Argumentative Essay On Lemonade By Beyonce

Seeing “Culturally Impactful Entertainment Image” in the choices for the final project, I almost immediately knew what I wanted to analyze! Beyoncé’s sixth solo album “Lemonade” dropped exclusively on Tidal on April 23, 2016. Being that “Lemonade” technically classifies as a short film, I decided to focus on one portion out of the twelve tracks. The third track “Don’t Hurt Yourself” from the “Anger” segment is a powerful reminder to society which is displayed in a manner where the underlying message can easily become lost. Due to the controversial lyrics, a clip of Political figure Malcom Ex was overlooked in favor of Beyonce’s personal life. Often when it comes to race, the media chooses to purposely ignore the conversation that is prompted by such powerful imagery. People accuse Beyonce of being a
However, Lemonade’s content tends to say otherwise. “Don’t Hurt Yourself” was the type of song that could leave any true Beyoncé fan a bit shocked. Usually she is not so blatantly vulgar and instead keeps a cleaner image, but that all went south with this particular music video. In the “Anger” portion of Lemonade, Beyoncé allows herself to be genuinely angry in such an unapologetic way. For once, a black woman has let herself feel all of her rage from the lens of a black woman herself, instead of through the eyes of an onlooker who does not live the same experience. In the “Intuition” portion of of Lemonade before the song “Hold Up”, the poetic lines describe how, “In the tradition of men in my blood, you come home at 3 a.m. and lie to me. What are you hiding? The past and the future merge to meet us here. What luck. What a f*cking curse.” This prompted the discussion of the way that black love exists and functions for me. Due to the horrors of the past, the way we experience our love has been damaged and altered to such a point that we as black women feel as though we have to accept any type of treatment from the one we truly love. It has become such a deep