"cooing [and] sighing" one. Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine noted that "Kitty Kat" was "the only mid-tempo break" until the very end of the album. Darryl Sterdan, writing for the Canadian website Jam!, said that the song is just about what you think. Thomas Inskeep of Stylus Magazine commented that "Kitty Kat" seems to be an obvious tracks produced by The Neptunes. He went on complimenting "the squishy R&B keyboard which works well with the song’s 'I’m not feelin[g] it' vibe." A writer of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer commented, "Beyoncé is better at being sexy than sarcastic, and 'Kitty Kat' doesn't make any bones about what her absentee lover is missing." Michael Roberts of New Times Broward-Palm Beach commented that Knowles "purrs at lower speed" in the song. Phil Harrison of Time Out said that "Kitty Kat" feels "slightly anodyne despite its sweetly vicious climax." Gail Mitchell of Billboard described it as "slick, [and] wicked". Mike Joseph of PopMatters was much less impressed, giving the song a negative review: "The dreary 'Kitty Kat' is a waste of four minutes of my time. Pharrell Williams, who produced this song, needs to be told that his glory days are two years behind him if not more." This was echoed by Dave de Sylvi of Sputnikmusic who wrote: "Pharrell's other contribution to the album is the regrettably plain 'Kitty Kat,' a slower track that gives further credence to the view that he cannot cope when thrust outside his comfort zone." Music video The music video for "Kitty Kat" was directed by Melina Matsoukas and co-directed by Knowles for the B'Day Anthology Video Album, which was released the same month. It was the first video of the eight videos shot in two weeks for the album. The music video for "Kitty Kat" is only one-minute long and it serves as the introduction for the music video of "Green Light". On the other hand, Matsoukas said that the half-day shoot for "Kitty Kat", by comparison, "was a breeze." Elaborating on the conception of the video, Knowles said: "We had the oversized kitty cat [in the video], which was so cute! I had to pretend it was there, because I was really in front of the green screen — I'd be on a big giant wooden cow and they superimposed a kitten. And we used leopard-print makeup and the catsuit and the nails to make me more