Songwriter Dixson on Collaborating with Beyonce on ‘Be Alive’: ‘I Couldn’t Imagine Anyone Else Doing This’

Beyonce is a contender for the best original song Oscar this year with “Be Alive,” her end-credits number that provides a musical epilogue at the close of “King Richard.” Alongside her, producer/songwriter Dixson helped craft the soaring ballad, which is on the Oscars’ shortlist of 15 eligible songs. Dixson says he had only seen clips of the film at the time of writing the lyrics. “I had to believe blindly that what she would say and what I would say would work,” says the songwriter. He credits his personal experience in helping him write the lyrics, as well as his… Read Full Article