Lemonade is Beyoncé’s 2016 visual album exploring race, marriage, and identity.
Released on April 23, 2016, Lemonade began as an HBO film and was accompanied by a twelve-track album. Its songs and visuals move through emotional chapters often described with titles such as intuition, denial, anger, and hope. The project combines R&B, pop, rock, country, blues, and spoken-word poetry.
The album addresses personal relationships while also placing Black women’s experiences, African American history, and Southern imagery at the center. It includes collaborations with artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Jack White, and The Weeknd. Critics widely praised its ambition and cultural impact.
Lemonade is sometimes described simply as a traditional studio album, but its visual-film structure is central to the work. It followed Beyoncé’s self-titled 2013 visual album and preceded Everything Is Love, the 2018 collaborative album credited to The Carters.