"Pray You Catch Me" is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé for her sixth studio album, Lemonade (2016). The song's music video is part of a one-hour film with the same title as its parent album, originally aired on HBO.
Production and composition
The song was recorded at Conway Studios in Los Angeles, California in September 2015. Knowles wrote the song with Kevin Garrett and James Blake and produced it with the former.[2] "Pray You Catch Me" is a downtempo song.[1] According to the sheet music published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing on Musicnotes.com the song is composed in the key of G♯ minor and set in 4 4 and 5 4 time signatures at a slow tempo of 58 beats per minute. Knowles's vocal range spawns from the low note F♯3 to the high note G♯4.[3] The song begins with Knowles singing, "You can taste the dishonesty / It’s all over your breath as you pass it off so cavalier."[1][4]NME's Larry Bartleet described the song as a "piano and strings-backed ballad.[5] Everest True from The Independent described it as a "stately, intense and secret – there is just the occasional throb of bass and softened beat to accentuate her message. With other lyrics, this could be a love song."[1]