Good point but perhaps on the devil's advocate tip, it feels like this song is different. Being an independent, single lady is a pretty standard perspective going back to the sexual revolution of the 60s/70s. Some of the lyrics on this new song feel like the directive all the songwriters got was that it has to be current to the social media meta. You've got people out here claiming Beyonce made an anti-capitalist, anti-work anthem. Mere weeks after she crossed picket lines during a union dispute to go to a party lol. I definitely think that when you live in a carefully crafted bubble, the only way to touch outside of that is via the young artists and staffers who surround you. That goes for politicians, artists, whoever. So she thinks this is what people are talking about (spoiler: it's not, outside of twitter) and here we go.
The flip side against that argument is pretty simple: there are probably 1000 pop, dance, and r&b songs about ditching your cares/job/etc to dance the night away. Or "it's Friday night just got paid" songs. Etc. So her doing it isn't forced, and our reactions are the product of social media which didn't exist when those other songs came out.
