Vocal powerhouse Beyoncé has finally unveiled the music video for 'Pretty Hurts' and in new behind-the-scenes footage she opened up about struggling under the weight of trying to look beautiful. 

Speaking to the camera on the set of her 'Pretty Hurts' music video, Beyoncé admitted that the pressures of beauty are sometimes unbearable: "I'm pretending to get a facelift and Botox... It represents all the things that people go through to put up with the pressure that society puts on us."

She went onto add that today's standards of beauty are unrealistic and she can't begin to imagine how much stress it causes young people: "Some of the things that young women go through are just really heartbreaking for me."

During an interview with Out magazine earlier this month, the 'Love On Top' iconexplained that it's important for women to own their sexuality: "There is a double standard when it comes to sexuality that still persists. Men are free and women are not. That is crazy."

"You can be a businesswoman, a mother, an artist and a feminist, whatever you want to be, and still be a sexual being. It's not mutually exclusive. There is unbelievable power in ownership and women should own their sexuality."

Watch her video for 'Pretty Hurts' along with behind-the-scenes footage below: