Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan fitowar kundin faifan studio na hudu "4" (2011), Beyoncé ta haifi ɗanta na farko, Blue Ivy a ranar 7 ga Janairu, 2012. Bayan watanni hudu bayan aiki, ta biye da zama na dare uku a Revel Atlantic City's Ovation Hall, mai suna. Zaɓin gudanar da kide kide da wake-wake da wuri ya kasance mai ma'ana; Beyoncé ya yi niyyar nunawa uwaye cewa ba sa buƙatar dakatar da ayyukansu duk da cewa suna da yara. Yawancin lokacin bazara bayan zama ya kasance a The Hamptons, New York, inda ta ɗauki lokaci daga jama'a don ciyar da lokaci tare da 'yarta da kuma fara zaman don kundi na gaba. Ta ci gaba da aiki a farkon shekarar 2013, tana yin "The Star-Spangled Banner" a bikin rantsar da Shugaba Barack Obama na biyu
da kuma taken Super Bowl XLVII rabin lokaci nuna, inda akwai tsammanin za ta fara sabon music, ko da yake wadannan jita-jita taba materialized. Ta kuma fito da wani fim na tarihin kansa da aka shirya a watan Fabrairu, mai taken "Life Is But a Dream".