Beyoncé is house to free up a peculiar visual album, “Dark is King,” per tune from final year’s album “The Lion King: The Gift,” on Disney Plus on July 31.
The 24-time Grammy Award winner wrote, produced, and directed the visual album, which is being released around the anniversary of the 2019 film version of “The Lion King,” in which Beyoncé starred as Nala.
The visual album, introduced on Saturday and filmed over the route of a year, will reimagine classes of “The Lion King” for an viewers of “young kings and queens seeking their very indulge in crowns,” in response to a news free up by Disney Plus and Beyoncé’s Parkwood Leisure.
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The visual album is described by Disney as a “celebratory memoir for the area on the Dark skills” and “an affirmation of a huge goal, with lush visuals that commemorate Dark resilience and tradition. The film highlights the wonder of tradition and Dark excellence.”
“Dark is King” will characteristic artists on “The Lion King: The Gift,” at the side of Childish Gambino, Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell, 070 Shake, Tierra Whack, Jay-Z, Blue Ivy Carter and Jessie Reyez, as successfully as African artists at the side of Wizkid, Shatta Wale, Burna Boy, Mr Eazi, Tiwa Savage, Tekno, Yemi Alade, Busiswa and Salatiel, in response to Vary. It goes to also embody particular visitor appearances.
The click free up also states that the solid and crew of “Dark is King” signify “selection and connectivity.”
“The voyages of Dark households, throughout time, are honored in a tale a pair of young king’s transcendent bolt via betrayal, love and self-id,” the free up states. “His ancestors again files him toward his future, and along with his father’s teachings and steering from his childhood love, he earns the virtues wanted to reclaim his house and throne.”
Beyoncé teased the upcoming visual album with a trailer released on Saturday evening on Beyonce.com.
Followers on Twitter regarded elated over the announcement.
“OKAY BUT CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW BEYONCÉ MADE A WHOLE FILM ABOUT BEING BLACK WITH MF DISNEY?? OFF THE BACK OF LION KING??? LIKE SHE IS WORKING HARD FOR HER PEOPLE AND I AM SO PROUD OF HER????? OMG MY FAVE IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD,” one fan tweeted.
“Phrases can’t originate to characterize how proud I am to be South African factual now! I will’t wait to look Warren Masemola, Connie Chiume, John Kani & Nyaniso Dzedze on #BLACKISKING,” one other tweet reads.
This is no longer among the top shock to come support from Beyoncé this month. On Juneteenth, she released “Dark Parade,” a discover about vitality, resilience, and up-to-the-minute Dark Lives Topic protests in the wake of the death of George Floyd, in response to Vary.
