What is a visual album?

An album released with a full-length film

How is the film structured?

In titled chapters like Denial and Anger

Lemonade Visual Album Quiz: Hold Up, Formation and Its Imagery

This Lemonade visual album quiz walks through the chapters of Beyoncé's 2016 film and record. Play 10 interactive questions on its HBO premiere, chapters from Intuition to Redemption, the poetry of Warsan Shire, smashing cars with a bat in a yellow dress for Hold Up, a sinking police car in Formation, Serena Williams in Sorry, the Tidal release and its awards.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Year
When was Lemonade released?
Network
On which network did the film premiere?
Format
What is a visual album?
Chapters
How is the film structured?
Poet
Whose poetry is spoken in the film?
Dress
What color is Beyoncé's dress in Hold Up?
Bat
What does she smash in Hold Up?
Formation
Where is the Formation video set?
Cameo
Which tennis star dances in Sorry?
Award
Which Grammy did Lemonade win?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: When was Lemonade released?
Answer: 2016
It premiered as a film.
Q2: On which network did the film premiere?
Answer: HBO
It aired in April 2016.
Q3: What is a visual album?
Answer: An album released with a full-length film
Each song has a scene.
Q4: How is the film structured?
Answer: In titled chapters like Denial and Anger
It moves toward Redemption.
Q5: Whose poetry is spoken in the film?
Answer: Warsan Shire
She is a British-Somali poet.
Q6: What color is Beyoncé's dress in Hold Up?
Answer: Yellow
Water bursts from a building.
Q7: What does she smash in Hold Up?
Answer: Car windows and cameras
Her bat is named Hot Sauce.
Q8: Where is the Formation video set?
Answer: New Orleans
A police car sinks in floodwater.
Q9: Which tennis star dances in Sorry?
Answer: Serena Williams
She twerks in a chair scene.
Q10: Which Grammy did Lemonade win?
Answer: Best Urban Contemporary Album
It also won a Peabody Award.

A Film in Chapters

Beyoncé released Lemonade in April 2016 as a visual album, premiering the film on HBO before the music appeared. The film moves through titled chapters such as Intuition, Denial, Anger and Apathy, toward Reconciliation and Redemption, exploring betrayal, Black womanhood and healing.

Poetry by British-Somali writer Warsan Shire links the scenes. In Hold Up, Beyoncé walks down a street in a yellow dress, smashing car windows and cameras with a bat named Hot Sauce. Formation, set in New Orleans, shows her on top of a police car sinking into floodwater.

Serena Williams dances in Sorry, and Kendrick Lamar joins Freedom. The album was first released on Tidal. Lemonade won the Grammy for Best Urban Contemporary Album and a Peabody Award, and it is often ranked among the decade's best albums.

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