--- title: The Internet Is Losing It Over JAY-Z'S Response to Lemonade description: JAY-Z's new album '4:44' seems to call out to his wife's mention of infidelity on 'Lemonade,' and Twitter can't handle it. canonical: https://time.com/4841180/jay-z-beyonce-444-reactions/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-30T15:05:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:45:03.944Z og:title: The Internet Is Losing It Over JAY-Z'S Response to Lemonade og:description: "no wonder Beyoncé made lemonade. She was going THROUGH IT" og:url: https://time.com/4841180/jay-z-beyonce-444-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6cfa4fafe7628797/6988d41d7cdbacc7b1d59052/jay-z-beyonce1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The 59th Annual Grammy Awards og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Is Losing It Over JAY-Z'S Response to Lemonade twitter:description: "no wonder Beyoncé made lemonade. She was going THROUGH IT" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6cfa4fafe7628797/6988d41d7cdbacc7b1d59052/jay-z-beyonce1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Is Losing It Over JAY-Z's Response to Those _Lemonade_ Rumors  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 30, 2017 3:05 PM UTC  LOS ANGELES - FEBRUARY 12: Jay Z and Beyoncé attend at THE 59TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS, broadcast live from the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, Sunday, Feb. 12 (8:00-11:30 PM, live ET/5:00-8:30 PM, live PT; 6:00-9:30 PM, live MT) on the CBS Television Network. (Photo by Mark Davis/CBS via Getty Images) LOS ANGELES - FEBRUARY 12: Jay Z and Beyoncé attend at THE 59TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS, broadcast live from the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, Sunday, Feb. 12 (8:00-11:30 PM, live ET/5:00-8:30 PM, live PT; 6:00-9:30 PM, live MT) on the CBS Television Network. (Photo by Mark Davis/CBS via Getty Images)CBS Photo Archive—CBS via Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 30, 2017 3:05 PM UTC JAY-Z’s long-awaited thirteenth album _4:44_ dropped on Friday, and already the internet is going wild dissecting the ten tracks. Jay Z appears to have finally responded to what was [widely perceived as his infidelity](http://time.com/4841001/jay-z-apologizes-beyonce-444-lemonade/) in his marriage to Beyoncé on his new album 4:44\. On the album’s title track “4:44,” he even explicitly says “I apologize.” The rapper himself [shared an explanation](https://twitter.com/SwitchCoverage/status/880669357659095040) for each of the songs, but fans were quick to parse even further meaning from his rhymes: seizing on an apparent response to [new mother of twins’](http://time.com/4800213/beyonce-kids-born-internet-reactions/) Beyoncé’s 2016 [visual album ](http://time.com/4470188/vmas-2016-beyonce-lemonade-live/)_Lemonade,_ which tells a story of [infidelity and redemption](http://time.com/4802554/jay-z-beyonce-relationship-timeline/). Fans wondered how Hov would address the rumors that the crazy in love were less than picture-perfect. According to the internet, _4:44_ comes through and then some, with JAY-Z addressing his wife’s narrative directly. And fans are, predictably, overwhelmed. Some people have called out direct parallels between lines in Beyoncé’s _Lemonade_ and JAY-Z’s _4:44,_ while others are just freaking out about the apparent public response. For now, casual observers will have to trust the Twitterverse’s take: only Sprint and [Tidal](http://time.com/4823165/jay-z-adnis-444/) subscribers have access to the album at this time. > [](https://twitter.com/hellonecole/status/880656166258450434) > [](https://twitter.com/Drebae%5F/status/880661354406981632) > [](https://twitter.com/IamRobDevon/status/880656990724386818) > [](https://twitter.com/JUSTlNW/status/880662934317400064) > [](https://twitter.com/beyupdates%5F/status/880665758325501952) > [](https://twitter.com/beyceipts/status/880662842755751937) > [](https://twitter.com/thetrudz/status/880653392326135809) The music mogul’s industry friends and colleagues — like DJ Khaled and Kevin Hart — also gave him some support on social media. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4841180/jay-z-beyonce-444-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4841180/jay-z-beyonce-444-reactions/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Losing It Over JAY-Z's Response to Those Lemonade Rumors","datePublished":"2017-06-30T15:05:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:45:03.944Z","description":"JAY-Z's new album '4:44' seems to call out to his wife's mention of infidelity on 'Lemonade,' and Twitter can't handle it.","url":"https://time.com/4841180/jay-z-beyonce-444-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","Beyonce","Jay-z"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6cfa4fafe7628797/6988d41d7cdbacc7b1d59052/jay-z-beyonce1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6cfa4fafe7628797/6988d41d7cdbacc7b1d59052/jay-z-beyonce1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The 59th Annual Grammy Awards","caption":"The 59th Annual Grammy Awards","creditText":"CBS Photo Archive—CBS via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4841180/jay-z-beyonce-444-reactions/","name":"The Internet Is Losing It Over JAY-Z's Response to Those Lemonade Rumors"}}]}] ```