Mike Will Made-It pulled from some unlikely places to make the blueprint for what would become Beyoncé‘s smash hit “Formation.”
In the premiere episode of Pigeons and Planes’ “What Had Happened Was,” the Atlanta hitmaker revealed how Rae Sremmurd, LeBron James, and JAY-Z played a part in making one of the biggest songs of 2016.
“The process was like gumbo,” said Mike Will. “Everyone in there was adding their own ingredient.”
The record came together magically, but Mike was beyond shocked when Queen Bey told him that she would be performing the song at the Super Bowl. “I was like that emoji with the big eyes,” he joked.
Check it out below.
