I also think that [political turmoil] gives artists something, a way of kind of processing.

Language from songs and TV shows feel integral because it helps to create the environment and describe the full picture.

I really hope that people feel permission to talk about their own troubles, but also to celebrate themselves.

I think there's something that's fascist [in Donald Trump's election], and something that I think we could probably learn from, in terms of the energy in the world right now.

We kind of have to rewrite our own stories and our own ways of being free.

I think that fear came from, "Okay, I'm going to have Beyoncé in the title, and people are just going to think, it's Beyoncé poems. It's light and fun." I was kind of super-conscious of that. It's kind of like this weird trick I'm playing, where you're like, "What an interesting, fun cover, and then the name Beyoncé." Then you open it, and it's just about my depression. All of it belongs together.

I also think that [political turmoil] gives artists something, a way of kind of processing.