First thing’s first. Late Saturday/early Sunday, Beyonce dropped the Nicki Minaj remix of “Flawless” on her Tumblr. The remix includes some new lyrics that are very, very important to the ongoing Beyonce-Jay drama. The lyrics: “And we could go around and get some good karma, but no. We escalate, up in this bitch like elevators. Of course sometimes sh-t go down, when it’s a billion dollars on an elevator.” Well, that’s one way to answer the questions from The Hive. You can hear the remix at Beyonce’s site, but I’m including the track below (some NSFW language):

So, are all of your questions answered? Yeah, not so much. But I kind of love her for addressing the drama in a remix of “Flawless”. It’s a better way to manage her PR than just publishing more Instagram pics. Speaking of, she did post more IG pics and she put a ton of new pics on her Tumblr. And she got People Mag to publish an “everything is fine, nothing to see here” article, which you can read here. It’s mostly just a recap of some of the rumors, with “sources” claiming that everything is good between Jay and Beyonce and they’ve even spent some downtime with Solange in NOLA. But! Page Six says it’s still a disaster:

Jay Z, Beyoncé, concert promoter Live Nation, HBO — and no less than four lawyers — have attended an emergency meeting Thursday to address the couple’s rapidly imploding marriage, The Post has learned. But while execs at the Thursday session wanted to put out a statement, Jay Z and Beyoncé declined — ­because they couldn’t agree on what it would say. Now officials fret that the couple’s $100 million On the Run Tour might be canceled before its scheduled finale.

“This may not make it to San Francisco,” a source said. “I’m definitely not sure that they’ll make it to Paris.”

The tour, which is promoted by Live Nation, was in LA this weekend and was to arrive in San Francisco for two shows beginning Monday. The finale is scheduled for Paris in September. HBO, meanwhile, plans to telecast a major special on the tour in September.

“There are lawyers that have now joined the tour, and they’re not here just to see them perform. They are here to help hash things out,” the source said.

The Post first reported that the power couple’s marriage was on the rocks and that Beyoncé was hunting for her own apartment. Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino and HBO chief Richard Plepler wanted the meeting before “this becomes a public-relations nightmare,” the source said, adding that HBO cameras have captured much of the performances and the network plans a major special in September.

“Rapino is pissed that everything is so out in the open and things are so heated,” the source said. It’s gotten so bad that the couple, who married in 2008, are living separate lives even on the tour. “They’re not just staying in different hotel rooms, but they have booked separate hotels, and they arrive separately to each show,” the insider said.

On stage and online, however, the stars have been playing the loving couple — with Jay Z snuggling Beyoncé during a show Wednesday night in Seattle. The source said that one of the problems in the marriage is Jay Z’s controlling nature and that, even now, the rap impresario won’t back off.

“They’ve had discussions lately about the inevitable sit-down interview when they finally do split, and Jay’s been adamant that he doesn’t want Beyoncé sitting down with Barbara Walters or Oprah Winfrey pretending to be the victim,” the source said. It’s estimated that Jay Z has a net worth of more than $550 million and Beyoncé about $300 million. But the source said it’s unclear who would get what in a divorce.

“From what I know, there’s no prenup.” the source said.

[From Page Six]

Damn, Page Six is really doubling-down and tripling-down on their ongoing reporting. It feels like they’re getting some (all?) of their information not from Team Yonce or Team Hova, but from the corporate types adjacent to the business of Beyonce and Jay, the corporate types who are worried about the associations now. Does anyone else find this hilarious: “Jay’s been adamant that he doesn’t want Beyoncé sitting down with Barbara Walters or Oprah Winfrey pretending to be the victim”? TOO BAD. That’s exactly what’s going to happen. Oprah will roll out the red carpet for Bey and OWN will air twenty exclusive special presentations featuring new interviews with Beyonce. That’s totally going to happen.

Photos courtesy of Beyonce’s Tumblr and Instagram.