When life hands Beyoncé lemons, Beyoncé Lemonade will be made – an hour-long feature using new music and various vignettes aired on HBO Saturday night.
During the special event, the 34-year-old singer mixed music with intermissions of poetry, almost entirely dealing with themes of infidelity. (So much so that many Twitter users were wondering if the multiple songs about a women scorned were directed towards Jay Z.)
Prior to the album’s release, Beyoncé teased the mysterious, hour-long HBO special Lemonade with brief, thriller-like clips. In the special, Beyoncé invokes her ancestral roots, dealing with emotionally hefty issues of race and misogyny. Serena Williams and Jay-Z make guest appearances in the film, though do not appear on the album.
Beyoncé officially released her long-anticipated sixth album, Lemonade, exclusively on Tidal during the special event. The 12-song album, the singer’s sixth, arrived with a short film and is a “conceptual project based on every woman’s journey of self-knowledge and healing,” Tidal said in a statement.
The album includes guest appearances by Kendrick Lamar, Jack White, James Blake and the Weeknd, among others and features an eclectic roster of samples, including Led Zeppelin (“Don’t Hurt Yourself”), Yeah Yeah Yeahs (“Hold Up”), Father John Misty (“Hold Up”) and Animal Collective (“6 Inch”). Just Blaze, Diplo, Mike Will Made It and Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig are among the album’s co-producers.
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Historic Film Workshop Proves Deaf Talent Belongs Behind and in Front of the CameraHowever, the fans who thought that the film was a breakup anthem were in for a happy ending of sorts, as the final song and film ended with scenes of a happy Bey, Jay and Blue Ivy taken from what appeared to be home movies.
But in classic Queen Bey fashion, she kept mum and only released mysterious clips last weekend to leave fans guessing until it aired at 9 p.m.
Beyoncé dropped her last self-titled item in 2013 as a big surprise to her fans, and most recently shocked the world releasing her newest single “Formation.”
Her Formation World Tour kicks off Wednesday in Miami.
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