--- title: Hillary Clinton Likes Beyonce's 'Lemonade' description: Hillary Clinton revealed that she thinks Beyonce's 'Lemonade' is "great" and that she would consider making the singer her vice president. canonical: https://time.com/4347887/hillary-clinton-likes-beyonce-lemonade/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-25T18:29:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:32:43.539Z og:title: Hillary Clinton Thinks Beyoncé's 'Lemonade' Is "Great" og:description: Hold up. og:url: https://time.com/4347887/hillary-clinton-likes-beyonce-lemonade/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Thinks Beyoncé's 'Lemonade' Is "Great" twitter:description: Hold up. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Hillary Clinton Thinks Beyoncé's _Lemonade_ is 'Great' > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 25, 2016 6:29 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 25, 2016 6:29 PM UTC [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4342332/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-not-qualified-president/) is just like us — meaning that even she’s not immune to the draw of Beyoncé’s [visual album, _Lemonade_](http://time.com/4305890/beyonce-lemonade-album-review/). The Democratic presidential candidate answered a question [submitted by Taylor Swift](https://www.facebook.com/ellentv/videos/10154387037042240/) asking if she had seen _Lemonade_ and if she liked it, during [an appearance on _The Ellen DeGeneres Show_](http://time.com/4347460/kate-mckinnon-hillary-clinton-ellen-degeneres-impressions/). Clinton wasted no time in letting the audience know that she had seen parts of _Lemonade_ and that she’s a big fan. “I do like it,” Clinton said. “It’s great.” Clinton later played a game of [“Who’d You Rather?”](http://time.com/4347438/hillary-clinton-vp-ellen-bernie-sanders-scandal/) with host Ellen DeGeneres to find potential vice presidents and chose to keep Beyoncé as a possible running mate over other potential candidates like Leonardo DiCaprio, Drake, and Bradley Cooper, citing that she believed in “making lemonade out of lemons.” Same, Hillary, same. 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