Beyoncé's Visual Album, Black Is King, Is Finally Here—And People Are Freaking Out

Beyoncé fans received a big treat with the debut of her new visual album “Black Is King”.

Black is King (★★★★☆) was a “labor of love,” an undertaking that aimed to do no less than tell the story of millennia of Black history and to discover “what it truly means to find your self-identity and build a legacy.” More than a year in the making and filmed on three continents, it is a massive, sprawling effort, one that Beyoncé and her long list of collaborators have clearly poured their hearts and souls into.Beyoncé is of course all but synonymous with the visual album, having established

Beyoncé is looking like a trillion dollars in new snaps from her visual album “Black Is King”.

Even Adele is a Beyoncé fan. On Friday, Beyoncé released "Black Is King" on Disney+, a visual album inspired by "The Lion King" and featuring the songs of "The Lion King: The Gift," a companion album to last year's remake of the classic film.

The Lion King: The Gift, which was also curated by Bey. The visual album will show “a young king’s transcendent journey through betrayal, love, and self-identity,” Disney and Beyoncé’s Parkwood Entertainment said in the announcement.

Beyoncé’s ‘Black Is King’, a visual album connected to Disney’s remake of ‘The Lion King’, will be available today on Disney+. So far, it has 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 6 reviews, but the day is still young.

The Lion King was always a Disney classic, and now music’s most powerful lady, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, has opened up the coming-of-age tale to become a journey to discover the real Africa. Last year’s ‘The Lion King: The Gift’, a Bey-curated soundtrack to the live action remake of the movie, now has its own virtual accompaniment, ‘Black Is King’.

 dropped early Friday, and the internet is already obsessing over it!Shortly after the visual album (a companion to the music of Lion King: The Gift) premiered on Disney+, fans took to social media to marvel over Bey's latest labor of love. From the intricate costumes to the fire choreography and surprise cameos, the Beyhive seemed to be loving it all.As one fan so perfectly put it, "Beyoncé just turns up every few years and REINVENTS the visual album.

“The Lion King: The Gift” — the African-inspired album that Beyoncé curated as a companion to Disney’s blockbuster movie — was released last summer, it pretty much came and went.

Beyoncé took her first step down from that Coachella plinth in 2018, flanked by the best and brightest students from her country’s institutionally black colleges, she laid down as the gauntlet that would fuel her transition into the fourth decade of her career.

Beyonce has shared her new visual album Black Is King.

Beyoncé's new visual album,, which Queen Bey wrote, executive produced and directed is streaming now on Disney+. The movie experience is based on the music from her album, and isbilled as «a reunion of cultures and shared generational beliefs,» and includes featured artists and guest appearances.On Wednesday night, a new promo for the visual album arrived on Mrs.

Beyonce‘s new visual album, Black is King, has landed on Disney+, a month after the artist announced the news with a trailer on her website.The surprise project was inspired by Beyonce’s work on The Lion King and was written, directed and executive-produced by her.

Beyoncé on Disney+! The GRAMMY-winning artist's new visual album,, which Queen Bey wrote, executive produced and directed is coming to the streaming service on July 31. The movie experience is based on the music from her album, and isbilled as «a reunion of cultures and shared generational beliefs,» and includes featured artists and guest appearances.On Wednesday night, a new promo for the visual album arrived on Mrs.

 has arrived! On Friday morning, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter — giver of such gifts as ,  and more -- released the new, masterful visual album on Disney+. The film features cameos by Naomi Campbell, Lupita Nyong'o, JAY-Z, Kelly Rowland, Pharrell Williams, Tina Knowles Lawson and others.  fuses the music of Lion King: The Gift with a storyline inspired by Disney's yet further influenced by African tribal sights and sounds.

Beyonce's new visual album, Black Is King, arrived on Friday (July 31).Bey initially announced the news with a surprise one-minute trailer for the visual album -- which has also been described as a film -- on her website in June, giving fans a first look at the Lion King-inspired release.Written, directed and executive produced by Beyonce, Black Is King premiered globally via Disney+ about a year after the theatrical release of the Lion King remake, which Beyonce voiced Nala in.Black Is King is

Disney+.Bey’s new visual album is inspired by the live-action version of “The Lion King,” which features Beyoncé’s voice as Nala.Dropping just more than a year after the movie, Queen Bey’s highly anticipated visual album “is a celebratory memoir for the world on the Black experience,” according to the production company Parkwood Entertainment.For Disney+ members, “Black is King” will be available instantly for streaming Friday on your TV, laptop, tablet or phone simply by logging into their