It’s no secret. The-Dream has written plenty of hits in his career. From Rihanna to Beyoncé, Terius Nash has a knack for penning Billboard smash hits. During a Genius Level interview with Rob Markman, the songwriter talked about how he wrote Queen Bey’s “Single Ladies” anthem, in only 17 minutes.
According to Terius, he gassed himself in the studio and called everyone out, saying he was going to get Bey’s first hit from her I Am… Sasha Fierce album. He hadn’t heard a beat, written a word or even thought about what topic to write about. Then it came to him.
The rest is history.
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