Lemonade is the Beyoncé album built around a visual story of Black identity, marriage, and betrayal.
Released in 2016, Lemonade is Beyoncé’s sixth studio album and her second visual album. It was accompanied by an hour-long film that premiered on HBO, combining songs, poetry, imagery, and family history.
The project moves through emotional chapters commonly described with titles such as intuition, denial, anger, forgiveness, and hope. Its music draws on R&B, soul, rock, country, reggae, blues, and hip-hop, giving the album a deliberately broad sound.
Lemonade includes “Formation,” “Sorry,” “Hold Up,” and “Daddy Lessons.” It received widespread critical acclaim and was nominated for Album of the Year at the 59th Grammy Awards. Its themes led to public discussion, but the album is an artistic work rather than a confirmed literal account of every narrative detail.