Lemonade is the 2016 Beyoncé album structured in acts and accompanied by a film.
Released on April 23, 2016, Lemonade combines songs with spoken-word poetry and visual sequences. Its accompanying hour-long film premiered on HBO on the same day as the album and presents themes of betrayal, identity, Black womanhood, family, and resilience.
The album is divided into stages including “Intuition,” “Denial,” “Anger,” “Apathy,” “Emptiness,” “Accountability,” “Reformation,” and “Hope.” It includes collaborations with Jack White, Kendrick Lamar, James Blake, and The Weeknd. A common mix-up is confusing Lemonade with Renaissance, Beyoncé’s 2022 album; Renaissance is the first part of a planned trilogy, while Lemonade is the visual album organized around its emotional acts.