Mark Yourself Safe from the Met Gala

Vibe Check

SiriusXM

Society & Culture

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Vibe Check, Saeed and Zach revisit Beyoncé’s iconic Lemonade album on its 10th anniversary, unpacking its cultural impact. They also take a closer look at Beyoncé – how her politics, power, and public persona have evolved over the past decade, and where admiration, frustration, and critique collide when art and influence meet. Plus, they share their latest picks for “the vibes are on” and “the vibes are off.” ------------------------------------------------------ Saeed’s Poem: “Beyonce in the Third Person” by Morgan Parker Saeed Jones and Isaac Fitzgerald at the Brattle Theater, May 13th: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/isaac-fitzgerald-at-the-brattle-theatre-tickets-1985452437688

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0:00.0	Girl.
0:04.3	Hello.
0:06.4	I am ready to skip down memory lane.
0:08.8	Skip, stumble, twirl, swing a back.
0:11.6	Not stumble, wait.
0:13.0	Come on, how about a saunter?
0:16.4	Sonder.
0:17.9	We were so innocent then.
0:19.9	So much hope.
0:21.9	So much hope. So much hope.
0:23.8	Well, let's get into it so people know what we're talking about.
0:27.0	I am Sayy Jones.
0:28.7	And I am Zach Stafford, and you are listening to this episode as it comes out on Wednesday, your eyes do not deceive you.
0:47.3	We did not do a MetGala episode for the first year since the inception of this podcast.
0:53.5	That was very intentional, as you all know by now,
0:57.8	Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez, the head of our techno oligarch of America, funded this year's
1:04.1	Met Gala, which meant me and Saeed said, no, thank you, girls. We're not covering that one this
1:08.5	year, and we just skipped right on over that one. So today's
1:13.2	episode of Vibe Check is actually focused on Beyonce, Nolz Carter, who is co-chairing this year's
1:18.2	event, but we'd rather focus on her career over the last 10 years because if you did not know,
1:24.8	10 years ago, April 2016, she released the iconic album Lemonade,
1:30.5	which she released right before her last appearance at the Met Gala.
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