My true love (Beyoncé) gave to me... Lemonade - and it was good! Oh my goodness! The only album on my list that has only changed positions once. Up until yesterday this album was cemented in my number one spot, but I listened to this and my current number one back-to-back yesterday and I had to switch it up. I'll explain why more clearly tomorrow but for now let me tell you why I loved this album so much in the first place.

This is 100% without a doubt my favourite thing that Beyoncé's put out since I Am... Sasha Fierce. Every album that she has released since then has only ever been able to make it onto my "Honorable Mentions" list and some (sorry 4) wouldn't even make it onto that. When this came out, I watched the movie at least once every single day for an entire week. As suddenly as this album came into my life; it took over my life just as quickly.

I've been saying for the longest time, "what ever happened to music videos being such a big deal that people would go to watch them in the cinema?" (s/o Michael Jackson). Well, if I had one criticism for this album, it'd be the fact that she didn't release it in movie theatres first. I would've happily paid money to see this. It's not the first visual album Beyoncé's done and it's not even the first that she's dropped out of the blue, but there's something distinctly different about this album. At first I thought might be it's because she's being so raw and honest but I don't really know if that's true. Beyoncé in recent times hasn't really held anything back from her music; she's pretty much allowed herself to be herself throughout. I guess she is talking about more personal life topics and such, but the beauty of doing it through song is that music is so up for interpretation that we still don't even really know whether she's being candid or writing fiction. To this day, none of us really know if Jay-Z cheated, and hopefully no-one really cares any more, because all that speculating overshadowed the music at first.

In regards to the music, my current favourites are "Don't Hurt Yourself (feat. Jack White)", "Freedom (feat. Kendrick Lamar)" and "All Night". That changes every time I listen and for the longest time "Formation" was my one and only, but I might have slightly overdone it with that one. As always, Beyoncé's voice continues to effortlessly soar and tower above all tracks whilst seamlessly accompanying the instrumentals. Also, of course I couldn't go the whole review without noting that Beyoncé has attempted several genres on this record from rock to country, and successfully might I add. No easy task but she somehow found a way to slay them all. I guess that's why they call her Queen B.

Now, if you've not listened to this album in full yet, please watch it in it's visual form first.

With Saturday being the slowest day in terms of music it actually provided some of the best shows. With over 1000 acts playing over the weekend it's impossible to not have a day filled with talent. Here's what Saturday had to offer... 

JAKE ISAAC
I woke up to this beautiful voice serenading me from the Other Stage. After listening for a while I decided that I'd have to have a peak at the face behind the voice. The crowd wasn't huge, but the set that he put on most certainly was. Great talent.

CIRCA WAVES
Since interviewing them here, I've been completely on the band wagon. Even without a debut album, simply from their singles I can tell that their music would be perfect for festivals. With the sun just coming out, their summer indie hits were the perfect way to start anyone's day.

ANGEL HAZE
Having never really listened to much of Angel Haze's solo stuff I wasn't really sure what to expect, but she absolutely slayed it. Spending the last two of her songs in the crowd with the fans and just creating a really intimate feel with over 10,000 people watching - yes. She is definitely one to watch.

KELIS
Kelis was a must see for me. Even though she clashed with both Fat White Family and Royal Blood, I was not going to leave Glastonbury without seeing her. I certainly made the right choice. Her band alone were amazing but she was just flawless. Looking gorgeous in her flowing pink dress she played through new hits, a medley of old favourites and of course her classics. Perfect set.
 
LANA DEL REY
Probably the most emotional set of the entire weekend. Lana brought so much intensity to the day and I really don't think any of us were ready for it. My friends were brought to tears before the set even ended! She had a good mixture of songs from both her debut and sophomore albums and the quality stayed constant throughout. Easily a weekend highlight.

CLEAN BANDIT
Another set that I hadn't expected to be what it was. As we walked up to the stage, the crowd was spilling out of the already overly packed tent, and we had to shove just to get into a reasonable viewing position. It was worth it though, Clean Bandit played all of my favourites from the debut album New Eyes and even covered some other great songs. When they ended with the inevitable and ridiculously contagious song "Rather Be" the crowd feeling was indescribable. Brilliant set.

JACK WHITE
And the talent didn't waver. If anyone was going to live up to my expectations, it'd be Jack. But he didn't just live up to them, he fully surpassed them (with a lot of help from his amazing drummer). Probably one of my favourite moments of the entire festival was when the crowd started chanting the iconic bassline to "Seven Nation Army" and then Jack and the band came on and performed it during the encore - absolutely magnificent.  

TWIN ATLANTIC 
I have never really been a fan of Twin Atlantic, and to be honest the only reason we walked up to the stage they were on is because we thought that Chromeo would be performing there. Nonetheless, they did sound better live and it was actually quite nice to hear the couple of songs of theirs that I enjoy first hand. Not sure that it was enough to make me a huge fan but it did give them a boost in my eyes.

METALLICA 
The most controversial headliner in years and the only official headliner that I watched all weekend. Before I'd even arrived at Glastonbury, I said that I would had to and watch Metallica's set - more out of intrigue than anything. From beginning to end they just continued to impress me. Although I only knew maybe 4 or 5 of the songs that they played - they put on a show, without being in our faces and I loved every minute of it. What a group of badasses! 

Jack White on Pyramid Stage

Midway through June now and we've already missed a few potentially great albums but I'll go through them as well as letting you know what's lined up for the second half of the month...

ONES WE'VE MISSED