![]() Well-known as a voice for black womanhood, 27 year-old poet Warsan Shire gave life to Lemonade, and an added intensity unmatched by any other medium. Moreover, this segment of the movie (titled Intuition out of the eleven other segments) also introduces a key component of Lemonade: the use of poetry. When the first track “Pray You Catch Me”plays, the album opens up with this lyric:“You can taste the dishonesty / it’s all over your breath.” It sets the mood for the rest of the song, and the beginning of a journey for the album as a whole. Lemonade is a film in all its right a special narrative constructed by the most powerful of emotions, building upon past history, and fusing cutthroat disclosures with an almost storybook elegance. Thanks to the accompaniment of a full, hour-length HBO special, the album rightfully plays like art in motion-bare-boned, raw, and unforgiving in all aspects. ![]() Rather than featuring a music video per track like her 2013 visual album BEYONCÉ, she took a bold step by creating a movie for her work. However, in the lyrics lie more depth and complexities to her persona than simply “You don’t love me / like I love you.” This enhanced message comes clearly through Lemonade’s visuals, which are as diverse as the music itself. From trap to rock to country, the album is both genre-bending and genre-transcending, which makes for an avant-garde work that clearly marks a departure from Beyoncé’s past albums.Īt face-value, the album revolves around Jay-Z cheating on her as the music touches on notes of infidelity, dishonesty, and betrayal. Released April 23rd of this year initially through the music-streaming site Tidal, the album is the sixth in Beyoncé’s impressive repertoire, and her second visual album. Experimental, explosive, and utterly unapologetic-Beyoncé’s Lemonade packed a punch that might have been too sour for some to handle.
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