Beyoncé is giving fans another look into her upcoming Black Is King visual album.
The Houston icon shared a trailer on Sunday (July 19) featuring her husband JAY-Z, longtime collaborators such as Pharrell but also fellow Destiny’s Child singer Kelly Rowland, Beyoncé’s mother Tina Knowles-Lawson, fashion model Naomi Campbell, Academy Award-winner Lupita Nyong’o and many of the acts that appear on The Gift, the album she released in conjunction with the live-action version of The Lion King in 2019.
“You were formed by the heat of the galaxy. What a thing to be, both unique and familiar,” Beyoncé says in a voiceover. “To be one and the same, and still unlike any other.”
Disney said of Black Is King, “The film reimagines the lessons from the 2019 blockbuster for today’s young kings and queens in search of their own crowns.”
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In June, Beyoncé opened up about the project, calling it a “labor of love” and that the events of 2020 have “made the film’s vision and message even more relevant.”
“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.
Celebrating the beauty of Black ancestry, the film partners Beyoncé with filmmakers such as Pierre Debusschere, Ibra Ake, Blitz Bazawule, Emmanuel Adjei, Dikal Rimmasch, Jenn Nkiru and Kawsi Fordjour.
The film is also set to be shown on much of the African continent including South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, Nambia, Cameroon, Liberia, Burundi, Senegal, Togo, Somalia, Benin, Congo, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Gabon, Cape Verde and more.
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Beyoncé Visual Album 'Black Is King' Set For July Release On Disney Plus
Black Is King isn’t the only way Beyoncé has chosen to give back recently. Her BeyGOOD Foundation recently launched the Black-Owned Small Business Impact Fund in partnership with the NAACP. The fund will provide $10,000 grants to Black-owned companies in cities across the country that have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the fight for racial justice.
“The NAACP is proud to partner with BeyGOOD to help strengthen small businesses and to ensure economic empowerment for Black businesses,” the NAACP said in a statement.
