With her new album, Beyoncé has established herself as a candidate for reigning high priestess of pop with one of the most mature and revealing efforts of her career. To continue to shed her layers, Queen B decided to let the outside world into her inner sanctum with Beyoncé: Year of 4, a mini-documentary that aired today on MTV.

The short, which is available above in full sans lame-o commercials, sees her discuss a number of topics, including her love of water, the massive touring behind I Am…Sasha Fierce, her father Matthew Knowles no longer acting as her manager, and much, much more leading up to shooting the video for “Run the World (Girls)”. You’d have to be Jay-Z himself to get any closer to Beyoncé.