Beyonce cemented her status as the queen of surprise
releases with a completely new album and videos called "Lemonade" via
a widely anticipated one-hour special on cable network HBO.
During the show, Beyoncé appeared to address
long-standing rumors of trouble in her marriage with rapper Jay Z, which
ignited social media as fans breathlessly enthused about its content and
debated the programme.
After leveling accusations in her lyrics about being
cheated on, Beyonce made clear in the last tracks of the new album that she had
decided to reconcile with him and continue the marriage.
In a preview last week, the singer teased fans with
a snippet promoting the show, mysteriously intoning; ``the past and the present
merge to meet us here.’’
``What are you hiding? Why can’t you see me? You’re
the love of my life.”
Fans, who wondered if Saturday's show was to be a
concept video with new music from Beyonce, the R&B star found out on
Saturday that was pretty much the case.
This was with chapters carrying titles that riffed
on the grieving process stages such as anger, denial and forgiveness.
Before the end of the programme which featured a
compilation of music videos, vignettes, vintage, home-movie style footage and
poetry, Beyonce, 34, had dropped "Lemonade" onto the Tidal streaming
service.
The film was also available via Tidal.
Videos also featured appearances by the mothers of
two black men, Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin, whose shooting deaths in
Brown's case by a Missouri police officer, have trained a spotlight on U.S.
racial tensions.
Fans posting on social media such as Twitter were
especially engaged with speculation about the content of the show and songs as
they related to Beyonce and Jay Z, making references in postings about ``women
scorned" and the singer "dropping" both an album and a divorce,
seemingly at the same time.
Beyonce previewed work from the new album just
before his Super Bowl appearance this year when she debuted her single,
"Formation."
Beyonce's last album in 2013 was also marked by a
surprise release as she kicks off her new tour this week in Miami.
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