Beauty And a Beat

Yeah..
Young Money..
Nicki Minaj
Justin..

Show you off
Tonight I wanna show you off (aye,aye,aye)
What you got
A billion could've never bought (aye,aye,aye)

We gonna party like it's 3012 tonight
I wanna show you all the finer things in life
So just forget about the world, we're young tonight
I'm coming for ya, I'm coming for ya

Cause all..
I need, is a Beauty and a Beat
Who can make my life complete
It's all..
Bout you, when the music makes you move
Baby do it like you do
Cause..

[Beat break]

Body rock,
Girl, I can feel your body rock (aye,aye,aye)
Take a bow, you on the hottest ticket now (aye,aye,aye)

We gonna party like it's 3012 tonight
I wanna show you all the finer things in life
So just forget about the world, we're young tonight
I'm coming for ya, I'm coming for ya

Cause all..
I need, is a Beauty and a Beat
Who can make my life complete
It's all..
Bout you, when the music makes you move
Baby do it like you do

[Nicki Minaj]
Uh, Uh
In time, ink lines, b-bitches couldn't get on my incline
World tour, it's mine, ten little letters, on a big sign
Justin.. Bieber, you know Imma hit 'em with the ether
Buns out, weiner, but I gotta keep an eye out for Selena
Beauty, Beauty and the Beast
Beauty from the east, beautiful confessions of the priest
Beast, beauty from the streets, we don't get deceased
Every time a beauty on the beats
(Body rock, girl, I wanna feel your body rock)
(Yeah, Yeah, yeah, Let's go, Let's go!)

Cause all..
I need, is a Beauty and a Beat
Who can make my life complete
It's all..
Bout you, when the music makes you move
Baby do it like you do
Cause...

[Beat break]


"Beauty and a Beat" is a song by Canadian pop recording artist Justin Bieber from his third studio album Believe (2012). Max Martin, Anton Zaslavski, and Savan Kotecha wrote the song, with additional lyrics written by Nicki Minaj, who also lended her vocals to the track. It is instrumentally complete with a heavy drum machine and "rushing" synthesizers.^[2] Lyrically, it speaks about Bieber wanting to take his love interest to a club, where they can "party like it's 3012". This snip of the song is believed to be analogous to the song "2012 (It Ain't The End)", which also features Minaj. It is the only song from Believe that Bieber did not co-write.
Critical reception towards the song was mixed. Many contemporary critics praised Bieber's attempt to reach an audience not usually interested in his music, while others criticized its lyrics and Minaj's rap. Following the release of Believe, "Beauty and a Beat" debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 at 72 due to strong digital downloads. It also debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 at 47.
A video was shot for the song September 8th through the 9th, which Nicki Minaj tweeted "Just wrapped up a VERY cool video :)" which Bieber retweeted. On October 6th, Minaj tweeted. "OMFG!!! I am speechless. just saw the @justinbieber "beauty and a beat" video. This shit will change the game. Blown away. Wait til u c it!" On October 11th, Minaj then tweeted, "uh oh...the barbz have a BIG surprise cmng tmrw." Justin later tweeted, "noon." Minutes before the video premiered, Minaj tweeted, "I'd be by a computer in 20 mins if i were u..."
The music video premiered on VEVO October 12, 2012. It features Bieber at a party, with most scenes taking place in a swimming pool at Raging Waters in San Dimas, California. In the majority of the video, Justin is wearing a black tank top. Also, Minaj makes an appearance during her verse of the song standing in the water, rapping alongside Bieber.
The video broke the VEVO record for having the most views in a 24-hour period with 10.6 million, beating the previous record which had been set by One Direction's "Live While We're Young" (8.24 million). Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj are the only artists to break the VEVO record twice.