Compare And Contrast Lemonade And Lemonade

This exercise gives you the opportunity to examine the audio industry in-depth with a look at the making and release of Beyoncé’s fifth and sixth albums, Beyoncé, in 2013, and Lemonade in 2016.

When it comes to music videos however, Beyoncé enters another realm.  With over 540 nominations and over 120 video centric awards, it's clear that no one quite makes an impact with the immensity

There are many artists that may contribute to the history that has lead to the development of the present day. Each different artist shows their gratitude and appreciation for the history that has lived on for many years by the style of music. For example, Beyonce’s album Lemonade illustrates the different struggles that black women had to face throughout their lifetime. However, when Beyonce’s husband Jay Z cheated on her, the album got much more personal than anybody else would think. Although, there are many different reasons for the creation of her album and what she is trying to say, many people still disagree with Beyonce’s album and argues that she is using the black feminist empowerment to make money of her album.

“Formation” was the most popular on the Lemonade album, and help the album achieve the great success it did. Without the song, the album may not have done as well as it did, but if the debate is which one is better based on profits, the album would win by a long shot. This is usually the case when it comes to profits regarding singles and albums. The small three million dollars “Formation” made compared to the ten million Lemonade made the first week proved that. In the end, like hit singles, “Formation” put up a good fight, but in the end, like most albums, it was no match for

At 9:00 pm on April 23, 2016, Beyoncé released her visual album “Lemonade”. As I was sitting there, watching and listening to the emotional display of love and betrayal, I noticed that the album also has a lot to do with women’s rights and black rights. Throughout the album, Beyoncé uses a wide range of references to other art, music, and history to illustrate the struggles of women and African Americans today.

To begin, “Beyoncé’s Lemonade: When Life Gave Us Lemons, We Saved the World” illustrated the central claim that Beyoncé performed her album to articulate black solidarity as well as forgiveness and hope (Miles). As the author, Corey Miles, stated, “Beyoncé’s visual musical album Lemonade (2016) is… important because… the vocal and visual narrative speaks to the historical marginalized experience of black women by both society and hip-hop.” Miles discussed how black women disregarded black men and connected that to the thematic concepts in the first half of the album, such as denial and anger (Genius). Moreover, Miles connected the second half of the album which included “All Night,” to the concepts of hope and forgiveness. Beyoncé wrote her lyrics to forgive the black man, in reference to her cheating husband, to turn back into the independent women she once lived as before the relationship. Miles described how the structure of the work connected to bell hooks’ piece, “Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism,” since that women of color felt as if only white women took part in the feminist movement.

Everyone knows Beyonce as being the queen of R&B/Soul, and everything she touches turns into gold. She is typically known for sticking with her one familiar genre, but she went out on a limb recently and experimented with several genres that would seem out of her comfort zone, such as Rock, Country, Reggae, Folk, etc, and also used this as an opportunity to speak about issues that black women face day to day, in, and, outside their community. Furthermore it makes this album not only a bittersweet emotional rollercoaster, but an ode to black women all over. After being on a short hiatus she came back and made the world stop when she dropped Lemonade, and once again proved why she is not only the queen of R&B/Soul, but the queen of everything.

Beyoncé didn’t have to squeeze any lemons to make this type of juice, serving us ice cold lemonade and piping hot tea, she gave us “Lemonade”. She released an hour-long HBO special which introduced all twelve songs from her album of the same name, “Lemonade”.

Viewing the ideology and power (5) of the video gave it a whole new level of meaning and insight, and allowed to to really understand its true purpoise. Beyoncé’s “Formation” presents a much-needed message that resonates with the hearts of the audience. The music video consists of images of powerful black women, thus fighting the common perception of black females as an dehumanized individuals. Beyoncé challenges her audience “to look anew” and “to radically revision” their views on black females in society (Hooks, 2016). The racial societal hierarchy places women of color near the bottom, which is exactly the opposite of what Beyoncé conveys. She depicts all types of women of color as powerful figures who are not going to accept the stigma

The first song I pick is from Beyoncé’s new album Lemonade and the song is Sorry. The emotions that I get when I listen to this song makes me feel pain for Beyoncé as a person. She is mega super star diva and everyone thinks she lives this perfect life but she went through some horrible situations with her personal life that she did not want the media to know. I do not have paparazzi coming after me every day but I grew up in a very conservative house hold were family problems stayed in the family. This song allows that feeling of never being able to express what I wanted in order to save someone else’s face. She says in the background “I ain’t sorry” for the duration of the song to represent that she has a limit and it’s her truth so why can’t

“I think the most beautiful art is usually misunderstood,” Beyoncé stated in an interview with Elle magazine after her controversial performance at the Super Bowl this past February. Beyoncé released her sixth individual album, Lemonade, on April 23, 2016, which has songs showing her support for the Black Lives Matter movement and in favor of criminal justice and policing reform through lyrics and visual symbolism in her music videos and performances. Beyoncé delivers a Grammy-nominated album with songs such as “Formation” and “Freedom” that point out the slanted relationships between black men and women and police officers through the War on Drugs, racial profiling, mass incarceration, and policing policies. With her Super Bowl, VMA, and BET award show performances, Beyoncé and her backup dancers dresses, choreography, and other visual elements that give nods towards the Black Power Movement. The links between music and political change make a statement that the time is now for people to speak out against racial injustice and to get “in formation.”

The first aspect is costume. Beyonce wears multiple costumes in this music video and all of them may look different and have different styles but the purpose of them is the same, which is showing off her figure. An example of one of the costumes in the music video is a blue sparkly maxi dress that has a low v-neck. It has slits at the bottom of the dress that comes up to her knees. She is wearing blue open toe heels the same colour as the dress. Her hair is down and has been styled in curls. Her only accessories were dangling diamond earrings and she had a ribbon around the dress that said “Miss 3rd Ward” because she was in a beauty pageant and when she was wearing this dress she was being asked questions. When she was wearing this dress we

Bell Hooks’ criticism of Beyonce’s Lemonade focuses on the album’s reiteration of the notion that the “black woman is always a victim.” The track “Hold Up” on the album along with its music video initially provide a superficial context in which “the black woman” is both empowered and strong—two qualities that go strongly against that of what a victim possesses.

Set on the aphorism of "when life serves you lemons, make lemonade," (as you will hear delivered by Jay-Z's grandmother), Beyoncé presents her first narrative, bringing back warm memories of Destiny's Child's Destiny Fulfilled. Lemonade's trajectory, however, isn't as victorious and joyous. It's an acutely desolate voyage through the experience of infidelity, each song exploring various emotional stages, like unease, paranoia, inferiority, fury and longing. These stages are broken down and expounded on in the partnering mini-film of the same title (aired on HBO on 4/23), where her main character's micro dilemma is used to discuss interrelated, macro gender and familial issues, like generational abuse, unfaithfulness and paternal abandonment. Touched on are the sacrifices and

In this music video Beyonce sings about the issues of brutality that the black community faces. The video was released during Black History Month, which made it perfect timing in contributing support for the issue at hand. Beyonce sets the seen in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina struck. The entire video is shot with very de-saturated lighting to express the darkness and brutality of the message. The video begins with the establishing shot of Beyonce on top of a police car submerged in the flooded NOLA waters. This shot guides viewers to Beyonce’s first issue regarding police brutality that the black community faces. Throughout the video Beyonce also employs