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Beyonce’s Visual Album #LEMONADE is just as Awesome as we Expected!
After a lot of anticipation and guesses on what #Lemonade was all about, Beyonce premiered the hour long project on HBO last night and it was her visual album. On HBO people got to see the visuals of the album and in true Beyonce fashion, it was amazing.
The 34-year-old entertainer has twelve songs on the album, including the previously released hit “Formation.” There are four collaborations on the release with artists like The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar.
The HBO special featured different videos based on emotions rather than revealing the actual song titles. You can see all those emotion titles below as well!
Describing #Lemonade, RollingStone says
“Lemonade traces a story of infidelity and reconciliation. It starts with Beyoncé questioning her relationship. “Are you cheating on me?” she asks the viewer. When the evidence of unfaithfulness becomes conclusive, her first move is protest – “They don’t love you like I love you,” she intones – followed by anger: “I’m gonna fuck me up a bitch,” she says gleefully in one song, baseball bat in hand. (Later she adds, “You ain’t married to an average bitch, boy!”) But after she appears to cut loose from an untrustworthy partner – “Me and my baby gonna be alright, we gonna live a good life” – the tale shifts towards cease-fire and reunion. The hour ends with shots of happy couples and an assertion that our heroine will move forward. “My torturer became my remedy,” Beyoncé explains. “So we’re gonna heal. We’re gonna start again.” On her way through the relationship plot, she also tells a story about the experience of black womanhood. A snippet pulled from a speech by Malcom X declares, “The most disrespected person in America is the black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the black woman. The most neglected person in America is the black woman.” Men are almost entirely absent from the film, physically and emotionally; in their place, large groups of women appear again and again, presenting a united front of solidarity and sisterhood.”
See the track lists below.
Beyonce – “Lemonade” Track List
1. Pray You Catch Me
2. Hold Up
3. Don’t Hurt Yourself featuring Jack White
4. Sorry
5. 6 Inch featuring The Weeknd
6. Daddy Lessons
7. Love Drought
8. Sandcastles
9. Forward featuring James Blake
10. Freedom featuring Kendrick Lamar
11. All Night
12. Formation
Beyonce – “Lemonade” HBO Special Emotions
Intution
Denial
Anger
Apathy
Emptiness
Accountability
Reformation
Forgiveness
Resurrection
Hope
Redemption
You can listen to the stream of Beyonce‘s new album via Tidal and watch teaser videos below.
Hold up, they don’t love you like I love you #LEMONADE pic.twitter.com/nbpSZl1efD
— Vevo (@Vevo) April 24, 2016
Our first look at new music from Bey #LEMONADE pic.twitter.com/hQj6OY2np9
— Vevo (@Vevo) April 24, 2016
Teekay
April 24, 2016 at 7:54 am
Cnt wait to listen to it
Sunshyne
April 24, 2016 at 8:10 am
BEYONCE!
oyin
April 24, 2016 at 8:19 am
Queen of Slay, welldone!
Damilola
April 24, 2016 at 8:29 pm
I guess, I’m the only one who isn’t into Beyonce. I really don’t understand the rave and obsession folks have with her.
But I respect her dedication, and how she’s managed to stay out of drama over the years. And this album seems like she’s making statement about herself and showing different sides of who she is.
Oh yeah, Bey loves her some Jay z(u betta don’t kill that love). And blue ivy is beautiful.
BlueEyed
April 24, 2016 at 8:29 am
Love the direction of this album, the sound and the visuals just hits home, very influential to our present time.
Bibi
April 24, 2016 at 9:10 am
Love or dislike her, she’s a true artist! well grounded and stays true to herself and art. Adele and beyonce are dragging for space in my heart
made
April 24, 2016 at 10:55 am
next grammy is gonna b on fire..Bey vs Adele vs Rihanna
Jade
April 25, 2016 at 6:33 pm
Not really. Adele brought true music back which is relatable to everyone. I mean her youtube number on just one song has reached billion. Beyoncé and Rihanna are doing bunch of gimmicks with small music here and there.
Ariere
April 24, 2016 at 11:20 am
Just when u think she’s reached her creative peak, she comes back with a Fire so fierce to shut those thoughts down.
She’s only gets better with age. So proud to have her as my Fave.
MLK
April 24, 2016 at 12:38 pm
MK Ultra
Tunmi
April 24, 2016 at 1:21 pm
The visuals are different. You get to see her in her own hair, her own color, her own everything.
babygiwa
April 24, 2016 at 1:22 pm
I like that this is not just about nudity, violence, sex and drugs. I like that we are seeing women empowerment, love and life and relationship issues. I like that we are talking about freedom and healing.
This is beautiful. Go Queen of Slay!
I can’t wait!
Beyonce is the G. O. A. T
April 24, 2016 at 1:41 pm
Greatest Entertainer of All Time.
Greatest Living Entertainer.
Greatest……
Genius.…
Dolly
April 24, 2016 at 2:08 pm
This project is more of a movement than your average album. Just like any other Bey’s album i need some time of replay in the kitchen, driving and when in feisty mood to get into it.
Tosin
April 24, 2016 at 2:20 pm
in a few days/weeks i’ll dip my toes in the water maybe with the collabos. i want to hope to like but…sad
Sara
April 24, 2016 at 7:12 pm
God bless the person who put the whole up on Vimeo…was so not ready to signup for tidal or HBO
Beyonce is an ARTIST jeeeeze! she has gotten to the stage where she can just tell her own story through her art without trying to appease any Costomer base.
I watched the whole thing and was just full of respect, and pride, a fellow black lady! Ah! May we all reach that point. Where our perfected craft speaks for itself, without apologies #blackbillgateinthemaking.
MIA
April 25, 2016 at 1:10 pm
i was watching it and work happened, went back and its no longer there. Help a sister.
Carina
April 24, 2016 at 9:28 pm
Beyonce is King!
Na wa
April 24, 2016 at 10:21 pm
Jay get mind cheat sha
Prince
April 25, 2016 at 11:16 am
When Bolanle Olukanmi said on one of ‘Moments’ episode that she so respect Beyoncé because of how she’s been able to stay ontop of her game and still highly relevant.
She doesn’t just do things the ordinary people do, imagine a glorious story through an album. That Creativity. I respect for her just skyrocketed.
Beyoncé is the King. even men in the industry respect her so much.
dee
April 25, 2016 at 12:18 pm
creative.. but erhmmm hmm too many cryptic messages.. the first video that she kinda says the bible wasnt enough .. etc etc r u cheating on me… and then making crazy look cold in the next video…. i just sayinara… and i dont think its about jay.. may be it was her mother and father’s relationship that she was talking about..
Tosin
May 3, 2016 at 2:51 am
so guess what? Lemonade was nice. It’s really a Warsan Shire (words) and Kahlil Joseph (video) project with Beyonce popularizing it, bankrolling it too I think, and cheapening/spoiling it, with some exceptions – sometimes she carries her body in ways that reflect the mythology they’re gunning for,,,
She is well-known, and without her ‘name,’ it wouldn’t have been seen/discussed by so many. The discussion too ma sef, lowest common denominator – speculation about cheating, picking up on single phrases to guess how it might be autobiographical? What can I say? Illiteracy is rife in the land.
She didn’t sing much – thank God, she recited stuff throughout – still annoying voice, she brought her eyeliner and dead-inside face along, and they tried to ruin Serena by making a lot of her body mass disappear, and since Ms Williams didn’t get liposuction just to play about in a music video we can guess it’s just a visual trick, but you know she’s still a great tennis player, one of the greatest ever…
Tosin
May 3, 2016 at 5:10 am
now on to the audio album. I tried and failed to endure Formation, then I listened to the Jack White one and the Kendrick one. All as expected. #bless her heart