Solange Thanks Beyoncé For ‘Trusting Her Pen’ Early In Her Career

Solange reveals that while she wasn’t too confident as a songwriter in her early career days, Beyoncé never doubted her talent. On Friday (Aug.29), an X user named @PopCulture2000s shared a short clip of the music video for Beyoncé’s “Why Don’t You Love Me?”

The track, which was released in 2008, appears on her third studio album, I Am…Sasha Fierce. The “Don’t Touch My Hair” singer, who is credited as a writer on the track, quoted the post, writing, “omggg tyyyy to my goat for trusting my penn way back whenn.” According to Solange, the track was created on a “very, very angsty day.”

She added: “No one could have made it bang like my big sisss.”

Back in May, Solange showed love to another one of her “goats,” Mariah Carey, by producing a dreamy, chopped-and-screwed remix of Carey’s 2006 single “Say Somethin’” to celebrate the 20th anniversary reissue of The Emancipation of Mimi.

Ahead of the release, Solange shared her excitement on Instagram Stories, posting a throwback interview clip where she once said she had plenty of songs she’d love for Mariah to sing, if ever given the chance. She followed that up with a heartfelt note of appreciation, writing: “I love uuuu so much mom @mariahcarey tyyy so muchhh,” alongside a video of herself dancing to the track.

The full Emancipation of Mimi (20th Anniversary Edition) package included more than just Solange’s remix. Fans were also treated to a Kaytranada rework, which dropped in April, and an unreleased song called “When I Feel It.”