In Beyonce's "Irreplaceable", where is she putting all of her ex's stuff?

In Beyoncé’s “Irreplaceable,” she is putting all of her ex’s stuff “to the left.” The phrase comes from the song’s instantly recognizable opening instruction: everything he owns should go in a box positioned to the left.

Released in 2006 on Beyoncé’s second solo album, “B’Day,” “Irreplaceable” turns a breakup into a scene of firm emotional and practical separation. The singer tells her former partner to collect his possessions, leave the house, and stop assuming she cannot move on without him.

The song was written by Ne-Yo, Mikkel S. Eriksen, and Tor Erik Hermansen, with production by the Norwegian team Stargate. Although the original concept was not written specifically as a Beyoncé song, her recording became one of the defining singles of the “B’Day” era.

A common mix-up is answering “in a box” rather than “to the left.” The box is where the belongings go; “to the left” is the location Beyoncé names in the lyric and the canonical answer to this question.