Beyoncé’s Lemonade broke the Internet for a second time this past weekend. The HBO special, as well as the highly anticipated album—released exclusively through Tidal—instantly cemented her status as a cultural icon and tightened her already unbreakable grip on the zeitgeist.
Beyonce is a living legend man. I'm glad I'm alive to witness
— Frank Waln (@FrankWaln) April 24, 2016
https://twitter.com/TallieSomali/status/724093526665916417
Life gave Beyonce lemons and she used them to slay me. #Lemonade
— Tyler Logan (@Loop528) April 25, 2016
lemonade was SO GOOD OMF AMEN BEYONCÉ MAMA YAAAAAS
— honey (@biscxuclbabe) April 25, 2016
As you can see from that extremely accurate last tweet, Beyoncé stopped the world once again and made us listen to an entire body of work—which is rare in a time where record labels are more focused on catchy singles.
But Queen Bey aside, there’s a bigger issue that needs to be addressed here: White people have no idea what lemonade is. If you think I’m joking, take a look at what some of these clueless Caucasians have been tweeting lately.
https://twitter.com/natelarwa/status/724674472125583360
what is lemonade
— dylan kick zales (@_DYL_pickle) April 25, 2016
https://twitter.com/PanthersJonny38/status/724679770575921152
https://twitter.com/spoonfullasass/status/724684166625939456
https://twitter.com/clintholly/status/724667232454729728
How’s this even a thing? How could society have failed our white citizens by not teaching them that lemonade is just juice made from squeezed lemons? “How the fuck you never heard of lemonade? Shit’s refreshing af,” my editor wrote in an email just now. Dude is pissed.
For the white people out there who still don’t understand what lemonade is, here are some helpful visuals.
This is lemonade:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEkBl7GQ2rK/
But, most importantly, this is lemonade:
None of that should be difficult to understand.