On Saturday evening the internet was abuzz with the release of Beyonce's 58 minute long "visual album" Lemonade. According to Rollingstone "Lemonade tells us that she's [Beyonce] engaged in the national conversation on race, class, gender and feminism, even though she does so from a vantage point of being an immensely talented first among equals."
Beyonce is definitely a talented first among equals, and as exciting as the visual album is, it's the references to a cheating spouce that got many fans talking. The opening dialogue alludes to this as well as lyrics from the song "Sorry". She sings, "I see them boppers in the corner/They sneaking out the back door/ He only want me when I'm not there/ He better call Becky with the good hair."
This last line made Beyonce's fans attack Rachel Roy who took to Instagram immediately after the HBO release with the following post, "Good hair don't care, but we will take good lighting, for selfies, or self truths, always. live in the light #nodramaqueens."
This may have been the case but nothing can oveshadow any of the visually stunning moments of Lemonade. Moments such as "Emptiness" where she's bathed beautifully in crimson filters as she travels around in a limousine and trumpets her career acumen, and in "Hope" she's drenched in sunlight as she rides a horse calmly. Such moments underline her otherness as a celebrity. Such moments define her immense artistry.
