Analysis Of Lemonade

On April 24, 2016, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter released her sixth studio album, Lemonade. This album had no prior advertisement, yet still topped Billboard’s top 100 chart, making it a promotional wonder. Titled after the proverbial-saying, “If life gives you lemons, make lemonade,” Lemonade was released as a “visual album” in which each song was portrayed in a music video, and then later, collectively create a larger storyline. Beyoncé explores themes of betrayal, anger, forgiveness, redemption, and

"When life gives you lemons, make lemonade" this is an old phrase used to inspire hopefulness and an encouraging, positive can-do attitude in the wake of hardship or disaster. Lemons symbolize the inevitable sourness or difficulties in life, while lemonade is the sweet drink that is the product of the lemons. Often life offers trivial disappointments with almost no explanation and sometimes it seems almost impossible to break the misfortunate spell. However, for some people, each mishap in their

pop culture industry, the visualization of women as a sex element in music videos hasn’t stopped at all. This is why Beyoncé's visual albums has always been a piece of art. If her first visual album was not already an art fanatic, her second album Lemonade surely lived up to its hype and should be considered as a master piece. Throughout the album, Beyoncé promotes black women empowerment, by putting herself in different scenarios throughout the album and showing different negative and vogue perspective

With being nominated for nine different awards, Beyonces visual album Lemonade is a one of a kind. During this 1 hour and 5 minute video, you watch a story. It is an incredibly personal story to her as you can see with her actions, facial expressions, and body language throughout the entire music video. You can hear how personal this story is by listening to the lyrics of the twelve different songs in this music video, by listening to the tone of voice that changes with every emotion, and by listening

Melissa Harris COMMRC 310 Tuesday 11 A.M., “All Night” and All Together Scene. On April 23, 2016, Beyoncé Knowles Carter released Lemonade, a visual album and artistic phenomenon that would rock the nation, both physically and through the in-depth underlying meaning of the work itself. Although, yes, Beyoncé’s songs seem rhythmically enchanting, a sort of systematical lyrical genius appears. It all stems from the artist herself, Beyoncé’s career founded itself on self-empowerment, from “Put a Ring

the narrative form, function, form and linkage of the narrative. Beyoncé’s Lemonade is her sixth album, which is also the top selling album in 2016. This album has earned 2.5 million in global sales, making Beyoncé is one of the highest paid female artists. The album was only available through streaming on the exclusive music website Tidal.com. Formation is the first song and music video that was released on the Lemonade album. “Narrative embraces structure and meaning. Whereas structure refers

full hour, he poured lemonade. The world is a thirsty place, he thought as he nearly emptied his fourth pitcher of the day. And I am the Lemonade King" (pg.96). “It's like you miss a year of your life" (pg. 24). The quotes above show both Jessie and Evan’s point of view in this story. These quotes also show how a “war” between a brother and sister started. This book improvises how families work together. The Lemonade War by, Jacqueline Davies. The problem in the book Lemonade War, is two kids (a brother

Beyoncé Knowles’s Lemonade video album brings the words of Beyoncé into a visual media and shows the viewer a deeper meaning behind the album. After this video came out many articles came forward analyzing Lemonade. One article, in particular, that was intriguing is Bell Hooks “Moving Beyond Pain.” Hooks starts her article saying that the Lemonade video was created as a money-making, business strategy, but as the text continues the reader can conclude that “Moving Beyond Pain” is actually about African

Beyoncé’s Lemonade deep expression of her artistic talents. In my opinion, this is best work to date due to the depth of the project. It only made sense to premiere the visual album on HBO, the king of prestige television. Lemonade on the surface sheds light into the life of Beyoncé, allowing fans to be exposed into her life more than ever. Beyoncé highlights her feeling on the highly-published infidelity of her father and former manager, Matthew Knowles as well as sharing that her husband Shawn

actresses of our time released her sixth album in April that is still topping the charts, holding #9 on Billboard Top 200 albums of 2016. Queen Bey’s album, “Lemonade”, is second to none. The edgy music choice, the dauntless lyrics, and the relatable visuals released with the album portraying a women scorned made this album jaw-dropping. Lemonade is a musical diary and was definitely well received. The connection between Beyoncé, her fans, and this album is deep. Many of us are familiar with the power