The director of Bey’s sexy “Yoncé” video, Ricky Saiz, tells BuzzFeed how the biggest surprise of the year all came together. And did you know that’s Justin Timberlake drumming on a bucket in the background?!
Via iam.beyonce.com
We'll never think of Friday the 13th as unlucky again. Beyoncé was the album drop heard 'round the world, arriving without notice at midnight, complete with 14 new songs and 17 music videos. The internet practically exploded that night as more than 80,000 fans rushed to buy the album on iTunes and to watch the videos well into the wee hours of Friday morning. After a year of waiting for a Beyoncé album with no foreseeable release date, it was the perfect holiday gift from the ultimate diva.
We're still digesting all the images that Queen Bey has bestowed upon us, so BuzzFeed turned to Ricky Saiz, the director of the album's incredibly sexy "Yoncé" video, to break some of it down.
Saiz is the co-head designer and co-head of creative for the iconic hip-hop clothing brand Supreme, as well as a video director and filmmaker. While he hadn't worked with Bey before, he was brought in by Lady Gaga's creative director Todd Tourso, with whom Saiz had worked on the Lady Gaga x Supreme campaign. Tourso directed "Jealous" and "Heaven" on Beyoncé.
