Source: Andrew White / Parkwood Entertainment
For over two decades, Beyoncé has continued to raise her personal bar of excellence as an entertainer and performer while inspiring generations of young women and men to be more. Using her massive talent and keen eye, the Houston superstar has released her latest project, Black Is King, a visual album that is a companion piece to her The Lion King: The Gift project.
The highly anticipated visual album draws on inspiration from The Lion King film which Beyoncé stars in alongside Donald Glover, comes at a pivotal time in global history as the Black Lives Matter movement has taken hold in the wake of the passing of Breonna Taylor, Goerge Floyd, Sandra Bland, Ahmaud Abery, and others.
In a statement from Disney, the company says that Black Is King is aimed towards, “today’s young kings and queens in search of their own crowns.”
As expected, the Beyhive has been going up heavy for the project and for good reason. Directed by Queen Bey by way of her Parkwood Entertainment production company, all of the meticulous care the Texas songstress puts into her music and live shows is completely evident throughout Black Is King.
Beyoncé’s eldest daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, makes a scene-stealing cameo with her auntie, Kelly Rowland. Jay-Z is also featured in the project along with Lupita Nyong’o, Pharrell Williams, Tina Knowles-Lawson, Naomi Campbell, and Blue Ivy’s younger siblings, Rumi and Sir Carter.
Filmed for over a year, some of the locations for the project included New York, Los Angeles, South Africa, London, and other locales.
On Twitter, the hashtag #BlackIsKing is replete with heavy praise for Black Is King and we’ve collected some of them for viewing below.
Black Is King is exclusively available on Disney+.
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Photo: Disney Plus/Parkwood Entertainment
#BlackIsKing: Beyoncé Releases Visual LP ‘Black Is King’ was originally published on hiphopwired.com
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.@beyonce that's the tweet. Oh and #BlackIsKing.
— kerry washington (@kerrywashington) July 31, 2020
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Beyoncé just turns up every few years and REINVENTS the visual album. sets the bar HIGHER. THE AUDACITY. #BlackIsKing pic.twitter.com/rgUeyBzyRV
— The Hive 🧚♀️ (@beyicon) July 31, 2020
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Good morning, black people.
— CHIKA 🕹 (@oranicuhh) July 31, 2020
In honor of #BlackIsKing, here’s my rendition of Brown Skin Girl. ☀️✨ pic.twitter.com/hWozd1zO90
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NOW THATS HOW YOU CLEAR A BVTCH OUT!!! #BlackIsKing is a masterpiece and has debuted with a score of 100 on the tomatometer! pic.twitter.com/ZUf14cIx0W
— 💎 | Fan Account (@Its_Carta) July 31, 2020
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Beyoncé in #BlackIsKing A thread of screen caps I took;
— N*rma (@CeIestialPussy) July 31, 2020
SPOILERS AHEAD!! pic.twitter.com/vbqXqOZuQB
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Just a reminder, yall got nothing on Beyoncé and Blue Ivy #BlackIsKing pic.twitter.com/Mk2ayYaBpH
— ✜ AgustDynasty⁷ ✜ is studying (@iamjminbitch) July 31, 2020
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Brown skin girl visuals featuring Beyonce, Wizkid, and Blue Ivy
— 🎈TheTaiwo69🎈 (@Thetaiwo69) July 31, 2020
Wizkid always repping 🐐 🇳🇬 #BlackIsKing https://t.co/gyFwqL1ZRc
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look at the material. #BlackIsKing pic.twitter.com/s03In9avmi
— 🌿micks. (@byemicks) July 31, 2020
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We stan Blue Ivy Carter in this house. Beyoncé really birthed an icon #BlackIsKing pic.twitter.com/nVcJLwB0mo
— kamala (@SwaziFleur) July 31, 2020
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Pay attention to those cuties at the back. They made the song more beautiful 😍❤️
— OLAMIDE 🌸💖🌸 (@Olamideofficial) July 31, 2020
Beyoncé, Wizkid, Blue Ivy, Saint Jhn - Brown Skin Girl #BlackIsKing pic.twitter.com/11dC921zol
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GOOSEBUMPS. #BlackIsKing pic.twitter.com/5r2quh93i2
— Dani Kwateng (@danikwateng) July 31, 2020
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the twitter like button literally has a lion effect if you like a #BlackIsKing tweet i can’t even deal.
— nadirah (@hinadirah) July 31, 2020
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Grammy nominations will be interesting! I’m all up for this!!!
— OBA👑 (@obaoriade) July 31, 2020
Some people will choke 😂#BlackIsKing
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If you like a tweet with the #BlackIsKing hashtag, it does this 🤯 pic.twitter.com/ePWPJMzHJh
— Team DREAMVILLE (@TeamDreamville) July 31, 2020
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she snapped so hard oh beyoncé have mercy #blackisking pic.twitter.com/ylqoL4uOmn
— ✩ 𝘭𝘺𝘯𝘢 ✩ (@dojaexplict) July 31, 2020
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ALREADY. An actual bop!! My most played track from The Gift 💃🏻The looks that have been served in this video, we do not deserve! #BlackIsKing pic.twitter.com/Iq6KFadUFQ
— Shehnaz Khan (@shehnazkhan) July 31, 2020
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God bless everyone who supported me from day one, this is for you!! #SymbolOfHope #ShattaBration #AlreadyVideo #BlackIsKing
— SHATTA WALE (@shattawalegh) July 31, 2020
Thank you Beyoncé ❤️ https://t.co/RYoTesgw4n pic.twitter.com/8IOkaXz0M1
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For Beyonce's new Disney+ film "Black is King", Ashesi alum David Boanuh '19 served as Director of Photography for scenes shot in Ghana, helping bring unique representations of Africa to the film described as a "a celebratory memoir for the world on the Black experience." pic.twitter.com/OWJOVsFzoi
— Ashesi University (@Ashesi) July 31, 2020
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This is going to be a Beyoncé stan account throughout this weekend so just prepare yourself because the girls are overwhelmeddd #BlackIsKing
— FK. (@fkabudu) July 31, 2020
