When Queen Bey won the Grammy for best urban contemporary album for Lemonade, she first thanked her family and her fans. But then she turned her speech into something both political and incredibly personal as she spoke to the need for more diversity and positive depictions for children of all backgrounds to look up to:
"We all experience pain and loss, and often we become inaudible. My intention for the film and album was to create a body of work that would give a voice to our pain, our struggles, our darkness, and our history. To confront issues that make us uncomfortable.
"It's important to me to show images to my children that reflect their beauty, so they can grow up in a world where they look in the mirror, first through their own families — as well as the news, the Super Bowl, the Olympics, the White House, and the Grammys — and see themselves and have no doubt that they're beautiful, intelligent, and capable. This is something I want for every child of every race. And I feel it's vital that we learn from the past and recognise our tendencies to repeat our mistakes."