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We decoded the super-secret meaning of Beyoncé's pregnancy announcement

On the internet, a photo of a pregnant Beyoncé surrounded by flowers can't just be a photo of a pregnant Beyoncé surrounded by flowers — here's the hidden symbolism behind it all.

Beyoncé’s Instagram announcement that she’s pregnant with twins broke the record for the most-liked photo on the platform. In less than 24 hours, the post had 8 million likes, and at one point was generating 17,000 tweets per minute.

But the internet, being the internet, couldn’t let Bey be, and proceeded to attempt to analyze and decode every inch of the photo in order to divine some sort of hidden meaning. Which is completely ludicrous: The real meaning of the photo is perfectly clear, if you know what to look for.