On Saturday night, Beyoncé dropped her newest album Lemonade on Tidal. It later was released on iTunes, which made it much easier for the masses to listen to.
Beyoncé explains the reason behind the title Lemonade in her recent HBO special. And it is a lot more personal than we might have thought.
“Take one pint of water, add a half pound of sugar, the juice of eight lemons, the zest of half lemon. Pour the water into one, then to another several times. Strain through a clean napkin. Grandmother. The alchemist. You spun gold out of this hard life. Conjured beauty from the things left behind. Found healing where it did not live. Discovered the antidote in your own kitchen. Broke the curse with your own two hands. You past these instructions down to your daughter, who then passed them down to her daughter.”
An article on Romper theorizes, “Given the numerous lyrics that seemed to reference infidelity, a potential divorce, pain, and anguish, it’s highly possibly that Beyoncé’s new album is titled Lemonade because she took the lemons of what sounds like an almost broken marriage — the lemons that only an allegedly cheating spouse can provide — and turned them into lemonade, i.e. her daughter and her now healthy marriage.”
Stay strong, Queen Bey!