The 10 emotions we collectively felt when watching 'Lemonade' for the first time one year ago
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Sunday marked the first anniversary of Beyoncé's legendary visual album, Lemonade. The project, which premiered on HBO, went on to collect Grammy awards, a Peabody award, and more—but perhaps more importantly, for the entire duration of the premiere, Twitter was united and in awe of the singer.
Together as a timeline, folks went through the rollercoaster of emotions brought about by Lemonade. In honor of the short film and subsequent album, we've gathered the best throwback tweets that express what was going through the world's mind as soon as Lemonade began a year ago.
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1. The anticipation as everyone tried to get their hands on HBO login information
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2. When we realized the album might be about Jay-Z....
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3. ...and the panic as everyone scrambled to figure out who he could have cheated on Beyoncé with...
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4. The excitement of seeing the GOAT, Serena Williams
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5. When Beyoncé got real, all while serving some piping hot #BlackGirlMagic
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6. The tears that shed as Mothers of the Movement were represented, holding photos of their sons.
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7. When you realize Beyoncé really did tackle almost every genre in one album
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8. When we collectively sighed at the sight of Jay-Z, despite him being viciously dragged just a few songs before
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9. When we realized new Beyoncé was just what was needed after the death of Prince.
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10. And when it was over, we watched it and discussed it again (and again, and again....and a year later, it's still on repeat).
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