Six years after her landmark LP "Lemonade," Beyoncé has returned with the bracing, ravenous album two terrible years demanded.
The 16-track "Renaissance," tipped for weeks as Bey's most overt dip yet into club music, delivers on every inch of that promise. But it's also in a deep and uneasy conversation with the fear and chaos of recent life in America, and the worries yet to come.
Here are six initial takeaways from the album.
