In infidelity accusations came up in 2014. Maybe they have worked through their problems and she has forgiven him. The ending seems cautiously optimistic.
But when she says at the beginning of the anger segment, “If it’s what you truly want, I can wear her skin, over mine, her hair, over mine, her hands as gloves, her teeth as confetti, …we can pose for a photograph, the three of us… why can’t you see me? Everyone else can.” Hard to believe in her forgiveness at that point.
Ok, I’ve now watched a few of the videos. I will say they are quite stunning from a visual / cinematography standpoint. Extremely creative. Kudos. I may have to revise my opinion here.
However, my question still stands - is she the “author” of these things - is she the one who is creating the vision of the visuals, the cinematography, the lyrics, the music, the storytelling - or is there just a team of tons of creative masters in music, lyrics, cinematography, etc. who are doing it all and she’s the “front girl” doing the singing and dancing? Not to say that that is insubstantial, but it’s different from the one coming up with the creative vision.
There are quite a few credits at the end and I’m sure there was a large group of creative talent involved. Still, it’s her story and I don’t doubt that she was in charge of the overall artistic vision as well as many of the smaller musical and design decisions. We can’t all be Prince, Lol.
I bought Daddy Lessons and Sandcastles from the iTunes store.
PG–my parents might have been older than yours; they were not at all into rock in the 60s. But in any case, like mini used to say, the plural of anecdote is not evidence. The older generational dislike of rock music when it first became popular has been well documented. I’m thrilled by how enlightened your own folks are. 
I just realized I saw her in person at the 2013 Obama Inauguration singing the National Anthem!
Also, read the comments on the NYT article, especially the “most liked” ones. They were embarrassing; I definitely would like to disassociate from my demographic when I read something like those.
My mom was 36 in 1964. Not into the Beatles at all. Hated rock n roll.
My sense is that Beyoncé was the creative center of this project. She is not just a figurehead.
How do you watch this without subscribing to Tidal? I have HBO, but when I searched for Lemonade nothing came up.
The one thing I don’t understand and don’t like is why is the Beyhive so made at Rachel Roy but no one is stalking Jay-z social media. Why is cheating always the other woman fault? Jay-z is the one who broke his vow. On the other hand Rachel Roy did feed the fire with her twitter post.
@fireandrain - I saw it when someone posted it on another social media that shall not be named. Search on youtube, it’s there. Someone named Wes Hall posted it and there may be others.
That’s where I found it, greenwitch.
@fireandrain HBO happened to be free all weekend, that is the only reason I got to see it. It only ran for the weekend.
On an unrelated note, some Prince fans are irate that Beyonce released her video when they were still grieving Prince, as if Beyonce knew he would pass the week she planned a release. I swear, there needs to be an IQ requirement to be able to have a social media account.
“Irate.” Does everything need to be turned-up-to-11? (Ancient, dated reference) Let’s be “irate” about plenty of things, but the timing of a video release hardly seems like one of them.
I get it Nigel!
Lemonade was brilliant. I was engrossed by it. The music was great as well, Freedom is my jam. Rolling Stone gave the album 5 stars, the first 5 star review for a solo woman.
As for longevity, Beyonce has been recording hits for almost 20 years now. She’s definitely going to be remembered alongside Madonna, Diana Ross and Whitney. What I like about her is her music is getting more mature, while still being pop. That’s tough. Madonna right now is just trying to stay young, and it comes off as desperation.
I agree. I also see this attitude even among spouses whose mates have cheated. They put all their anger onto the person their spouse cheated with, but for some reason can forgive their spouse, who is actually the one who betrayed them.
Ok, I give! Uncle!