Jumat, 31 Juli 2020

Beyonce's Black Is King receives rave reviews as visual album arrives during global conversation around race - ABC News

Beyonce's new visual album celebrating black culture has been greeted with rapturous reviews, arriving in the middle of a cultural reckoning about race and social justice.

Black is King, which reimagines the story of the The Lion King with a focus on a young boy, is intended to "shift the global perception of the word black", the singer said in a message marking its release.

Work on the album, which features music videos celebrating the search for identity and black beauty in contemporary and historical times, began a year ago.

Black Is King was inspired by Beyonce's time filming the remake of The Lion King.

The album's release followed a surge of worldwide protests about racial injustice in the wake by the deaths of men and women of colour at the hands of US police.

Variety called the album a "colourful reminder of the power and glory of black, here in America but even more so in Africa".

#BlackIsKing was among the top three trending items on Twitter after it hit the Disney+ streaming service.

"We're grateful to Beyonce for this celebration of the black experience," tweeted black culture website essence.com.

The Guardian review called it "Beyonce's love song to the black diaspora" and praised the involvement of African artists like Yemi Alade, Lord Afrixana and Shatta Wale.

Actress Lupita Nyong'o, musician and producer Pharrell Williams and supermodel Naomi Campbell are among other celebrities making cameo appearances.

Beyonce wrote in an Instagram post that the recent calls for social change had made the album even more relevant than she had hoped when she began working on it.

"I believe that when black people tell our own stories, we can shift the axis of the world and tell our real history of generational wealth and richness of soul that are not told in our history books," she wrote.

Reuters

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