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b"On Saturday, Beyonc\\xe9 released her 12-song visual album, Lemonade, in which the 20-time Grammy award winning artist known for \\u201cSingle Ladies,\\u201d \\u201cIrreplaceable,\\u201d and \\u201cCrazy in Love,\\u201d explored themes of anger, loss, redemption, and resurrection. The album\\u2019s lyrics and imagery also included a plethora of Christian references, including mentions of the \\u201cHoly Book,\\u201d \\u201cbaptism\\u201d, and visuals of the Bible. \\u201cChapters\\u201d within the visual album are named \\u201cemptiness,\\u201d \\u201cforgiveness,\\u201d \\u201cresurrection,\\u201d and \\u201credemption.\\u201d \\u201c[I] went to the basement, confessed my sins, and was baptized in a river,\\u201d Beyonce says at the beginning of \\u201cIntuition.\\u201d \\u201cI got on my knees and said 'amen'... and said 'I mean.'\\u201d In \\u201cAnger,\\u201d text reading \\u201cGod is God and I am not\\u201d momentarily appears on the screen, a section that moved Zakiya N. Jackson, who wrote about her initial reaction to the album\\u2019s release on Collected Young Minds. \\u201cIt really is about being frustrated and angry, this sense of this isn\\u2019t right, what I have experienced. But even in the midst of this, there\\u2019s this acknowledgement that I can\\u2019t control all of this,\\u201d she said. \\u201cI love that because this place of letting go is acknowledging that God is bigger than me and that I can\\u2019t make everything the way I want it to be.\\u201d Jackson joined Morgan and Katelyn on this week\\u2019s Quick to Listen to discuss what Beyonce means to black women, what makes her message stand apart, and whether it\\u2019s time to make more lemonade. -What makes Beyonce unique? What about her work moves you? -As Christians, how did you interpret or perceive the religious references in the visual album? -It seems like the significance of Beyonce\\u2019s work is tied to her identity as a black woman. Why is that important? Why does that that resonate?\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"