Lemonade 5 reasons that cause a stir the release of latest album Beyoncé – BBC World

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Image caption the artist suddenly released her new album last Saturday as a film issued by HBO.

it was expected to be similar to that autobiographical documentary American singer Beyoncé released by HBO in 2013.

But what was on Saturday, it proved to be the surprise release of the sixth album of the artist 34 years.

in 60 minutes, Beyoncé showed itself in scenes of rage, fantasy and death in a conceptual film that served to displaying the 12 songs from their new album, entitled “Lemonade”.

the film turned airing in the United States Sunday, just before the world premiere of the sixth season of the popular series Game of Thrones .

Until Monday night, the album is only available in tidal , the music service streaming founded by the husband of Beyonce, rapper Jay Z.

And speaking of Jay Z, many of the comments have become viral the new work of the singer have to do with alleged marital problems, reflected not only in the lyrics, but the scenes of the film.

But what has attracted the attention “Lemonade”?

1. Alleged infidelity

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Image caption Although Beyoncé has kept his career outside his private life, on the album “Lemonade” talks about the alleged infidelity committed by her husband, rapper and entrepreneur Jay Z.

“you can try dishonesty / is all your breath” is the first phrase of the song “Pray you Catch me”, and that’s just the start of a disc in which the artist unleashes his rage, jealousy and revenge after an alleged infidelity.

in the visual interpretation, Beyoncé pop the windows of a car with a bat in a burst of rage.

Although the singer, who has kept his private life outside his career, makes no direct mention of Jay Z , the letters are full of references that suggest so.

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Image caption specialized publications as Rolling Stone and Spin, Beyoncé qualify as one of the most important musical artists.

“Sorry,” for example, refers to that betrayed as “Big Homie”, one of the nicknames rapper, whom Beyoncé has been married since 2008 .

in the last part, wedding pictures of the couple , scenes of Jay Z playing with their daughter is.

in fact in all credits the artist signs as Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, adding her married name.

2. The other protagonist, a Kenyan poet

Beyoncé used the poems of Kenyan 27 Warsan Shire as a thread in the interludes between songs

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Image caption In the film shows women known in different areas, such as Chantelle Winnie model, the Serena Williams and Lisa Kaínde music-Diaz, the Franco-Cuban group Ibeyi.

Shire, born in Kenya but raised by their Somali parents in England, has been recognized as one of the most outstanding young talents of the current British poetry.

Although it is not known how Beyoncé came to know the work of Shire, the poet appears in the credits of the film above directors, in the category of “Film and poetic adaptation”.

just read the titles of some poems Shire, like “for women who have difficulty loving” or “the unbearable weight of stay (the end of a relationship)” , you can see why it served as a strong reference to the narrative that the artist raised in “Lemonade”.

3. Activism

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Image caption the artist the show with his performance at the Super Bowl halftime last February, where he made direct to the condition of blacks in the US stole references

When presented their new song “Formation” in the middle of the Super Bowl last February, Beyoncé made direct references to the condition of blacks in US . , with an allusive choreography to black radical activism of the ’60s.

the vindictive speech of the artist solidified in one of the fragments of musical film, showing some mothers of movement Black Lives Matter holding portraits of their sons killed “unfairly” by the police, as has claimed the organization fighting for equal rights for African Americans.

on the other hand, he cites a speech activist Malcolm X the black cause pointing the difficulty of being a black woman in the US.

4. Stages of grief

The music service streaming Tidal describes the new work of Beyoncé as a “trip of any woman to his self-knowledge and healing.”

But the review of American newspaper the New York Times has gone beyond noting that both the film material as the album fit precisely with the psychological model of grief .

the Swiss psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross in 1969 defined phases that comprise: intuition, denial, anger, bargaining, and acceptance emotional pain.

That is why, explains the newspaper, that the beginning of the musical work is violent and heartbreaking, while the final presents a kind of reconciliation of the artist herself.

5. Why “Lemonade”?

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Image caption Although considered one of the most personal works of the singer, which refers to her father and husband, she does not mention her sister, also a singer Solange Knowles.

The word “lemonade” in Spanish is that, according to the artist, summarizes the journey of emotions and revelations of his new album.

Although seems inexplicable, the mystery is solved in the visual that corresponds to the song “Freedom”, which includes a home video Grandma her husband during the celebration of his 90th birthday.

“I had my ups and downs, but always got the way up. I served and I made lemonade lemons ” said the honoree in his acceptance speech.