Usually I would knock the news for reporting on music but this album deserves it. It's so much more than Jay-Z supposedly cheating, she's actually opening up, it speaks about social injustices and the plight of the black woman. And her delivery is so original. Truly a force to be reckoned with.
*Why isn't Jay-z being attacked for cheating!?!??? Why does the woman always get attack, solely? Not fair. Three weeks ago, a girl was jumped in a bathroom. She ended up hitting her head on a sink and dying. She was 16. It was over a boy. Everyone I know was asking how could that happen. Today my feed is filled with the story that Jay-Z allegedly cheated on Beyonce. Instead of talking about Jay Z, people are hunting down Rita Ora, Rachel Roy, and Rhianna for being a "Becky w/good hair". Maybe our girls are fighting each other in bathrooms over boys because we continue to teach teach them it's ok to fight each other if it's over a boy.*
We live in a sexist world full of double-standards. As women we are supposed to forgive a man, but if we cheat on a man, they leave. Screw that. I'm a one-strike, its over. Which I believe would cut-down on cheating.
Jay Z didn't actually cheat though! The songwriter who wrote that lyric said she didn't even know that it would cause that much of a controversy and that it wasn't targeted to anyone personally
I dont think the album is a hoax. only a woman who has really been thru the emotional torment of being cheated on could create and album so deep. I think its true just the words are very real it seems to me.
The bottom line is this... She is a woman, regardless of how much money she has and fame, is sharing her experience of love, betrayal; the same thing that common people experience everyday. She has made herself human, touchable. This was a masterpiece and I thank her for it.
she doesn't participate on interviews anymore because people will find out that she isn't fierce, badass woman , etc... she is a freaking adorable and shy hamster.
The album might celebrate SOME black women. However, we are not one dimensional. I am sure there are black women who are not in her niche market and do not relate to her music or her message....like myself. I do think she is a shrewd business woman however. She is excellent at branding and marketing her product.
Omg I was just thinking about that as I was watching video. I could not have said it better. Not all black women feel the same. Tired of the media trying to victimize black women and make us feel like our struggles are greater than anyone else's. Smh.
I don't see how this is outbreak in her life, is blowing up at all. It has no contribution to our society at all. Every family had their issues...get over it.
I might not be black, but being Hispanic I know the hardships. I have personally encountered and continue to encounter issues as well. But I don't complain about it, and don't want the whole world to know. Plus there are other true major issues that the news fails to address. Why can't the news cover the hardships that average middle class individuals encounter. or how our veterans are being treated horribly by medical insurance companies. Tyson McKie
I love this! for years black women have been slowly and systematically smudged out of popular media. For years the only reigning images of black women were Beyonce or Rhianna, who were socially acceptable icons for black women being of a lighter complexion, in essense all that white mainstream media were happy to digest. For years I sat back and wondered where am I in the media, where are black women? It made me angry and hurt because we are invisible. I love that Beyonce is expressing her definite black womeness, using her popularity as a platform to celebrate and expose issues that America and the world is so happy to sweep under the carpet. LOVE IT!
+Bea I Why is this a big deal? The world will not be any better if black women were plastered all over the media more. That's just a portion of the population whining and bitching that they aren't getting FAME. Seriously, that's all it is, FAME. You black people are just butt-hurt you are not POPULAR. This is an ego trip through and through. I'm Asian, do you see MY people in the media often? My people are way more smudged out than your people. Guess what? I could care less. I don't care if Asians aren't popular in media, movies, or sports. I don't. Why? Because it's not a PROBLEM. It's not an issue that puts the country in jeopardy. It doesn't effect anyone or anything on a grand scale. It's not a PROBLEM that needs to be solved! I don't watch tv, movies, or hear music and say, "Why aren't there more Asians in these?" Who the hell cares??? I like good music and movies regardless of race involved. My favorite band is Awolnation, a white alternative rock group. The movie Captain America Civil War is out, and there is an African superhero in that film, Black Panther (played by Chadwick Boseman) who is super badass, and he was my FAVORITE character in the whole damn movie! Who cares if there are no people of my race in any of these, why the fuck does that matter???? No, you see white people being in the media more, and your deep sense of inferiority (probably caused by you still upset about slavery) gives you this fantasy of overtaking white people to get back at them for the pain and oppression they caused to african americans during slavery and the civil rights movement. This is a true notion that a lot of black people have, and know it, and don't want to say it. Don't give me crap about Beyonce helping with national issues. She's a celebrity who just wants your money. Real issues are dealt with by your average american citizen (of any race), not Beyonce and her spoiled life. Seriously, get over yourselves.
+AJ Christopher totally entitled to your opinion, as so am I. and as a black woman I choose to voice that. You as an Asian choose not to care, I care and believe that popular media construction runs way deep, into identity, confidence etc...especially for our youth. So if not seeing asian people in popular doesn't effect you, that's your opinion and I have the right to express mine.
+humpty dumpty whats ratchet reality tv? Im not Beyonces number one fan...but I support her and respect her for celebrating her feminity and race... It gets people talking about the subject and obvious she earns money from it.
JayZ is very smart and he is money first. I don't think he had and affair. But I do think that both of them are very concerned about the music industry not being what it use to be. They both understand that you can no longer sell records by a face and a name any more. You gotta have a story. You gotta have scandal. And they put it all together. They are very much together. They are just about the money first. It's all a hoax. That's my take on it.
honestly I love b. she's my girl, but I don't get how this makes the news. and this isn't the first time they've talked about lemonade on the news either. there's tons of other more important things
EVERYBODY wants to know what Beyonce is doing??? There are FAR more important issues in the world. And women shouldn't be divided into black or white. We should stick together.
I was thinking the SAME exact thing. I understand, Black people have had it rough. I'm not a racist or an uncompassionate asshole. Trust me I get it. But at a certain point we're going to have to start seeing other people as people and stop labeling OURSELVES as merely being a "black man" "white man" "black woman" "white woman". The person in this video talks about Beyonce's songs like ONLY Black women could relate. Really? Only Black women have experienced being cheated on? I've listened to the songs (out of curiosity, not really a fan of the genre) and there is literally nothing that ONLY Black women could relate to. Sometimes it's NOT a "Black thing" but a "Human thing", and a step forward towards a colorblind world is seeing yourself beyond JUST being a Black Woman/Man.
+Question Everything I couldn't agree more, it's the 21st century and the fact that ignorant people still separate black women and white woken is pathetic, we're all women at the end, no matter the pigment of your skin, all women feel the same and experience the same things, the women in this video is so ignorant
+Question Everything clearly you did not pay attention to Formation or Freedom (including tribute to Black moms whose sons have been killed ny police). There is stuff in there that is specifically geared toward the black experience and that is awesome.
You go Beyonce empower your Black sisters. The other races do it so can we. Queen B finally your are relating to your brown skin sisters and I am enjoying it.
+Tree C Babydoll813 ....Beyonce like any other American has the right to put a voice to social and political issues that she cares about. Harry Belafonte did it in the 50s and 60s. Prince did it throughout his career. The fact that Beyonce has this huge international audience is what scares Fox News sheep. Anyone who aligns themselves with police brutality of any citizens is somehow ignorantly thinking that they are immune from it happening to them someday. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Anti-police brutality, Anti-police state. Keep America free.
I think Beyonce is writing a story. A really good story about a woman- all her stages of growing up and being a woman. I don't know why I see it but I see it
Yeah. I totally get the point of Beyoncé centering black women in her art now. I mean look at this piece for an example of how easily we get used/overlooked. This piece is supposed to be about Beyoncé's album, but ABC made *sure* to crowbar in Rachel Roy, Kim Kardashian, and Taylor Swift. You all are not slick.
I used to love the fact that Beyoncé was such a feminist, and when I would need that boost, when I was feeling defeated with the amazing amount of pressure put on women, I would crank up a Beyoncé tune, like Girls. But now, I feel as a white, woman, I should feel ashamed or less because the message isn't obviously to empower all women but just one group of women. I'm all for the black lives matter project, I think it's absolutely serious, and should be respected. I'm just disappointed that Beyoncé has changed her attitude and it's no longer just women being empowered with her music, but the focus is solely on one group of women. Dividing ladies makes the empowerment weaker, and if she means to or not, that's what she is doing, dividing women.
But yet solange had a fight in the elevator and u gonna tell me this is fake, go find something to do and leave Beyoncé, I know people must not praise themselves, which she clearly doesn’t, u don’t see people praising her, the bible say let someone praise you instead of your own mouth now u guys digging on her, as much as how you guys says she is devil, the Lord still loves her, she is the smart one, which leaves u guys speaking negative, God did tells us about u people.
I was going to get the song on iTunes but I have to buy the whole album but I love you Beyoncé so much your songs are amazing I love irreplaceable that was good song
This is the downfall of social media, and the reason it is a bad idea to post personal information and feelings on the internet. I don't want to hear about other people's problems no matter who they are. It happens every day to every day people, its not news, just people not understanding what a marriage/relationship should be about.
I think it is pretty clear. There us lots of negativity toward blackness... all the way down to our hair and noses. So it is cool that Beyonce embraced that in Formation. It is also cool that she is speaking out against violence that is disproportionately happening to black people.
Beyoncé is the greatest ever the young lady is gifted and outspoken she acts and do little talk and that’s just great keep having people looking up to U as oppose to down at U. DPitts. Beyoncé makes me proud😀😃🤛👍🏻🙏🏿🙏🏿🤙🏾🤛
+Jilan Asker yep I fell for it at first lol I think it was a good idea though, keep that money coming in!!! Neither Racheal or Liv can live up to Bey's standards that bitch worth 500 million dollars plus, making half as what her ugly ass hubby make so if he cheated on her his ass will be losing.
Bitch.. she does it because she loves it..been singing since she was a little girl..the fact that she can make a living from it is iceing on the cake. You got her fucked up
Seriously, why does Beyonce keep shoving her family life down out throats?? It's like she has this insatiable need to show everyone her daughter. I remember a friend went to a concert of hers a few years ago, and there was evidently like a 10-15 minute portion where she showed random family home videos of her and Jay Z to the audience. Seriously? Do you really consider yourself THAT important and that awesome that you need to let everyone watch home videos of you doing everyday things??? Her self-absorption has gone to another level.
***** No, Beyonce has been doing this for a while. Did you read the part in my comment of a friend who went to a Beyonce concert a few years back, and just randomly showed home videos of her family for like 10-15 minutes? Some people in the audience were like, "What? What's going on, why are we watching this?" Showing RANDOM home videos of your life at a concert? That is self absorption.
***** She also announced to the world she's pregnant during a performance at an awards show. Like we wouldn't have figured it out by the media, she just had to do it on live tv in from of millions of people. Self absorption.
AJ Christopher. ..I agree with you. However, I think that this is a marketing strategy. "Let's pretend that we're having marital problems by adding lyrics in a song!" My thought is, if she knows that an affair is going on, get out of the studio and into a law firm to divorce his camel looking a**! She is a beautiful and talented woman. But every woman knows when enough is enough.
do tall not see that in this day and age you become irrelevant quickly and pushed over. most ppl in the business has a look and act of desperation when trying to stay always remembered right know. She's smart cause she branded her self from the start or her father about this women power perfection illussion that IL give her but how many times is she going to say that "I like to keep my private life private" blah blah blah and yet when it seems that "bees" are flying away she goes OK let me put out something personal cause uh oh Rihanna's too hot right now or uh oh Adele is the shot wut look at me. if your gonna always say your life is private keep it private don't use it as a means to jump back into the game when ever you feel threatened/forgotten/irrelevant.
I don't like the way these journalist describe Beyonce and the album. For some reason I feel there use of vocabulary is mentioned to sound negative. This is probably why her fan base isn't as diverse as it should.
+Mya Darlene Black men...actually men in general have become way to feminized. I remember the days whrn men did NOT participate in gossip let alone put their 2 cents in female conversations. SMH...where the real men at!!!!
This is David Darius wife and I can promise you he's most definitely not a fuck boi..and to say that he's a good person and would never comment anything that's gone ours off anybody. Secondly that was in cost for to say he's a fuck boi any way we are people and that was his brother that comment under his name
why would anyone ever cheat on beyonce? IT'S FUCKING BEYONCE!!!! anyone, including gay men and straight women, would cheat on WITH her but she's fucking perfection...
Jayz took advantage of beyonce.. knew she would not leave after kids. Now beyonce has to put up with emotional abuse.. jayz thrww his marriage away once he cheated
Because unlike most people, they Think and create. And they connect to an audience that also Thinks. By way of creating, they get a huge return for it. Not your usual call center job description
+Brian Cohen You should watch it in full. This is Beyonce's "Thriller" album (Or Rise and Fall of Ziggy, or Graceland, or The Wall; insert the holy grail of your genre here). Poetry in motion
I don't care about dumb shit speak for your self not others you don't even know the bitch she don't care about u she wants your money lol... Fuck outta did she feed you or pay ur bills hell no... Yall some brainwashed retards... You can't live life on the sidelines through somebody else's life yall sound like lossers... Grown az hell talking like 5 year olds... Retarded plz don't comment cuz yall going to make yoursselfs look dumber than yall sound already...
This upsets me so much that people only care about who the fuck 'Becky' is yet no one gives a major fuck about the social issues the album is trying to convey...
It is not, what Black women are feeling. I am Black and I do not feel like her lemonade album and I don't experience it because I am confident, like most of thee other Black women, that agree with me.
Black women are not the only people who feel this way or who have gone through this heart wrenching set of circumstances. Race shouldn't be involved. This piece of art speaks to me, as I'm sure that it does to anyone who has been betrayed.
+Zoe Du Jour you have to listen a bit better, hun. The whole album is not about an affair. They even directly note that she has a tribute to black moms who lost their children; Formation has lyrics directly in reference to (oft ridiculed) black features like our Afros and noses, Freedom is about breaking shackles of oppression. That is the race part.
Zoe Du Jour holy crap. I hope you don't interact like this in real life. What a miserable, self-absorbed way to be. You seriously just compared systemic oppression to your bad marriage? Woooooooowwwwww
I haven't been a fan of Beyonce since Destiny's Child. There's been songs here and there that I like...but this.... this visual album won me over just for them to snatch it back.....I honestly feel this one Beyonce should of let go because it's more then just empowerment to African American women. It stands for the rights and injustices of African Americans PERIOD
Beautiful queen bey talented I love this album she out do herselfon this one may God continue to bless protect her and her family for life long happy life ever lasting long happy married more power and more success in all she do
+ANDREA BERUMEN erm...did you not hear the part where black people's emotions are not centralized and black people have to deal with it "the white way"? Imagine you being a woman, having only males portraying you and your EMOTIONS on all mainstream media. Not having a spokesperson for YOU! But only being portrayed through an entirely different gender that has only the slightest understanding of what it's like to be in y our shoes! THAT is what black women have to go through. EMPATHY, people!
+ANDREA BERUMEN , indeed but white people always take this approach when other races celebrate. There is nothing wrong in celebrating who and what you are. When mass media (aka white media) perpetually excludes images of minorities from its platforms, who voices this and rallies for inclusion then?
Beyonce has always been about female empowerment, now she's putting a small spotlight specifically on black female majesty, (typically an excluded bunch), because she's black. It's as if you're mad that she is reminding you that she's a black woman who cares about black women issues. The fact that she's an entertainer and that blonde hair weave that she wears as an accessory fooled you into thinking of her as being better than black and now you're disappointed....I totally get it.
Sorry, but I don't believe this story I think it's made up!💰 I've realised that Beyonce😇 has a thing of releasing albums the same pattern maybe she made this album as an insparation to married woman who've been married before & got cheated on I just don't believe😞 I think it's a business thing for her to remain relevant it's actually very smart & each of her albums our inspirational but just my thoughts.😸 2003.Dangerously in love.👠 2 yrs of rest 2006.B'day.🎁👠 1 year of tour work & rest 2008.I Am.👭 2 yrs of tour & rest 2011.4.👭👭 1 year of tour & rest 2013.Beyonce.😇 2 yr of tour & rest 2016.Lemoncurd🍋 1 year of tour & rest 2018.The gift.🎁 1. yrs of tour work & rest 2020.Black is king.👑 1 or 2 yrs of tour work & rest. 2023?🐝
I'm sorry, I just CAN'T see her being with JayZ. First of all she's half East Indian and Half White and mostly likely thinik JayZ is NOT on her level esp. given his "Colorful past" plus his features are ptob too African for taste anyway. Plus, she's NOT a young girl on the comeup which usually who these rapprs make for their side chick cause they won't give them a hard time as woman Rachel Roys age.
Some of these comments from my fellow white girls on this video are so disappointing, but not entirely surprising. WhY dOeS iT HaVe tO bE aBoUt RaCe? wHy BlAcK wOmEn AnD nOt AlL wOmEn? I dOnT sEe CoLoR First off, not everything is cut out perfectly made for you specifically and handed to you on a silver platter. If you feel you can’t relate then it’s not for your punk ass, simple. But honestly I don’t see why you have to take it there. I am a small southern white girl but when I listen to lemonade I don’t think about how I’m not black when singing the lyrics and flipping off the world screaming I AINT SORRY and how these lyrics don’t personally describe me, does it have to? It’s not written about my life, it’s about Beyoncé’s life. Someone who I’ve listened to, loved and watched grow and grown up with as a woman so her celebrating who she is makes me celebrate who i am! When she’s singing of pain and heartbreak, I can come to those songs when I’m in pain and feel connection even if our problems aren’t the same. That’s the beauty of art. I’ll never know her struggle and she won’t know mine, we will never meet - but we are still able to bridge that gap and connect through that beautiful feeling music gives. The idea that some are missing out on that not because of a matter of taste, but because they are stuck at the mention of race?! That’s so disheartening. Let it go, grow, or at the very least: overlook it and move to another song. But don’t miss out on this amazing work of art because of your pride getting in the way. You not feeling included is your ego talking, don’t let it rule your life.
I don't understand why no one has dropped a album about what all the hispanics ect go through. It's sad what our world has come to. It's all about "the black community" and "the white community" i bet Hispanics,Asians,Russians,Cubans,Columbians,Canadians,Germans ect are out of the picture right now it's all about them. We need to step up and appreciate all races!
There could be but where are the Hispanic and Asian etc singers at to sing those songs? I'm sure they are there but none have taken the initiative to do anything about voicing their struggles
I like how they started off with "in case you missed it" like bitch, that's like saying that about 911. If you didn't know this i would question whether or not you were alive. Also how did this turn into news about the Kardashians half way through.
i love black women, but what i don't get is that some black women in the Hollywood industry like Beyonce for instance trying to look white by using makeup and HMI lightening etc. Black is beautiful and let beautiful be !
Not trying to sound ignorant and I'm going to get hate about it, but why is there a movement empowering black women or black people? The African American community has rights now, what more do they want? We're just as equal as everybody else.
You don't really believe that do you. Where have you been with all these injustices. If you think we have rights why the heck are we still fighting for them.
Who the fuck cares that Jay-z cheated.soo many man cheat every day his nothing special.Beyonce knows the truth,deal with it and LET HIS ASS GO.Nobody needs the bullshit of such drama,kids suffer more than anyone.Shes got soo much money,fame,power,she will be fine.Real woman have it tough so just piss him off .Its better to be alone then with bad company.
sick of Beyonce and others like her...get attention for ur music, I could care less about the rest. who cares? back to Prince and MJ videos. at least these two were about their music and not being in the limelight all this time
of course she is getting attention. B is representing and up lifting black women which is important these days and unlike the others you proclaim to be like her B is giving actual meaning into her music
of course she is getting attention. B is representing and up lifting black women which is important these days and unlike the others you proclaim to be like her B is giving actual meaning into her music
+John Dole I will agree with you that some werent the best like in my opinion drunk in love and feeling myself. But what about flwaless which represents feminist,Formation which is for all blacks
Still unable to grasp what all of the uproar is about this video ~ it is simply another entertainer entertaining and making a profit. If her husband cheated on her, it's probably not the first time and may not be the last time ~ perhaps instead of making videos, she should simply get a divorce and move on ~ no need to deal with a trifling partner like that, whether a man or a woman. She's simply another entertainer going through, possibly, a rough time... she most certainly will not attain the statuses of Prince, David Bowie or Michael Jackson. If there was infidelity, I personally question why she would remain in the marriage if she is really this angry ~ and quite frankly, it is no ones business but theirs. She's making a quick buck on human curiosity ;)
+Lindsey Griffith i agree. Persimmon sounds like a scary sidechic. All the women in the #lemonade comment sections who are sticking up for this "becky" and saying that Bey should leave sound like women who are on the wrong side of the whoop ass lol. Sidechics will blame a wife for "bullying" before they admit they had no business in the first place.
Usually I would knock the news for reporting on music but this album deserves it. It's so much more than Jay-Z supposedly cheating, she's actually opening up, it speaks about social injustices and the plight of the black woman. And her delivery is so original. Truly a force to be reckoned with.
*Why isn't Jay-z being attacked for cheating!?!??? Why does the woman always get attack, solely? Not fair. Three weeks ago, a girl was jumped in a bathroom. She ended up hitting her head on a sink and dying. She was 16. It was over a boy. Everyone I know was asking how could that happen. Today my feed is filled with the story that Jay-Z allegedly cheated on Beyonce. Instead of talking about Jay Z, people are hunting down Rita Ora, Rachel Roy, and Rhianna for being a "Becky w/good hair". Maybe our girls are fighting each other in bathrooms over boys because we continue to teach teach them it's ok to fight each other if it's over a boy.*
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tell em ma'am !!
We live in a sexist world full of double-standards. As women we are supposed to forgive a man, but if we cheat on a man, they leave. Screw that. I'm a one-strike, its over. Which I believe would cut-down on cheating.
You made such an excellent point.
Jay Z didn't actually cheat though! The songwriter who wrote that lyric said she didn't even know that it would cause that much of a controversy and that it wasn't targeted to anyone personally
I dont think the album is a hoax. only a woman who has really been thru the emotional torment of being cheated on could create and album so deep. I think its true just the words are very real it seems to me.
Yes we stan an authentic woman who speaks for herself
jamie Grimes She didn’t write it
Beyoncé is the only artist I know who can drop an album and make headlines and have a storyline on the news about her #LEGEND 👑🐝
The bottom line is this... She is a woman, regardless of how much money she has and fame, is sharing her experience of love, betrayal; the same thing that common people experience everyday. She has made herself human, touchable. This was a masterpiece and I thank her for it.
Rachel Roy only posted that caption to become relevant.....
+iloveckaepernick7 yep nobody even buys her clothes , they look cheap
I agree
You know you that b**** when you make the national news because you dropped an album. Well now go ahead Bey!
Sylvia Gitau Queen
I have not Been into Beyonce since her first album . I'm in love with her all over again with this album. FOOKIN GREAT!
she doesn't participate on interviews anymore because people will find out that she isn't fierce, badass woman , etc... she is a freaking adorable and shy hamster.
The album might celebrate SOME black women. However, we are not one dimensional. I am sure there are black women who are not in her niche market and do not relate to her music or her message....like myself. I do think she is a shrewd business woman however. She is excellent at branding and marketing her product.
+Johnna Saylor Mannnn.... It took her awhile but, she's back to black now. 😂😂😂
+Terry Walker omg amen. atleast you have some brains
Omg I was just thinking about that as I was watching video. I could not have said it better. Not all black women feel the same. Tired of the media trying to victimize black women and make us feel like our struggles are greater than anyone else's. Smh.
Loved this album🔥Beyonce is the only Celeb I would really defend Because she has better minds than others💖
I don't see how this is outbreak in her life, is blowing up at all. It has no contribution to our society at all. Every family had their issues...get over it.
Amen!
tell them.
She's writing about her own experience. that's what music is.
And the album is not just about her marriage its about the plight of the black woman. Not that I would expect you to know that.
I might not be black, but being Hispanic I know the hardships. I have personally encountered and continue to encounter issues as well. But I don't complain about it, and don't want the whole world to know. Plus there are other true major issues that the news fails to address. Why can't the news cover the hardships that average middle class individuals encounter. or how our veterans are being treated horribly by medical insurance companies. Tyson McKie
This is one of the best albums I've heard.
Beyonce gave us some good albums but lemonade 🍋 was an experience. Her best ever
Ok. beyonce is black so she can do that I don't see nothing wrong her in powering black women. you go beyonce thank you
I love this! for years black women have been slowly and systematically smudged out of popular media. For years the only reigning images of black women were Beyonce or Rhianna, who were socially acceptable icons for black women being of a lighter complexion, in essense all that white mainstream media were happy to digest. For years I sat back and wondered where am I in the media, where are black women? It made me angry and hurt because we are invisible.
I love that Beyonce is expressing her definite black womeness, using her popularity as a platform to celebrate and expose issues that America and the world is so happy to sweep under the carpet. LOVE IT!
Well said. However I cringe at the images of black women being played out on ratchet reality tv.
+Bea I Why is this a big deal? The world will not be any better if black women were plastered all over the media more. That's just a portion of the population whining and bitching that they aren't getting FAME. Seriously, that's all it is, FAME. You black people are just butt-hurt you are not POPULAR. This is an ego trip through and through. I'm Asian, do you see MY people in the media often? My people are way more smudged out than your people. Guess what? I could care less. I don't care if Asians aren't popular in media, movies, or sports. I don't. Why? Because it's not a PROBLEM. It's not an issue that puts the country in jeopardy. It doesn't effect anyone or anything on a grand scale. It's not a PROBLEM that needs to be solved! I don't watch tv, movies, or hear music and say, "Why aren't there more Asians in these?" Who the hell cares???
I like good music and movies regardless of race involved. My favorite band is Awolnation, a white alternative rock group. The movie Captain America Civil War is out, and there is an African superhero in that film, Black Panther (played by Chadwick Boseman) who is super badass, and he was my FAVORITE character in the whole damn movie! Who cares if there are no people of my race in any of these, why the fuck does that matter????
No, you see white people being in the media more, and your deep sense of inferiority (probably caused by you still upset about slavery) gives you this fantasy of overtaking white people to get back at them for the pain and oppression they caused to african americans during slavery and the civil rights movement. This is a true notion that a lot of black people have, and know it, and don't want to say it.
Don't give me crap about Beyonce helping with national issues. She's a celebrity who just wants your money. Real issues are dealt with by your average american citizen (of any race), not Beyonce and her spoiled life.
Seriously, get over yourselves.
The first black models were Iman Bowie and Noami Campbell who are dark skin. Why does it even matter ?
+AJ Christopher totally entitled to your opinion, as so am I. and as a black woman I choose to voice that. You as an Asian choose not to care, I care and believe that popular media construction runs way deep, into identity, confidence etc...especially for our youth. So if not seeing asian people in popular doesn't effect you, that's your opinion and I have the right to express mine.
+humpty dumpty whats ratchet reality tv? Im not Beyonces number one fan...but I support her and respect her for celebrating her feminity and race... It gets people talking about the subject and obvious she earns money from it.
JayZ is very smart and he is money first. I don't think he had and affair. But I do think that both of them are very concerned about the music industry not being what it use to be. They both understand that you can no longer sell records by a face and a name any more. You gotta have a story. You gotta have scandal. And they put it all together. They are very much together. They are just about the money first. It's all a hoax. That's my take on it.
+L Crom well said
Her newly released music is full of a lot of different messages that she cares about released through artistry....it's brilliant. She's a Boss!
L Crom I agree she's not stupid at all, this is all a marketing scheme. They are both genius no one can deny that.
Christyn Edwards
I agree until the hoax part...go listen to Jay Zs 4:44!!
honestly I love b. she's my girl, but I don't get how this makes the news. and this isn't the first time they've talked about lemonade on the news either. there's tons of other more important things
3 years later.... I was mad at HBO because they ran it all day that Saturday
EVERYBODY wants to know what Beyonce is doing??? There are FAR more important issues in the world. And women shouldn't be divided into black or white. We should stick together.
right
Maya RDZ EXACTLY!
lmao SHUT UP. She's literally just supporting black women because we don't get enough or representation.
@@amysteriousdisease7168 y’all don’t deserve Recognition because y’all are bottom of the barrel
@@amysteriousdisease7168 a BW doesn’t come close to a WW and their beauty
This album is FIRE!!🍋🍋🍋🍋I'm still trying to get my life!🐝🐝🐝FIRE FIRE FIRE WOMAN!
Kira Howard im not a big fan of her but this album is fire.Its so relatable not only to black women but women in general.
Vicious X bye Becky
Queen Bey Shut It Down Again ! 👑👑🙌🏽🙌🏽 #Legend #Icon
Why is everything about race? Black women this white women that, why can't women just me women
*be
I was thinking the SAME exact thing. I understand, Black people have had it rough. I'm not a racist or an uncompassionate asshole. Trust me I get it. But at a certain point we're going to have to start seeing other people as people and stop labeling OURSELVES as merely being a "black man" "white man" "black woman" "white woman". The person in this video talks about Beyonce's songs like ONLY Black women could relate. Really? Only Black women have experienced being cheated on? I've listened to the songs (out of curiosity, not really a fan of the genre) and there is literally nothing that ONLY Black women could relate to. Sometimes it's NOT a "Black thing" but a "Human thing", and a step forward towards a colorblind world is seeing yourself beyond JUST being a Black Woman/Man.
+Question Everything I couldn't agree more, it's the 21st century and the fact that ignorant people still separate black women and white woken is pathetic, we're all women at the end, no matter the pigment of your skin, all women feel the same and experience the same things, the women in this video is so ignorant
+Viktoria Peneva women*
+Question Everything clearly you did not pay attention to Formation or Freedom (including tribute to Black moms whose sons have been killed ny police). There is stuff in there that is specifically geared toward the black experience and that is awesome.
You go Beyonce empower your Black sisters. The other races do it so can we. Queen B finally your are relating to your brown skin sisters and I am enjoying it.
Sugahplum sorry but TH-cam won't allow me to read your replies. But God bless you sweetie.
+Tree C Babydoll813 u believe beyonce, she just doing al this for attention
chanaalexandre1 I don't know just saw Alex Jones clip saying now it's more of a racially political issue.
+Tree C Babydoll813 ....Beyonce like any other American has the right to put a voice to social and political issues that she cares about. Harry Belafonte did it in the 50s and 60s. Prince did it throughout his career. The fact that Beyonce has this huge international audience is what scares Fox News sheep. Anyone who aligns themselves with police brutality of any citizens is somehow ignorantly thinking that they are immune from it happening to them someday. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Anti-police brutality, Anti-police state. Keep America free.
Is there a race other than the human race?
I think Beyonce is writing a story. A really good story about a woman- all her stages of growing up and being a woman. I don't know why I see it but I see it
Beyonce needs to put lemonade in spotify
If you are NOT a black women. You will NEVER know our struggle. period.
Yeah. I totally get the point of Beyoncé centering black women in her art now. I mean look at this piece for an example of how easily we get used/overlooked. This piece is supposed to be about Beyoncé's album, but ABC made *sure* to crowbar in Rachel Roy, Kim Kardashian, and Taylor Swift. You all are not slick.
I used to love the fact that Beyoncé was such a feminist, and when I would need that boost, when I was feeling defeated with the amazing amount of pressure put on women, I would crank up a Beyoncé tune, like Girls. But now, I feel as a white, woman, I should feel ashamed or less because the message isn't obviously to empower all women but just one group of women. I'm all for the black lives matter project, I think it's absolutely serious, and should be respected. I'm just disappointed that Beyoncé has changed her attitude and it's no longer just women being empowered with her music, but the focus is solely on one group of women. Dividing ladies makes the empowerment weaker, and if she means to or not, that's what she is doing, dividing women.
Bey and Jay Z knew how to put a fake show about how a betrayal so they can sell albums and leave us all talking about it.
I don't think she was faking she put all of her honesty in this album
yes n how do u know if it's true or not? in this day n age even ur mom is a lie.
But yet solange had a fight in the elevator and u gonna tell me this is fake, go find something to do and leave Beyoncé, I know people must not praise themselves, which she clearly doesn’t, u don’t see people praising her, the bible say let someone praise you instead of your own mouth now u guys digging on her, as much as how you guys says she is devil, the Lord still loves her, she is the smart one, which leaves u guys speaking negative, God did tells us about u people.
I was going to get the song on iTunes but I have to buy the whole album but I love you Beyoncé so much your songs are amazing I love irreplaceable that was good song
This is the downfall of social media, and the reason it is a bad idea to post personal information and feelings on the internet. I don't want to hear about other people's problems no matter who they are. It happens every day to every day people, its not news, just people not understanding what a marriage/relationship should be about.
"Essentialize (which isn't a word) black woman"... Why can't everyone be equal instead.
Um, what does being black have to do with anything?? Why does race always have to be included, lol. I'm black btw :-)
I agree!
I think it is pretty clear. There us lots of negativity toward blackness... all the way down to our hair and noses. So it is cool that Beyonce embraced that in Formation. It is also cool that she is speaking out against violence that is disproportionately happening to black people.
princesstutusweet c
Beyoncé is the greatest ever the young lady is gifted and outspoken she acts and do little talk and that’s just great keep having people looking up to U as oppose to down at U. DPitts. Beyoncé makes me proud😀😃🤛👍🏻🙏🏿🙏🏿🤙🏾🤛
chill people she is just making money and this is why she is so damn good at it she knows how to track attention 😏 and everyone fell for it
+Jilan Asker yep I fell for it at first lol I think it was a good idea though, keep that money coming in!!! Neither Racheal or Liv can live up to Bey's standards that bitch worth 500 million dollars plus, making half as what her ugly ass hubby make so if he cheated on her his ass will be losing.
your right...
With Beyonce is all about money.She'll do anything to sell more.
Bitch.. she does it because she loves it..been singing since she was a little girl..the fact that she can make a living from it is iceing on the cake. You got her fucked up
eat shit together with her
Anja 11 u not funny, before u judge take a speck out your eyes first, who are u to judge?
Seriously, why does Beyonce keep shoving her family life down out throats?? It's like she has this insatiable need to show everyone her daughter. I remember a friend went to a concert of hers a few years ago, and there was evidently like a 10-15 minute portion where she showed random family home videos of her and Jay Z to the audience.
Seriously? Do you really consider yourself THAT important and that awesome that you need to let everyone watch home videos of you doing everyday things???
Her self-absorption has gone to another level.
***** No, Beyonce has been doing this for a while. Did you read the part in my comment of a friend who went to a Beyonce concert a few years back, and just randomly showed home videos of her family for like 10-15 minutes? Some people in the audience were like, "What? What's going on, why are we watching this?"
Showing RANDOM home videos of your life at a concert? That is self absorption.
***** She also announced to the world she's pregnant during a performance at an awards show.
Like we wouldn't have figured it out by the media, she just had to do it on live tv in from of millions of people.
Self absorption.
AJ Christopher. ..I agree with you. However, I think that this is a marketing strategy. "Let's pretend that we're having marital problems by adding lyrics in a song!" My thought is, if she knows that an affair is going on, get out of the studio and into a law firm to divorce his camel looking a**! She is a beautiful and talented woman. But every woman knows when enough is enough.
Beyoncés very private, so I think she likes to give her fans a look into her life because her fans want to know her every move
do tall not see that in this day and age you become irrelevant quickly and pushed over. most ppl in the business has a look and act of desperation when trying to stay always remembered right know. She's smart cause she branded her self from the start or her father about this women power perfection illussion that IL give her but how many times is she going to say that "I like to keep my private life private" blah blah blah and yet when it seems that "bees" are flying away she goes OK let me put out something personal cause uh oh Rihanna's too hot right now or uh oh Adele is the shot wut look at me. if your gonna always say your life is private keep it private don't use it as a means to jump back into the game when ever you feel threatened/forgotten/irrelevant.
I don't like the way these journalist describe Beyonce and the album. For some reason I feel there use of vocabulary is mentioned to sound negative. This is probably why her fan base isn't as diverse as it should.
Black girl magic 👑
Magic
+David Darius you fuckboi!
+Mya Darlene Black men...actually men in general have become way to feminized. I remember the days whrn men did NOT participate in gossip let alone put their 2 cents in female conversations. SMH...where the real men at!!!!
Nikki Cyprian what the fuck that got to do with the "lets make it about us guy"?
This is David Darius wife and I can promise you he's most definitely not a fuck boi..and to say that he's a good person and would never comment anything that's gone ours off anybody. Secondly that was in cost for to say he's a fuck boi any way we are people and that was his brother that comment under his name
why would anyone ever cheat on beyonce? IT'S FUCKING BEYONCE!!!! anyone, including gay men and straight women, would cheat on WITH her but she's fucking perfection...
Jayz took advantage of beyonce.. knew she would not leave after kids. Now beyonce has to put up with emotional abuse.. jayz thrww his marriage away once he cheated
Your story is unrealistic sorry😂 yes he might have cheated but y'all our acting like he planned this.😸
I love it beyonce family make me love her and envy her congratulations
why are they so important, that we should investigate in detail on what her song means?.. should it even stir up globally... this is hilarious
Because unlike most people, they Think and create. And they connect to an audience that also Thinks. By way of creating, they get a huge return for it. Not your usual call center job description
ICONIC ALBUM
Like when you love Beyoncé❤️
That album may not be my cup of tea but I admire the artistic creativity expressed in all of the songs.
Haven't watched ABC news or A.M shows in years came for Beyonce this just reinforces why I stopped watching this channel
why is this news??? shit is ridiculous...
+Brian Cohen You should watch it in full. This is Beyonce's "Thriller" album (Or Rise and Fall of Ziggy, or Graceland, or The Wall; insert the holy grail of your genre here). Poetry in motion
Saeed Ibrahim what r u getting at beyonce is a devil....
Beyonce is pushing self love, equality and empowerment in her community
nah bey its trying to do something good
I don't care about dumb shit speak for your self not others you don't even know the bitch she don't care about u she wants your money lol... Fuck outta did she feed you or pay ur bills hell no... Yall some brainwashed retards... You can't live life on the sidelines through somebody else's life yall sound like lossers... Grown az hell talking like 5 year olds... Retarded plz don't comment cuz yall going to make yoursselfs look dumber than yall sound already...
where can I find all of her songs
This upsets me so much that people only care about who the fuck 'Becky' is yet no one gives a major fuck about the social issues the album is trying to convey...
For those saying a hoax, there's a much better way of obtaining sells rather than tarnishing the appearance of your marriage.
It is not, what Black women are feeling. I am Black and I do not feel like her lemonade album and I don't experience it because I am confident, like most of thee other Black women, that agree with me.
Black women are not the only people who feel this way or who have gone through this heart wrenching set of circumstances. Race shouldn't be involved. This piece of art speaks to me, as I'm sure that it does to anyone who has been betrayed.
+Zoe Du Jour you have to listen a bit better, hun. The whole album is not about an affair. They even directly note that she has a tribute to black moms who lost their children; Formation has lyrics directly in reference to (oft ridiculed) black features like our Afros and noses, Freedom is about breaking shackles of oppression. That is the race part.
Zoe Du Jour holy crap. I hope you don't interact like this in real life. What a miserable, self-absorbed way to be. You seriously just compared systemic oppression to your bad marriage? Woooooooowwwwww
Holy cow, all I said was that it shouldn't be race related and that it spoke to me as an oppressed woman. Get a grip.
I don't think the color of your skin matters to be able to relate to the feelings of betrayal and loss exposed in the album.
I have to hear this album everyone talking about
beyonce doing great with new track.
this (hypothetical) situation backs up my theory that when people cheat it's usually about themselves, not their partner- Beyonce is a goddess
we love you beyoncè 😘
I haven't been a fan of Beyonce since Destiny's Child. There's been songs here and there that I like...but this.... this visual album won me over just for them to snatch it back.....I honestly feel this one Beyonce should of let go because it's more then just empowerment to African American women. It stands for the rights and injustices of African Americans PERIOD
I heard Big Pimpin before,that nigga said he gone be forever mackin!
i'm just so sorry this album never get album of the year at the GRAMMYS, and truthfully it deserves it. smh
Great video love it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think Beyonce and jay z know exactly what their doing, its all for the money,and at same time making good music with good messages
Beautiful queen bey talented I love this album she out do herselfon this one may God continue to bless protect her and her family for life long happy life ever lasting long happy married more power and more success in all she do
Who also saw this after iisuperwomenii vidio
Isnt that same girl that had something to do with damon dash and aaliyah? Now shes moving in on beyonce and jay z
Even though it's BS I still watched Lemonade like 3 times in a row!
Never heard of Rachel before, as for her clothes shown here, will leave the commentary to the beehives!!
+sylkyj HER CLOTHES ARE FANASTIC!
Beyoncé literally said in her lyrics in Lemonade, that she uses the bible pages for her menses. (like a tampon)? Explain that Bey
Why doesn't Beyonce do any interviews ?
It should be woman empowerment... Skin color or race shouldnt matter. What matters is respect, unity and self love. 💪
+ANDREA BERUMEN i agree, it should not matter... but, unfortunately, it does matter to most, its sad but true.
+ANDREA BERUMEN erm...did you not hear the part where black people's emotions are not centralized and black people have to deal with it "the white way"? Imagine you being a woman, having only males portraying you and your EMOTIONS on all mainstream media. Not having a spokesperson for YOU! But only being portrayed through an entirely different gender that has only the slightest understanding of what it's like to be in y our shoes! THAT is what black women have to go through. EMPATHY, people!
+icaledshotgun Get inline behind black men. Yall crying... yall got it good. smh
+ANDREA BERUMEN , indeed but white people always take this approach when other races celebrate. There is nothing wrong in celebrating who and what you are. When mass media (aka white media) perpetually
excludes images of minorities from its platforms, who voices this and rallies for inclusion then?
Beyonce has always been about female empowerment, now she's putting a small spotlight specifically on black female majesty, (typically an excluded bunch), because she's black. It's as if you're mad that she is reminding you that she's a black woman who cares about black women issues. The fact that she's an entertainer and that blonde hair weave that she wears as an accessory fooled you into thinking of her as being better than black and now you're disappointed....I totally get it.
Sorry, but I don't believe this story I think it's made up!💰 I've realised that Beyonce😇 has a thing of releasing albums the same pattern maybe she made this album as an insparation to married woman who've been married before & got cheated on I just don't believe😞 I think it's a business thing for her to remain relevant it's actually very smart & each of her albums our inspirational but just my thoughts.😸
2003.Dangerously in love.👠
2 yrs of rest
2006.B'day.🎁👠
1 year of tour work & rest
2008.I Am.👭
2 yrs of tour & rest
2011.4.👭👭
1 year of tour & rest
2013.Beyonce.😇
2 yr of tour & rest
2016.Lemoncurd🍋
1 year of tour & rest
2018.The gift.🎁
1. yrs of tour work & rest
2020.Black is king.👑
1 or 2 yrs of tour work & rest.
2023?🐝
Intresting but the bee hive will probably stink you for this😂
Rachel Roy stilled f'd jay though 🐸☕️
+Mz Chavez you damn right she did!!! They been did that's when him and Damon Dash fell out.
+Mz Chavez i don't even understand why all the blame goes to his side H's , Jayz is the bastard
I'm sorry, I just CAN'T see her being with JayZ. First of all she's half East Indian and Half White and mostly likely thinik JayZ is NOT on her level esp. given his "Colorful past" plus his features are ptob too African for taste anyway. Plus, she's NOT a young girl on the comeup which usually who these rapprs make for their side chick cause they won't give them a hard time as woman Rachel Roys age.
My question is if Rachel Roy was in the elevator with Jay-Z and Solange why did Solange attack Jay-Z??
Brilliant piece of art as well as music.
Some of these comments from my fellow white girls on this video are so disappointing, but not entirely surprising.
WhY dOeS iT HaVe tO bE aBoUt RaCe?
wHy BlAcK wOmEn AnD nOt AlL wOmEn?
I dOnT sEe CoLoR
First off, not everything is cut out perfectly made for you specifically and handed to you on a silver platter. If you feel you can’t relate then it’s not for your punk ass, simple. But honestly I don’t see why you have to take it there. I am a small southern white girl but when I listen to lemonade I don’t think about how I’m not black when singing the lyrics and flipping off the world screaming I AINT SORRY and how these lyrics don’t personally describe me, does it have to? It’s not written about my life, it’s about Beyoncé’s life. Someone who I’ve listened to, loved and watched grow and grown up with as a woman so her celebrating who she is makes me celebrate who i am! When she’s singing of pain and heartbreak, I can come to those songs when I’m in pain and feel connection even if our problems aren’t the same. That’s the beauty of art. I’ll never know her struggle and she won’t know mine, we will never meet - but we are still able to bridge that gap and connect through that beautiful feeling music gives. The idea that some are missing out on that not because of a matter of taste, but because they are stuck at the mention of race?! That’s so disheartening. Let it go, grow, or at the very least: overlook it and move to another song. But don’t miss out on this amazing work of art because of your pride getting in the way. You not feeling included is your ego talking, don’t let it rule your life.
I don't understand why no one has dropped a album about what all the hispanics ect go through. It's sad what our world has come to. It's all about "the black community" and "the white community" i bet Hispanics,Asians,Russians,Cubans,Columbians,Canadians,Germans ect are out of the picture right now it's all about them. We need to step up and appreciate all races!
There could be but where are the Hispanic and Asian etc singers at to sing those songs? I'm sure they are there but none have taken the initiative to do anything about voicing their struggles
what do y'all go through? most of y'all are white on paper anyway... drop y'all on album thats not blacks responsibility nitwit! 😩
what do y'all go through? most of y'all are white on paper anyway... drop y'all on album thats not blacks responsibility nitwit! 😩
russians, canadians and germans are white tho?
Ava Chico The fuck? Half the shit you said in your comment aren't even races. Please just stop the stupidity is killing me 😒
Jay Z looks like Octodad is the damn elevator. Just watch his damn arms once the pull her off
express yourself girlfriend,don't let him do u like that
I like how they started off with "in case you missed it" like bitch, that's like saying that about 911. If you didn't know this i would question whether or not you were alive.
Also how did this turn into news about the Kardashians half way through.
i love black women, but what i don't get is that some black women in the Hollywood industry like Beyonce for instance trying to look white by using makeup and HMI lightening etc. Black is beautiful and let beautiful be !
Who cares we have better things to worry about in this life.
You go gurl......
Not trying to sound ignorant and I'm going to get hate about it, but why is there a movement empowering black women or black people? The African American community has rights now, what more do they want? We're just as equal as everybody else.
You don't really believe that
You don't really believe that do you. Where have you been with all these injustices. If you think we have rights why the heck are we still fighting for them.
WHO TF WOULD CHEAT ON BEYONCÉ?!
What's up with her eyes at 1:36 ? Sunglasses aren't dark enough to hide her demons...
Did anybody see orbs in that elevator? Some energy flying off Solange? Doesn't look like dust to me.
Yeah orbs! Not dust.. Great catch 👍🏼
Look at how she swung her head at 1:20
Who the fuck cares that Jay-z cheated.soo many man cheat every day his nothing special.Beyonce knows the truth,deal with it and LET HIS ASS GO.Nobody needs the bullshit of such drama,kids suffer more than anyone.Shes got soo much money,fame,power,she will be fine.Real woman have it tough so just piss him off .Its better to be alone then with bad company.
Beyoncé wants to empower all women not just black women ...
She wants to empower every type and culture of women she possibly can
This isn't the first time she released songs about J cheating....why is everybody acting like this is the first time?
My girl B should call 50 Cent he will love her for real
The whole issue seems like a well crafted marketing scheme.
sick of Beyonce and others like her...get attention for ur music, I could care less about the rest. who cares? back to Prince and MJ videos. at least these two were about their music and not being in the limelight all this time
+Redeemed Believer you need to get yo life you just mad because Beyonce doing better than yo a**😠🐝🐝🐝🐝🍋🍋🍋🍋
of course she is getting attention. B is representing and up lifting black women which is important these days
and unlike the others you proclaim to be like her B is giving actual meaning into her music
of course she is getting attention. B is representing and up lifting black women which is important these days
and unlike the others you proclaim to be like her B is giving actual meaning into her music
+John Dole I will agree with you that some werent the best like in my opinion drunk in love and feeling myself. But what about flwaless which represents feminist,Formation which is for all blacks
+John Dole I can understand that. People just have different taste
i think it's WEIRD!! i love Bey, but this album is OVER RATED! I hate it
I hated her music but Im in love with lemonade
+JACQUELINE COSBY Really! This is the best album by far. I guess different strokes....
Certain people talk I can't pay attention when Jayz interview was on I listened to everyword
never been a fan of hers but I respect her anyways
yeah same
Still unable to grasp what all of the uproar is about this video ~ it is simply another entertainer entertaining and making a profit. If her husband cheated on her, it's probably not the first time and may not be the last time ~ perhaps instead of making videos, she should simply get a divorce and move on ~ no need to deal with a trifling partner like that, whether a man or a woman. She's simply another entertainer going through, possibly, a rough time... she most certainly will not attain the statuses of Prince, David Bowie or Michael Jackson. If there was infidelity, I personally question why she would remain in the marriage if she is really this angry ~ and quite frankly, it is no ones business but theirs. She's making a quick buck on human curiosity ;)
+Lindsey Griffith i agree. Persimmon sounds like a scary sidechic. All the women in the #lemonade comment sections who are sticking up for this "becky" and saying that Bey should leave sound like women who are on the wrong side of the whoop ass lol. Sidechics will blame a wife for "bullying" before they admit they had no business in the first place.
I love you Beyonce