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"Grown Woman" is a song by American recording artist Beyoncé Knowles from fifth studio album Beyoncé. It was included as a bonus song on the visual album along with a music video.

Background
"Grown Woman" was co-written by The-Dream and produced by Timbaland. The song was leaked online through Soundcloud on May 20, 2013. After first appearing in the singer's Pepsi commercial, "Grown Woman" was slated for an April 8 release date. However, the release date was later scrapped with a spokesperson for Knowles revealing that it will not be released as a single. The song was not featured on the original track listing of Knowles' fifth studio album Beyoncé, but was released as a bonus video on the visual album released through iTunes Store which also featured a music video for every song.

Composition
"Grown Woman" is a feisty tribal beat-driven percussion dominated song complete with a militaristic click-clack rhythm. Knowles sings the lines "I'm a grown woman, I can do whatever I want" throughout the song with self-assured vocals. Nick Catucci of Rolling Stone found sounds from West African drums to South Bronx beatboxing to "Valley Girl vocal fry".

Critical reception
Lars Brandle of Billboard magazine noted that the song was "full of an energy" reminiscent to "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (2008). Rj Cubarrubia of Rolling Stone magazine described the song as aggressive and defiant and Jon Blistein of the same publication wrote that it "builds with every one of Bey's hyper-confident assertions". Nick Catucci of Rolling Stone graded the song with four out of five stars writing that "Beyoncé steers the teetering hodgepodge into the high-speed lane, her hilariously blunt bedroom talk ("I'm so erotic," "Look at my body") and guttural eruptions shooting off like sparks. You won't hear a sweatier summer jam."

Commercial performance
"Grown Woman" charted at number 28 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.

Usage in media
"Grown Woman" was previewed for the first time in a commercial for Pepsi titled "Mirrors" which was released on April 4, 2013. A teaser video titled "#BeyHereNow" was previously released on Knowles' official YouTube account. During a behind-the-scenes video, Knowles talked about the filming of the video, "I got to re-live some of my favorite past characters and looks. It was the first time I saw those costumes in years and it was very emotional. I'm proud of those moments and they all connect in some way and have helped me evolve into who I am today." The one-minute commercial starts with Knowles dressed in leather shorts and an AllSaints Kyoto Tee rehearsing a choreography in a room and drinking Pepsi after she gets tired. She then looks at herself in one of the mirrors in the room which reveals a young-looking Knowles dressed in pink outfit from the music video of "Bootylicious" with Destiny's Child. The other mirrors in which she looks at herself feature the singer dressed in jean shorts and a white tank as in the music video for "Crazy in Love" and as Sasha Fierce in the music video for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" which are taken from different points of Knowles' career throughout the past decade. The commercial ends with Knowles saying "Embrace your past, but live for now." Rebecca Macatee from E! Online commented that Knowles was a "goddess" in the video looking "sexy and empowered". Chiderah Monde from Daily News praised the mature-looking Knowles and the "iconic versions of herself" throughout the video.

Music video
A music video for the song directed by Jake Nava was released on Knowles' fifth album Beyoncé on December 13, 2013 through iTunes Store.