Get ready for another star-studded Beyonce visual album Black Is King.
Queen Bey is gearing up to drop her third visual album – this one inspired by the lessons of the live-action adaptation of The Lion King, which she starred in last year. The film, which she wrote, directed and executive produced, will stream on Disney+ at the end of the month.
On Sunday (July 19), she gave fans a sneak peek into the stunning visuals and Bey’s new tracks in the first official trailer – and fans got to see some of the impressive star power making appearances in the film, too.
First off, Bey is there. Also seen in the trailer are members of her famous fam – hubby Jay-Z, mom Tina Knowles. (Fans also claim they saw daughter Blue Ivy in the teaser trailer she dropped three weeks ago).
Other people near and dear to Bey who made cameos are former bandmate Kelly Rowland. And we also get a quick glimpse of Lupita Nyong’o and Naomi Campbell in the trailer – which actually isn’t that surprising since she name-dropped them in her Lion King: The Gift track “Brown Skin Girl.”
Many artists featured on The Lion King: The Gift album will also make appearances on Black Is King. And Jake Nava (Bey’s frequent music video director), Pierre Debusschere, Ibra Ake (“This Is America” creative director), filmmakers Blitz Bazawule, Emmanuel Adjei, Dikayl Rimmasch and Jenn Nkiru also collaborated with her on the project.
The album was one year in the making – filming in multiple locations including, New York, Los Angeles, South Africa, West Africa, London and Belgium. And they’re going to be making the film available in much of Africa, too, including South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, Namibia, Cameroon, Liberia, Burundi, Senegal, Togo, Somalia, Benin, Congo, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Gabon, Cape Verde and many more countries.
