From Spotify Studios, this is Dissect, long-form musical analysis broken into short digestible

episodes. I'm Cole Kushna.

And I'm TT Shodia. And Today we continue our serialized analysis of lemonade by Beyoncé.

On our last episode, we dissected the chapter Reformation, which included the song Love

Drought. There we heard Beyonce offer her husband an olive branch, replacing her desire for retribution

with the hope of restoration. She voiced her insecurities in self-doubt and asked her partner

to do the same. Beyonce was joined in her journey by a procession of black women.

Together they stood knee-deep in baptismal waters and raised their arms as if to take flight from an inherited cultural prison.

Together they created the conditions that make glorious healing possible.

It is with this emphasis on healing that Lemonade continues into its next chapter, the subject of our episode today,

forgiveness.

Baptize me.

Now that reconciliation is possible.

If we're gonna heal, let it be glorious.

1,000 girls raise their arms.

Having firmly established herself as ready to begin the healing process,

we see Beyoncé lying on the shores of the baptismal waters in a white dress.

The gentle tide wrinkles back and forth as if

she's been reburhed from these waters. With the baptism complete, Beyonce is

ready to move forward toward reconciliation. As such, the black and white visuals move away

from the water and into a noticeably more warm, colorful interior space. We're welcomed with an active fireplace inside the house and a barefooted Beyonce walks in from the cold.

She's home now.

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