In it, Beyoncé pleads: Memories turn to dust / please don’t bury us. Perhaps the least well known selection of all Thursday was “Runnin,’” a little-hyped song she did in 2015 with U.K. This was clear at Qualcomm, because so much of the time it felt like the audience was just watching a show, rather than being part of an experience.įor example, Beyoncé brought the melancholy “Mine” out, a song from her celebrated surprise 2013 album “Beyoncé.” Its lyrics perfectly complimented the narrative from “Lemonade,” and added postpartum depression to the equation, with such now even more relevant lyrics as: Been having conversations about breakups and separations / I’m not feeling like myself since the baby / Are we gonna even make it?

Her catalog of music has been building up to this presentation for years, but few noticed.įrom her new album, she performed “Sorry,” “Formation,” “Daddy Lessons,” “All Night,” “Holdup,” “Don’t Hurt Yourself” and “Freedom.” But most of the songs she did Thursday were older, and many are less known by the public.

Act five: Beyoncé forgives and love saves the day. Act four: Beyoncé will suffer but survive. Act two: How could someone cheat on Beyoncé? Act three: Beyoncé is pissed. But what few seem to be noting about Beyoncé’s Formation tour is that the song selection doesn’t follow “Lemonade’s” exact song list, yet reaffirms that same story.Īct one: Beyoncé has been cheated on. All signs point to Jay Z cheating on Beyoncé, at least in some of her new song lyrics, and people cannot stop talking about it.Ĭonspiracy theories abound, and will continue.

This is the part of “Lemonade” that made headline news and is still dominating social media. If you haven’t sold your soul and signed up for her husband Jay Z’s music subscription streaming service, Tidal, all you really need to know is that “Lemonade” is a “visual album.” It’s dark and full of imagery, and - in spectacularly produced videos for each song - it embeds such themes as infidelity, self-empowerment and the struggle black women face. Since this is a contemporary art exhibit, we have to talk “Lemonade.” But - as has been the way of Beyoncé for almost five years now - there was a more calculated message at work than just the signature moves fans know and love.

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