There are references to his hands around the neck of Tina Knowles, Beyonce’s mom. It also ties another revelation for the fifth slot - her candidness about her dark and complicated relationship with Matthew Knowles, her father and former manager.Īlso Read: Beyonce, Bruno Mars Jolt Coldplay's Super Bowl Halftime Show (Video) It’s a compelling evolution of her storytelling. “Love is elusive, no one I know has it,” Bey sings against a chrome Range Rover, dressed hard in her Ivy Park outerwear and fur, cornrows blazing and teeth gritted.īeyonce has sung plenty about love gone wrong, but this sort of admission is way more existential. Not all of her songwriting has to be novel to raise eyebrows - some of the most jaw-dropping lines involve serious admissions and hard truths. Desperate times, desperate measures Queen! “I plugged my menses with pages of the holy book and still coiled deep inside me was the need to know - are you cheating on me?” she asks. In a stunning sequence where Beyonce discusses the great lengths she has traveled to learn to trust her partner, she still burns deep with suspicion. Most bomb pussy.”Īlso Read: Beyonce Swears She's Not Anti-Police After 'Formation' Controversy
She imagines the guy in his own voice addressing her, “Rest in peace, my true love who I took for granted. This is solid shade, but nothing quite compares to ….īeyonce is a master of swagger, and clearly unapologetic in reminding her lover about what he’s giving up when he strays. “Ashes to ashes, dust to side chicks,” she sings, referring to, well, chicks on the side. Therein lies some of the best catchphrases, like when she’s mourning her own commitment to a failing relationship. Much of the HBO special uses poetry to help transition from song to song, visual concept to visual concept. If there’s a specific Becky the singer has in mind, we suggest that she invests in a baseball cap and aviators. “Becky” is likely a call-back to Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back,” where Becky came to be immortalized as a white girl of the basic variety. “He better call Becky with the good hair.” “He only want me when I’m not there,” Beyonce sings. On a rousing track called “Sorry” about a no-good man (a recurring theme on the project), Beyonce advises him to seek comfort elsewhere.
Be forewarned, some strong language ahead.Īlso Read: Beyonce Releases Full 'Lemonade' Album During HBO Special With the advent of “Lemonade,” a 12-track album dropped on Saturday with an accompanying short film airing on HBO, the following gems could easily become her latest, greatest phrases for fans and Internet users the world over. Among Beyonce’s many talents is her keen ability to populate the lexicon with her song lyrics.įrom “Bootylicious” in her Destiny’s Child days to the ubiquitous “put a ring on it” from “Single Ladies” and “Surfbort” from “Drunk in Love,” Beyonce’s prose is eyebrow raising, absurdly fun and often WTF-inducing.