On the opening track of Lemonade, Beyoncé introduces the suspicion, pain, and emotional intimacy that will drive the whole album. We realize this album will be an exploration of one marriage’s long, dark night of the soul.

Famously married to Jay-Z, and dogged by rumors of infidelity, Beyoncé seems to be jumping right into “what really happened,” and telling us that it was as bad as we might have guessed (or worse).