Recently, Beyoncé has released Lemonade, her sixth album. The CD is special because it cames with thirteen visual albums, in which, together, make an one-hour film.
The album’s title, Lemonade, refers to an habit of American slaves very decades ago, who believed that drinking lemonade could make the skin became clearer. Lemonade visual album was released in HBO channel and then in the musical platform Tidal, which belongs to rapper Jay-Z, Beyoncé’s husband.
The new album shows that Beyoncé really knows about the phonographic market. The artist wrote and co-produced all Lemonade‘s music, a CD talking about black empowerment, police issues, female independence, gender violence, enslavement and betrayal.
Here we share some topics about all great discussions this album can picture when relationed to our society scenery, filled with social problems and construtions. Check it out:
1. Betrayal
The lyrics are explicitly about a passionate woman who finds out that her husband is cheating on her. Beyoncé talks about the disappointment of mistrust, the pain and stress involved in this kind of discovery and hatred.
2. Beauty Standards
The song “Sorry”, lyrics which talk about a woman who has overcome the betrayal and does not feel bad for not being upset about it. The single ends with the words “He better call Becky with the good hair”.
The name “Becky” – nickname for Rebecca – is the slang term for the stereotype of the white woman in black American culture – which has straight hair, smooth, in contrast to the curly african hair.
3. Female independence
Another song, “6- inches” (6 inches, a reference to the size of high heels) is a manifest by professional achievements of women. In music, the high heels are a symbol of power and wealth.
4. Black Empowerment
The disc ends with the song “Formation”, the one that Beyoncé performed at the Super Bowl in 2016, another song about black empowerment and civil struggle for the rights of these minorities.
The single talks about formation of the black race in the US, mentioning references and cultural stigmas related to black groups, with pride.