens of millions of television viewers during halftime of the Super Bowl alongside British rockers Coldplay.

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