Black Is King was Beyoncé's love letter to Africa. I'm Nigerian and I can tell you that she's revered here. She features a lot of Nigerian and other African artists on this album. Beyoncé once visited Nigeria and performed our National anthem. To demonstrate how popular she is here, there are movies literally titled Beyoncé from our movie industry and they were very popular.
I saw many posts that said Beyonce shouldn’t have made black is king because she’s “barely black” and she’s “pandering” when jayz did a whole ancestral test and found out that he’s “Rwandan” the ignorance smh.
It’s my favorite Beyonce album. As an African American who is desperate to build that bond to Africa, Nigeria and Ghana specifically, this album brought tears to my eyes, and the visuals made me weep. Absolutely beautiful.
@@deevasquez1171 : Those are just ignorant and racist white people who are jealous of Beyonce's beauty and talent, so just because she has a itty bitty bit of white in her somewhere down the line of her ancestry, (and not even from her parents who are black btw.) but somewhere before them, they just have to talk shit about her race. They also hate that she identifies as black. I mean really people??!! Look at her. Get over it. Beyonce is black, and her soul is black. He children are black, her husband is black, her parents are black, her sister is black. Just stop with the ignorance. These are the same people who somehow haven't figured out how many different shades, hair types, body types and everything else in the black experience, and that we are not all the same. It is also a myth that anyone who has a certain hair texture, or skin type is automatically mixed race. Go to the many different countries in Africa and see the variety of black people. Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea to name a few. Each country with its own unique looks as far as its citizens. A good example is Tyla. She is South African, and absolutely beautiful. Some stunningly beautiful black people across the globe. Black people have been painted unfairly over history in a way that is just not accurate, but people fall for it. Anyway, just like every other race, we are all diffferent!
To answer how popular Beyoncé is in Africa, as someone who was born and raised in Malawi, she is huge here! I've been listening to her music all my life really. I believe She is as big as MJ and Whitney in these parts of the world.
hey i’m from South Africa 🇿🇦 and Beyoncé here is as big as she is there, we also regard her as THEE QUEEN i don’t know about other African countries, but here we love her. Western music dominates here, more than our native music
Love your Beyoncé reaction videos! I'm from Uganda in East Africa and I can tell you Beyoncé is quite popular here in Uganda as well-- most especially among millennials and Gen Z who are active on social media. I remember watching her renaissance tour film at the cinema when it came out. The whole audience was singing along! "The Gift" album which then became "Black is King" visual album film is my second favourite Beyoncé era. Renaissance is number one, but "Black is King"/ "The Gift" is definitely no. 2 for me.
First, she did The Lion King album called The Gift. Then she made a film called Black Is King in which she uses the same songs but her own visual take while interweaving a more personal story. It was also a love letter to Africa as she wanted to highlight some of the beauty and talent of the continent. She worked with artists from an and in different African countries such as Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa. She also dedicated it to her son.
Black is King is a visual album that reimagines the lessons of The Lion Kings. There are Africans throughout the movie and videos. Beyoncé doesn't care she will spend her own money to get what she wants. She's all about culture and this is amazing. You're going to enjoy this and I am going to enjoy watching you. Thanks guys, on to the next one
Hey! I’m from Ghana 🇬🇭 and I’ve loved Beyoncé and destiny’s child since I was about 7 or 8. I’m 32 now. She collaborated with a lot of artists and creatives from the continent when she made this, it was pretty wonderful!
She really went to Africa and different countries and learned their way of living, dancing, clothing etc she spent months over there learning how her ancestor did it…. The ppl who you will see and not. Know is truly African dancers, rappers, singers, she held nothing back and I love it 😍 she let them shine ✨
Yall are going to be FLOORED by the visuals in Black Is King. However, her albums are meant to be watched in one sitting. Just like her tracks, the videos have transitions as well. More so for this one and Lemonade and Beyonce (self-titled). It will be interesting to see how you guys splice it up. ❤
A great way to answer all your questions you asked is to watch her behind the scenes Black is King soundtrack which aired on ABC...which is owned by Disney, btw. You get to see her journey to different countries in Africa, and her collaborations with different artists in the Afro beats genre to create this soundtrack. She also recorded most of her music videos for the songs, on top of the movie she did. The woman is a workaholic when it comes to establishing her legacy.
She featured African artists all over Black Is King. To answer Nathan, I think she’s like Michael Jackson was, just popular all over the world, including Africa. But I’m sure this album was very much appreciated by most Africans, and most likely boosted her popularity there. And yes it was a gamble. But both her and Disney have a mission of love and peace, and it was done in partial response to the climate of negativity that was present, similar to the Netflix Coachella concert, which highlighted historical black colleges in the US. Black Is King’s record sales was not a huge commercial success, but the visual album /film will live on as a part of Disney Plus for anyone to go experience at any time. And it definitely made a statement on who she is as an artist and as a person for all time.
Lol not Nathan trolling you Ryan "Oh wow don't say Darkyonce, that's not good to say" that had me in stitches, his "Ryan" voice especially. The Black is King visual album is actually amazing, very well done, powerful and great story telling. I t's actually the 1st time we see Beyonce on the now infamous horse that is tracked on her last 2 (and probably more to come in that trilogy or tetralogy), probably the start to the last couple of albums she's out out- would love to hear her speak on that creative project. Great video as always!
This album is a whole story each song it’s similar to the lemonade album. I think you will totally love the full video album because it goes through the lion King story song by song.
This video My Power is part of a Beyonce film called "Black Is King" She made an entire album for the film called "The Lion King" thru Disney = BIG 💸 💸 😊 WELP, you guys should react to the film. Also, the video "Already" from that film/album wld be a great reaction. ALSO *2003 VMA Awards "Crazy In Love/ Baby Boy Melody" *Crazy In Love from the "I Am" Tour🔥 *Diva/Clique from the "On The Run" tour with her husband Jay-Z Z is da 💣 I enjoy your reactions! #thatisall 😉
There was a bts doc to go with Black is King (film)/The Gift (album) called The Making of The Gift. It was broadcast on ABC (owned by Disney) so I'm not sure how easy it is to find, but it goes into how she built this project with the goal of pulling African creators into the process, not just taking from them. I might have a recording of it somewhere...
Yall are doing great, I just subscribed because of this video n I’ve been watching for a min😭😭 this song ment so much to so many of us for different reasons so did this movie, yall tuning in to something great here can’t wait till yall watch it♥️♥️♥️🙏🏿🙏🏿
This was amazing! But I have another request. Can you guys bring in your wives when you do the Lemonades visual album reaction? It’s such a woman’s journey (to an extent) that I’d love to hear their input. I also low key want to see if they’ll react by picking a fight with you and blaming o you for Jay Z’s cheating. lol. Bring ‘em out guys!
I think the issue is that your patroens are all over the place which is fine if that's what you want to cater to. That's understandable. However, what happens is you end up with a million questions because your way of experiencing Beyonce is out of context and some viewers may get frustrated with that. Most Beyonce reactors are little more orderly with their reactions but like I said ultimately you can do what you want and its not a big deal...to me anyway. 😂
Black Is King was Beyoncé's love letter to Africa. I'm Nigerian and I can tell you that she's revered here. She features a lot of Nigerian and other African artists on this album. Beyoncé once visited Nigeria and performed our National anthem. To demonstrate how popular she is here, there are movies literally titled Beyoncé from our movie industry and they were very popular.
I saw many posts that said Beyonce shouldn’t have made black is king because she’s “barely black” and she’s “pandering” when jayz did a whole ancestral test and found out that he’s “Rwandan” the ignorance smh.
@@deevasquez1171”barely black” with two clearly black parents is crazy work. Wtf is she then? 😂
@@deevasquez1171 they're not serious. How can she be barely black with 2 black parents? 😂
It’s my favorite Beyonce album. As an African American who is desperate to build that bond to Africa, Nigeria and Ghana specifically, this album brought tears to my eyes, and the visuals made me weep. Absolutely beautiful.
@@deevasquez1171 : Those are just ignorant and racist white people who are jealous of Beyonce's beauty and talent, so just because she has a itty bitty bit of white in her somewhere down the line of her ancestry, (and not even from her parents who are black btw.) but somewhere before them, they just have to talk shit about her race. They also hate that she identifies as black. I mean really people??!! Look at her. Get over it. Beyonce is black, and her soul is black. He children are black, her husband is black, her parents are black, her sister is black. Just stop with the ignorance. These are the same people who somehow haven't figured out how many different shades, hair types, body types and everything else in the black experience, and that we are not all the same. It is also a myth that anyone who has a certain hair texture, or skin type is automatically mixed race. Go to the many different countries in Africa and see the variety of black people. Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea to name a few. Each country with its own unique looks as far as its citizens. A good example is Tyla. She is South African, and absolutely beautiful. Some stunningly beautiful black people across the globe. Black people have been painted unfairly over history in a way that is just not accurate, but people fall for it. Anyway, just like every other race, we are all diffferent!
To answer how popular Beyoncé is in Africa, as someone who was born and raised in Malawi, she is huge here! I've been listening to her music all my life really. I believe She is as big as MJ and Whitney in these parts of the world.
Beyonce is a household name in Africa. She is always used as a reference by people when it comes to music
hey
i’m from South Africa 🇿🇦 and Beyoncé here is as big as she is there, we also regard her as THEE QUEEN
i don’t know about other African countries, but here we love her. Western music dominates here, more than our native music
Love your Beyoncé reaction videos! I'm from Uganda in East Africa and I can tell you Beyoncé is quite popular here in Uganda as well-- most especially among millennials and Gen Z who are active on social media. I remember watching her renaissance tour film at the cinema when it came out. The whole audience was singing along! "The Gift" album which then became "Black is King" visual album film is my second favourite Beyoncé era. Renaissance is number one, but "Black is King"/ "The Gift" is definitely no. 2 for me.
First, she did The Lion King album called The Gift. Then she made a film called Black Is King in which she uses the same songs but her own visual take while interweaving a more personal story.
It was also a love letter to Africa as she wanted to highlight some of the beauty and talent of the continent. She worked with artists from an and in different African countries such as Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa. She also dedicated it to her son.
Ryan is actually unintentionally hilarious is the subtlest ways
Black is King is a visual album that reimagines the lessons of The Lion Kings. There are Africans throughout the movie and videos. Beyoncé doesn't care she will spend her own money to get what she wants. She's all about culture and this is amazing. You're going to enjoy this and I am going to enjoy watching you. Thanks guys, on to the next one
Hey! I’m from Ghana 🇬🇭 and I’ve loved Beyoncé and destiny’s child since I was about 7 or 8. I’m 32 now. She collaborated with a lot of artists and creatives from the continent when she made this, it was pretty wonderful!
She really went to Africa and different countries and learned their way of living, dancing, clothing etc she spent months over there learning how her ancestor did it…. The ppl who you will see and not. Know is truly African dancers, rappers, singers, she held nothing back and I love it 😍 she let them shine ✨
I am from Cameroon and I will tell you Beyonce is really popular here
I call it the blue ivy song! 🎉🔥
Yall are going to be FLOORED by the visuals in Black Is King. However, her albums are meant to be watched in one sitting. Just like her tracks, the videos have transitions as well. More so for this one and Lemonade and Beyonce (self-titled). It will be interesting to see how you guys splice it up. ❤
Black is king and the making of black is king oh I’d happily pay for that! For real my favorite Beyoncé project 🥹🥰
Seeing this in concert was everything. Blue Ivy performs to this song at the Renaissance
A great way to answer all your questions you asked is to watch her behind the scenes Black is King soundtrack which aired on ABC...which is owned by Disney, btw.
You get to see her journey to different countries in Africa, and her collaborations with different artists in the Afro beats genre to create this soundtrack.
She also recorded most of her music videos for the songs, on top of the movie she did. The woman is a workaholic when it comes to establishing her legacy.
I would love to have beers with you two... You seem like great friends and I love to hear about people's stories. Keep up the good work!
Maybe one day!
This song and music video gave me black power ✊🏾
She featured African artists all over Black Is King. To answer Nathan, I think she’s like Michael Jackson was, just popular all over the world, including Africa. But I’m sure this album was very much appreciated by most Africans, and most likely boosted her popularity there. And yes it was a gamble. But both her and Disney have a mission of love and peace, and it was done in partial response to the climate of negativity that was present, similar to the Netflix Coachella concert, which highlighted historical black colleges in the US. Black Is King’s record sales was not a huge commercial success, but the visual album /film will live on as a part of Disney Plus for anyone to go experience at any time. And it definitely made a statement on who she is as an artist and as a person for all time.
The way they treated black is king is crazy . I absolutely love the visuals, concept and etc of this project ❤❤❤❤❤
Lol not Nathan trolling you Ryan "Oh wow don't say Darkyonce, that's not good to say" that had me in stitches, his "Ryan" voice especially.
The Black is King visual album is actually amazing, very well done, powerful and great story telling. I t's actually the 1st time we see Beyonce on the now infamous horse that is tracked on her last 2 (and probably more to come in that trilogy or tetralogy), probably the start to the last couple of albums she's out out- would love to hear her speak on that creative project.
Great video as always!
Beautiful words from both of you!!!!!!!
I love seeing you handsome gentleman react to my favorite artist. Welcome to the Beyhive
❤️❤️
This album is a whole story each song it’s similar to the lemonade album. I think you will totally love the full video album because it goes through the lion King story song by song.
This video My Power is part of a Beyonce film called "Black Is King"
She made an entire album for the film called
"The Lion King" thru Disney = BIG 💸 💸 😊
WELP, you guys should react to the film.
Also, the video "Already" from that film/album wld be a great reaction.
ALSO
*2003 VMA Awards "Crazy In Love/ Baby Boy Melody"
*Crazy In Love from the "I Am" Tour🔥
*Diva/Clique from the
"On The Run" tour with her husband
Jay-Z Z is da 💣
I enjoy your reactions!
#thatisall 😉
There was a bts doc to go with Black is King (film)/The Gift (album) called The Making of The Gift. It was broadcast on ABC (owned by Disney) so I'm not sure how easy it is to find, but it goes into how she built this project with the goal of pulling African creators into the process, not just taking from them. I might have a recording of it somewhere...
In my Beyonce top 5 FOR SURE what a banger
After u watch black is king...which is her love letter to Africa and her reimagined version of the lion king...u have to watch the making of The Gift.
Whattttttttt omgggggggggggg yesss
This was a celebration for the Black diaspora. She had someone from almost everywhere we exist 🥰
Yall got watch Black is king
Pleaseeeee do this visual album (/story) in order! You won't regret it!
❤❤❤ your reactions..
Omg this is the soundtrack for the movie!! May god!! Lol
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Yall are doing great, I just subscribed because of this video n I’ve been watching for a min😭😭 this song ment so much to so many of us for different reasons so did this movie, yall tuning in to something great here can’t wait till yall watch it♥️♥️♥️🙏🏿🙏🏿
Oh shit we made it to my favorite album
I know you guys are going forward, but any chance you’ll check out the beyonce experience? You’ll love the drummers
even if they JUST check out the opening 🙏 it’s my favourite version of “crazy in love”
Cara nao me canso do Black is King
Are you guys going to react to her Coachella performance and the whole black is king docu
React to spirit and bigger you’ll love it
I’ve always just taken it as a Beyoncé reimagining of lion king but idk for sure!
Brown skin girl is so amazing
React Resentiment by Beyoncé, ouftit white. Is beautiful!
This was amazing! But I have another request. Can you guys bring in your wives when you do the Lemonades visual album reaction? It’s such a woman’s journey (to an extent) that I’d love to hear their input. I also low key want to see if they’ll react by picking a fight with you and blaming o you for Jay Z’s cheating. lol. Bring ‘em out guys!
Great idea!!
y’all should check out African music/artists such as Tyla
she’s very talented ❤
She’s huge in Africa. Everyone knows her lol
did you guys hear about liam?
Yes, they did. They had like a community live the day it happened
us not appreciating black is king is why we don't have visuals now lmaoo kidding kidding...
reacts beyoncé bigger from the album black is king
I think the issue is that your patroens are all over the place which is fine if that's what you want to cater to. That's understandable. However, what happens is you end up with a million questions because your way of experiencing Beyonce is out of context and some viewers may get frustrated with that. Most Beyonce reactors are little more orderly with their reactions but like I said ultimately you can do what you want and its not a big deal...to me anyway. 😂
React to Tyla also
Yall don’t know anything
And you know everything don't you
Neither do you which is why you’re leaving pointless comments on their reactions, kick rocks 🧹💨