Beyoncé gave fans a rare look inside her world during the half-hour special “Beyoncé: Year of 4,” which premiered on television earlier tonight. The documentary followed the 29-year-old superstar’s personal and artistic journey over the past year.

After enjoying some down time at the end of her “I Am…” tour, B gets back to business, gearing up for her fourth solo album 4. She is shown practicing choreography, jetting around the world, shooting the video for “Run the World (Girls),” and narrowing down her album with help from her team and Jay-Z.

Old and new fans will gain a new appreciation for the unstoppable diva.

“I am a workaholic and I don’t believe in no. I don’t believe in I need to sleep. If I’m not sleeping, nobody’s sleeping,” said the worker B. “I’m one human being. It’s a lot. If I want to be a businesswoman, I’m a businesswoman. Independence is not easy.”

On Why She took a break
After I finished the last tour I was a bit overwhelmed and over worked. My mother was the person that preached to me and almost harassed me everyday after I was doing the last world tour. “You really need to live your life and open your eyes and you don’t want to wake up with no memories and never really [have] been able to see the world.” I never even realized I needed a year off and I never realized that I didn’t know how to take a year off.

On parting ways with her father
I’ve been managed by my father for a long time and a real change meant separating from him. It was scary but it empowered me and I wasn’t going to let fear stop me. It was very risky for me to step out on my own. Being a young woman I want to set the example that it’s possible for us to own our own businesses and own our own record labels. Sometimes we don’t reach for the stars, sometimes we are satisfied with what people tell us that we’re suppose to be satisfied with and I’m just not going for it.

Watch the documentary in full right here.