The 10 Best Moments from Beyonce's #LEMONADE

The visual album is packed with powerful imagery and ideas.

Baddie Bey - It's been a little less than 24 hours since Beyoncé shook our worlds with her visual album and HBO special entitled LEMONADE, and we're still trying to figure out what's what amid all the gorgeous visuals, scorching lyrics and symbolic imagery. While we soak it all in, process it, and spit it back out for discussion, here are the ten most standout moments from the epic hour-long poem:First up, a sun-drenched Bey destroying an entire street full of cars with a baseball bat in "Hold Up." This is the point at which we all started looking sideways at Jay Z.(Photo: HBO)

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Baddie Bey - It's been a little less than 24 hours since Beyoncé shook our worlds with her visual album and HBO special entitled LEMONADE, and we're still trying to figure out what's what amid all the gorgeous visuals, scorching lyrics and symbolic imagery. While we soak it all in, process it, and spit it back out for discussion, here are the ten most standout moments from the epic hour-long poem:First up, a sun-drenched Bey destroying an entire street full of cars with a baseball bat in "Hold Up." This is the point at which we all started looking sideways at Jay Z.(Photo: HBO)

Up In Flames - Clad in a red gown which bears a striking resemblance to her wedding dress, Bey walks us through the rituals of sex while surrounded by flames.(Photo: HBO)

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Up In Flames - Clad in a red gown which bears a striking resemblance to her wedding dress, Bey walks us through the rituals of sex while surrounded by flames.(Photo: HBO)

Stripped Down - Just past the midpoint of the broadcast, after taking us on a wild ride of emotions, Bey strips down to her simplest form for a powerful ballad.(Photo: HBO)

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Stripped Down - Just past the midpoint of the broadcast, after taking us on a wild ride of emotions, Bey strips down to her simplest form for a powerful ballad.(Photo: HBO)

Bow Down - Queen Nefertiti through and through. We all knew that Beyonce was a goddess, and she came through for this homage. Nefertiti and her husband were known for a religious revolution, a line all too telling from Lemonade's film.  (Photo: HBO)

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A Work Of Art - The music, alone, was incredible. But what also stood out throughout Lemonade is the artistic imagery of Beyoncé herself, and the many other women featured in the broadcast. The whole thing was an homage to woman, and Black woman in particular, throughout history, and we love this Egyptian queen-inspired setup in black-and-white.(Photo: HBO)

Mermaid - Queen Bey showed us that it takes a special kind of talent to slay while completely underwater. She was shot beautifully in reverse, as her hair flowed gracefully behind her.(Photo: HBO)

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Mermaid - Queen Bey showed us that it takes a special kind of talent to slay while completely underwater. She was shot beautifully in reverse, as her hair flowed gracefully behind her.(Photo: HBO)

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Superdome Blues - The beauty of New Orleans was a powerful theme within Lemonade. This shot was filmed inside the New Orleans Superdome, the stadium that served as a refuge for many effected by Hurricane Katrina.(Photo: HBO)

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Superdome Blues - The beauty of New Orleans was a powerful theme within Lemonade. This shot was filmed inside the New Orleans Superdome, the stadium that served as a refuge for many effected by Hurricane Katrina.(Photo: HBO)

Laid for the Gawds - Still catching your breath from Beyonce's Lemonade? If not from the raw emotions she shared through song, then it must be from the fierce beauty she rocked on screen. Click ahead to relive the hair moments we're still obsessed with. By Rainbow WrightFrom Beyonce's rich, exquisitely coiled braids to Serena's lush lioness locks, it was clear both women had no time for apologies.(Photo: HBO)

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Video Chick - Perhaps the most impressive power-move of the entire special was when tennis icon Serena Williams appeared as Bey's video chick. The two powerful women dance together, and went to work.(Photo: HBO)

Crowning Glory - Mami Wata incarnated, complete with the combed straight hair. And that gold, spiked headpiece is everything.(Photo: HBO)

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God Was In The Room - Surrounded by flame, Bey performed an incredible spoken-word poem about love, sex, and loss. Viewers are left to wonder if she was only talking about her relationship with Jay, or every woman's relationship with their man?(Photo: HBO)

Back To Her Roots - Lemonade featured many references to Beyonce's own life, her own mother and grandmother. In many ways, the primary message behind Lemonade was to celebrate the incredible beauty and strength of Black women everywhere. (Photo: HBO)

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Back To Her Roots - Lemonade featured many references to Beyonce's own life, her own mother and grandmother. In many ways, the primary message behind Lemonade was to celebrate the incredible beauty and strength of Black women everywhere. (Photo: HBO)

Strength Upon Strength - By the end of Lemonade, there was a profund sense of growth. It seemed that not only Beyonce was a stronger woman for having made this work of art, we were stronger for having seen it.(Photo: HBO)

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Strength Upon Strength - By the end of Lemonade, there was a profund sense of growth. It seemed that not only Beyonce was a stronger woman for having made this work of art, we were stronger for having seen it.(Photo: HBO)

All My Love - While much of the event seemed to point to Beyonce and Jay Z struggling within their marraige, by the end it seemed clear that while the two have certaintly faced marital struggles, their love has been able to overcome. Lemonade was a truly paramount moment in Beyonce's career, and further convinced us that Queen Bey's reign is far from over.(Photo: HBO)

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All My Love - While much of the event seemed to point to Beyonce and Jay Z struggling within their marraige, by the end it seemed clear that while the two have certaintly faced marital struggles, their love has been able to overcome. Lemonade was a truly paramount moment in Beyonce's career, and further convinced us that Queen Bey's reign is far from over.(Photo: HBO)