Beyonce's Lemonade References Her Boyfriend, Dad, Mom And.... Who Else?

By R. Siva Kumar - 25 Apr '16 08:49AM
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Beyonce appears to reference a feud with dad Mathew Knowles in her new album, Lemonade. The singer parted ways professionally from her dad in 2011. He managed the group which catapulted her to stardom.

Beyonce released an extended video for 'Lemonade', along with some of the flash images of her wedding dress, as well as a beehive of rumours. There are 12 new songs in Lemonade, and they include 'Formation', which was announced earlier. It is the first new music she has released since 2013.

This is the second visual album after 'Beyonce'. She had premiered a short film on HBO, which is a collection of videos relating to the songs.

Beyonce slams her husband Jay-Z in her new album, Lemonade. But speculations say that she is actually pointing at another man in her life---her father, Mathew Knowles.

While her father Mathew had managed her in Destiny's Child and made her a global superstar, she split up with him in 2011, after he moved away from her mother Tina following 31 married years.

The gossip vine said that he had a mistress---and a son through the woman too.

In one track Beyonce sings: "You remind me of my father - a magician, able to exist in two places at once / In the tradition of men in my blood you come home at 3am and lie to me.

"What are you hiding? The past and the future merge to meet us here. What luck. What a f***ing curse."

Another track bears the title 'Daddy Issues' while many fans speculate that she is referencing her mother when she talks about cheating.

This is a conceptual project based on every woman's journey of self-knowledge and healing'. There have been contributions from many artists including Jack White, The Weeknd, James Blake and Kendrick Lamar.

Some of the lyrics talk about her relationship with Jay, with the second song Hold Up: "Can't you see there's no other man above you? What a wicked way to treat the girl that loves you."

Another one goes: "What's worse, lookin' jealous or crazy? Jealous and crazy. I like been walked all over lately, walked all over lately. I'd rather be crazy."

In another of her new tracks, called Sorry, the designer Rachel Ray is referred to. She opens with the spoken lyrics: "So what are you gonna say at my funeral now that you've killed me? Here lies the body of the love of my life whose heart I broke without a gun to my head."

Bey has released Lemonade before her Formation World Tour, which will begin in Miami on April 27.

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