Beyoncé’s 2016 visual album about racial identity and infidelity was Lemonade.
Lemonade was released on April 23, 2016, alongside a one-hour film broadcast on HBO. The project combines music, poetry, spoken narration, and imagery, moving through themes often described as intuition, denial, anger, apathy, accountability, reform, forgiveness, hope, and redemption.
Its songs include “Formation,” “Sorry,” “Hold Up,” and “Freedom.” The project also connects personal experience with broader reflections on Black womanhood, African American history, family, and the American South.
Lemonade is sometimes labeled simply an album, but its defining format is visual: the audio record and film were designed as a unified work. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and received widespread critical acclaim.