Beyoncé Hates When People Sing 'Happy Birthday' To Her Just Like The Rest Of Us

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Our lord and savior Beyoncé showed her human form this weekend at the Made in America festival to celebrate her birthday. Yes, it’s been 35 years since Tina Knowles gave birth to our queen, presumably swaddled in House of Deréon fabrics since day one.

On Sunday, Bey and husband Jay Z made an appearance in Philadelphia at the two-day festival, which he founded in 2012. Performers included Rihanna, Coldplay and Lil Wayne, but it was Chance the Rapper who turned the tables on the superstar with a special birthday surprise.

A week after Beyoncé crashed his backstage interview at the MTV Video Music Awards, the Chicago rapper readily embarrassed the singer in return by singing his rendition of “Happy Birthday” to her as she stood in a crowd of thousands at the festival.

“Auntie it’s your birthday, happy birthday Yonce,” he sang, as he encouraged concertgoers to join in on the celebration.

Beyoncé, as it turns out, can perform in stadiums across the world, slay your faves on a regular basis, dismantle patriarchy with an album or two and still get embarrassed at being the center of attention.

In two videos shared on social media, we can see her reaction to those universally despised 20 seconds, when everybody sings at you and all you want to do is eat cake alone in your room. A clearly uncomfortable-looking Bey buries her head in Jay’s shoulder and hides behind him during the song, flushed and smiling the whole time.

But by the end, it’s all good, as she emerges laughing and clapping with the rest of the crowd, while her bodyguard scolds people for photographing her. Isn’t life grand?

Watch her reaction below:

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