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One of the frequent settings is the ruins of Fort Macomb, a location featured in the first season finale of True Detective. Though she was born and raised in Houston, Beyoncé’s maternal grandparents were both Louisiana Creoles, and it is her generational connection to Louisiana (and New Orleans, specifically) that drives so much of Lemonade. Why the grand New Orleans vistas? Who inspired the film’s already-iconic baseball bat scene? And what’s True Detective got to do with it? Pour yourself a glass and explore the art and allusions behind Lemonade.

Beyoncé’s suicide dive into water resembles a similar shot in Flying Lotus’ Joseph-directed Until The Quiet Comes short film, and those sped-up, smash cut spasms are reminiscent of Akerlund’s past work, but who’s to say who authored what? And more importantly, who really cares? On Lemonade, Beyoncé is the auteur.īut mysteries remain. Without specific credits, viewers and critics can only speculate about authorship. The result is an even gauzier picture of who contributed what to the project, which only reinforces the cohesive quality of the film. Left: Lemonade right: Until The Quiet Comesīut unlike the album’s carefully demarcated music credits, the film credits are left vague. Todd Tourso (Beyoncé’s creative director) and director-cinematographer Dikayl Rimmasch on the other hand have relatively short videographies, especially when compared to music video legends like Jonas Akerlund ( ‘Haunted’, ‘Superpower’, the On The Run documentary) and Mark Romanek (who reportedly shot Lemonade’s ‘Sandcastles’ segment). Melina Matsoukas is a long-time Beyoncé video director who helmed ‘Formation’. Kahlil Joseph has directed short films for Kendrick Lamar and Flying Lotus and music videos for Shabazz Palaces and FKA twigs. This is in part down to the cadre of directors curated and assembled by Bey, some of whom you may recognise, others you may not. And while the album is stunning on its own, it’s in visual form that Lemonade truly comes to life. If her self-titled album was micro – a personal exploration of feminism, career and self – then Lemonade is macro – an exploration of those themes across time and place. A sophisticated hour-long art film that uses movements and motifs, not just tracks on an album, its breadth and depth see it surpass similar pop soundtrack films like Kanye West’s Runaway and Lana Del Rey’s Tropico, which now seem quaint in comparison.

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Not Lemonade, premiered in full on HBO on Saturday night. That last effort felt like an anthology of music videos. If Beyoncé’s 2013 self-titled album was the proof-of-concept for the “surprise visual album”, then Lemonade is its apex. But what do its abstract images mean, where do they come from and what light can they shed on the songs? Chris Kelly searches for the subtext and inspirations beneath the bubbles of Bey’s Lemonade movie. Beyoncé returned this week with another “visual album”.