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    Beyoncé's New Visual Album ‘Black Is King’ Is Coming to Disney Plus and People Can't Deal

    Beyoncé's newest visual album, Black Is King, based on The Lion King: The Gift, a soundtrack she curated for The Lion King, will drop on Disney Plus in July.

    By Kayleigh Roberts
    Published 28 June 2020 In News

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    • Next month, Disney Plus subscribers will be able to watch Black Is King, a new visual album from Beyoncé.
    • Black Is King is based on The Lion King: The Gift, the soundtrack that Bey curated for the 2019 photorealistic remake of The Lion King.
    • Unsurprisingly, people (especially Beyhive members on Twitter) are ecstatic about the news.

    Beyoncé's next project is coming to Disney Plus, and, thankfully, we don't have to wait long to see it.

    The visual album, called Black Is King, will drop on Disney Plus on July 31. The project, which Bey wrote, directed, and executive produced, is based on the The Lion King: The Gift, the soundtrack that Beyoncé curated for the photorealistic remake of the animated classic, in which she also voiced Nala. Black Is King will star the featured artists from The Lion King: The Gift, which included tracks from Childish Gambino, Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell, 070 Shake, Tierra Whack, Jay-Z, Blue Ivy Carter, Jessie Reyez, Wizkid, Shatta Wale, Burna Boy, Mr Eazi, Tiwa Savage, Tekno, Yemi Alade, Busiswa, and Salatiel.

    Appropriately, Black Is King is set to premiere on the one-year anniversary of The Lion King's theatrical release. 

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    OKAY BUT CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW BEYONCÉ MADE A WHOLE FILM ABOUT BEING BLACK WITH MF DISNEY?? OFF THE BACK OF LION KING??? LIKE SHE IS WORKING HARD FOR HER PEOPLE AND I AM SO PROUD OF HER????? OMG MY FAVE IS THE BEST IN THE WORLDJune 28, 2020

    In #BlackIsKing Beyoncé is seen reading the book “Black Gods and Kings” by Robert Farris Thompson pic.twitter.com/v5AKdbA2EOJune 28, 2020

    WAITTTTTTT BLACK IS KING????? @BEYONCE STOP RANDOMLY DROPPING STUFF AND GIVING ME HEART ATTACKS pic.twitter.com/uLYyLMFGsLJune 28, 2020

    BEYONCÉ IS COMING!!!!BEYONCÉ IS COMING!!!!BEYONCÉ IS COMING!!!!BEYONCÉ IS COMING!!!!BEYONCÉ IS COMING!!!!BEYONCÉ IS COMING!!!!BLACK IS KING 👑!!!#BLACKISKING pic.twitter.com/Xs4CW0fImCJune 28, 2020

    Beyoncé is really about to drop a film called “Black is King”...Stanning her never disappoints 🤷🏾‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/FxZokUfPfbJune 28, 2020

    Just saw a preview of Black is King a film by Beyonce I'm shooketh 🥴June 28, 2020

    beyoncé makin me grab a kufi because BLACK IS KING pic.twitter.com/Iwj2JwRQQ1June 28, 2020

    Beyonce is talkin that SHIT on Black Parade!!!!! We birth KINGS, we birth TRIBES!!! GOD I love being BLACK!!!✊🏾June 20, 2020

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