Lemonade is the Beyoncé visual album centered on themes including Black womanhood, infidelity, grief, and reconciliation.
Released in 2016, Lemonade combined a twelve-track audio album with a one-hour film broadcast on HBO. Its songs move through emotional stages and draw on R&B, rock, country, blues, pop, and spoken-word poetry.
The project features contributions from artists including Jack White, Kendrick Lamar, James Blake, and The Weeknd. Its visual film uses Southern landscapes, family imagery, and references to Black history and culture.
The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and received widespread critical acclaim. Beyoncé is credited as a writer or co-writer across the project, while the narrative's personal elements led to extensive public speculation that was never a complete literal explanation of every lyric.