From Spotify Studios, this is Disept.

Long-form musical analysis broken into short digestible episodes.

I'm your host, Titishadilla. So, Today we continue our serialized examination of Lemonade by Beyoncé.

On our last episode, we dissected the chapter Redemption, which featured the song All Night.

There we witnessed the triumphant culmination of Beyonce's efforts throughout

lemonade to mend her broken relationship, reaffirm her dignity and worth, and pass on the

wisdom of her ancestors to offer her children a better future.

She celebrated the eternal love that was redeemed as a result of her journey and weaponized

this love as the greatest defense against a society shaped by the curse of slavery and racism. It is the same the final track, the subject of our episode today, Formation.

I got hot sauce in my bag swaths.

I see it I want it.

I took yellow morning.

I dream it.

I work hard I'm gonna tell I own it. Formation was written by Mike Will Made it, Sway Lee, Ashton Hogan, and Beyonce.

The song centers around a simple two-notes synth riff that leaves behind a trail of echoing eighth notes.

Later, a second synth is stacked on top of the first.

Formation then erupts as Mike Will Made it adds his signature booming 808 drums. Later in the song a drumline and brass section enters evoking the formation or unison of a marching band. Prior to hearing any sounds of formation, the video version of the track actually

begins with a brief content warning that reads

Parental Advisory explicit lyrics.

While there are instances of profanity and formation,

it seems this advisory more generally alerts the

viewers that what's next will be Beyonce's most controversial, uncensored, and

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