Kitty Kat

Kitty Kat

Beyoncé

“Kitty Kat” is a song by Beyoncé from her sophomore album B'Day. The midtempo R&B song is a kiss-off to a man who has mistreated her and isn’t paying enough attention in the relationship with its “No more gettin' it, I’m not feelin' it” hook. Produced by The Neptunes, the song carries their signature sound for the early 2000’s: sparse cracking drums with complex jazz-influenced chords.

Though B'Day was the first of Beyoncé’s albums where she filmed a music video for each song on the album, “Kitty Kat” has the odd distinction of only having a 1-minute video filmed for the song that edits it to a single verse and chorus. The playful visual features Beyoncé in a sequined leopard-print bodysuit (and matching eye shadow) singing to an oversized black cat against a solid teal background.

In a behind-the-scenes segment from her B'Day Anthology DVD, she explains what the director had to do to complete a visual effect in the video:

“There’s a scene where it looks like I’m really riding on the cat. They put this black fur over it and it’s hilarious… On the video it really does appear that it’s a cat, but it wasn’t. It’s a big, country cow.”