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Beyoncé emerged amid smoke and pyro for “Crazy in Love,” wearing a black leather mesh bodysuit. Within minutes, she launched into a politically charged rendition of her then-new single “Formation” (wait—that was 2016; in 2013 it was “Run the World (Girls)”), actually, let's correct that: the 2013 setlist included and a Destiny’s Child medley (“Bootylicious,” “Independent Women Part I,” “Single Ladies”).