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Stream It or Skip It: ‘Black Is King’ on Disney+, The Latest Visual Album From Beyoncé

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Beyoncé’s participation in the 2019 remake of Disney’s The Lion King was genius casting, not just because of her role in the film, but because …
Beyoncé’s participation in the 2019 remake of Disney’s The Lion King was genius casting, not just because of her role in the film, but because it then allowed her the creative freedom to release the album The Lion King: The Gift and subsequently write, direct, and executive produce her latest visual album, Black Is King, that album’s stunning visual companion. Consider her part in The Lion King merely a starting point for a more grandiose story she needed to tell. But while The Lion King was a parable of how to find your own strength and power amid personal setbacks, Beyoncé uses the same African backdrop as the setting in Black Is King to lend strength and power to the whole Black experience, to honor it and ennoble it (while writing some bangers along the way). The Gist: Beyoncé is an artist so sure of who she is, her confidence is transferable to her listeners. With lines like “You are welcome to come home to yourself,” “I am a whole mood,” and “Step in your essence and know that you’re excellent,” she knows that the influence she has as a cultural icon and she uses her voice to amplify the message that we are all destined for greatness. Using the story of The Lion King as a jumping-off point, the songs and visuals presented here are an interpretation of that tale, but it’s so much bigger than that.

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