4 years ago today, Beyoncé released Lemonade, so here’s a thread of behind-the-scene stories and interviews of people who worked on this project #4YearsOfLemonade

Director of photography Pär Ekberg on shooting Hold Up and Beyoncé's skills at performing underwater

Just Blaze on producing Freedom: “When you see ‘Visuals Produced By Beyoncé,’ she’s not an artist who slaps her name on something because she can. She really is there from beginning to end.”

MNEK on writing Hold Up: “Her process is, she's a writer, but she has an ear for music”

Jonny Coffer on producing Freedom: “She’s a very naturally warm person and it’s easy to be yourself around her”

Diana Gordon on writing Sorry and Daddy Lessons: “Beyoncé is a scientist of songs. I’ve never seen anyone work the way she works”

Amandla Stenberg on filming Lemonade:

Mike WiLL Made-It on Formation: “Beyoncé wrote all her lyrics for the most part”

Oscar winning production designer Hannah Beachler on shooting Lemonade: "It was an experience that cannot be replaced by anything I'll ever work on again”

MeLo-X on writing Hold Up: “She's a master of finding raw talent and including them in her projects”

Jack White on Don’t Hurt Yourself: “She took the sketch of a lyrical outline and turned it into the most bodacious, vicious, incredible song”

James Blake on writing Forward: “She's such an accomplished writer and singer”

Malik Yusef on writing Sandcastles: “Beyonce's obviously a genius, so when she puts her pen to anything, her vocal talent and her production talent to anything, it comes out extraordinary”

Diplo on producing All Night: “I’m actually singing background vocals on All Night”