Familiar yet magical, Black is King shows Beyonce has long since flown past music videos; the passion and purpose that collided to such extraordinary effect in Lemonade wasn’t just a one-off. This is the electrifying sight of an artist at the height of her powers.
Black Is King is a culmination of a year’s worth of work, and it brings impressive duality to an album that was once primarily connected to someone else’s story.
Black is King, and its knowingly cultural excellence, is mesmerising in its scope with lessons beneath the surface. Beyoncé gives an inclusive experience that feels like she should cure injustice for all whilst delivering entertainment in a league of her own.
Fundamentally, Black Is King speaks to the beauty and richness of blackness without it seeming grotesquely wealthy or too contrived.
Beyonce, the master of the visual album, just keeps getting better with each release. Using the music from The Gift, the album she released last year to accompany the live-action remake of The Lion King, the star stuns again with the spellbinding Black Is King.
Out of a dazzling fusion of the hottest R&B and Afrobeat trends, this visual album proposes a pan-African vision of legacy, abundance, and unity, making it Beyoncé’s most wide-reaching and ambitious effort yet.
Disgusting. Let's talk about how Beyoncé (a light skin person) is the CENTER of a piece about Africa/Blackness. Not only does Black is King not discuss anti-Blackness in Disney, but Disney+ is still inaccessible in 36 African countries.
We tend to applaud the African aesthetic draped in capitalism. I hope we remember the BLM folks on the continent whose daily lives are impacted by imperialism. If we can't uplift the imagery, I hope we can uplift those who will never be able to access ... read more
judging it as a music video, this was absolutely beautiful, the colors, the women, the dancing, i loved it
The film is beautiful and truly a great culmination of African art and sprituality. The storyline can be muddled at times but the film presents enough good material to even the negatives out.