 Corinne Heller of "E!Online" dubbed "Sorry" as the "most controversial song" on "Lemonade" due to the alleged infidelity and "Becky with the good hair" mistress discussed in the lyrics.Amy Zimmerman, writing for "The Daily Beast" deemed "Sorry" by far the most iconic single and coined it as the song which "introduced the world to Jay Z's most infamous alleged mistress, 'Becky with the good hair'".