Beyoncé’s 2016 album inspired by themes of marriage and identity was Lemonade.
Released on April 23, 2016, Lemonade was presented as both a studio album and a visual album. Its songs move through a sequence of emotional and thematic stages, including intuition, denial, anger, apathy, hope, and redemption.
The project draws on R&B, rock, country, blues, reggae, and spoken-word traditions. It also connects personal experience with broader subjects such as Black womanhood, family history, cultural memory, and the American South.
Lemonade is often discussed alongside its HBO television film, which uses poetry, imagery, and music to create a unified narrative. It should not be confused with Renaissance, Beyoncé’s 2022 album, or Black Is King, her 2020 visual album connected to The Lion King: The Gift.