It is the first track on her sixth studio album, Lemonade (2016), released through Parkwood Entertainment and Columbia Records.
The song's music video is part of Beyoncé's 2016 film Lemonade, aired on HBO alongside the album's release.
[2] The song was recorded at Conway Studios in Los Angeles, California in September 2015.
[4] The song begins with Knowles singing, "You can taste the dishonesty / It’s all over your breath as you pass it off so cavalier.
[6] Everest True from The Independent described it as a "stately, intense and secret – there is just the occasional throb of bass and softened beat to accentuate her message.