Beyonce video from ‘Black Is King’ now on YouTube
Beyonce's “Black Is King” really is “The Gift” that keeps on giving. On Monday, Beyonce released the star-studded music video for “Brown Skin Girl” from “Black Is King,” the Disney+ visual companion to her “Lion King” album, “The Gift.” The video, featuring cameos fromKellyRowland, Lu pit aN yong' o,Nao mi Campbell bNaomiCampbell and Beyonce's daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, is now available to watch for free on YouTube.
“Brownskin girl,” Beyonce sings in the chorus before sharing sweet moments with Campbell and her former Destiny's Child bandmate Rowland. “Ya skin just like pearls / Your back against the wworld / I never trade you for anybody else / Brown skin girl / Ya skin just like pearls / The best thing in theworld / I never trade you for anybody
else.”
Dedicated to her 3-yearold son, Sir Carter, Beyonce's “Black Is King” debuted last month on Disney+ to a rave reception from critics and fans about a year after the live-action “Lion King” — starring Donald Glover as Simba and Beyonce as Nala — hit theaters. Like “TheGift” soundtrack, “Black Is King” includes soundbites fromthe 2019 film.
Beyonce's mother, Tina Knowles-Lawson; husband, Jay-Z; andtwin childrenRumi and Sir Carter also appear in the visual album, which Los Angeles Times TV critic LorraineAli called “a 90-minute reclamation of heritage and power.”
“The message — explore and embrace the rich legacy of your ancestors because it's part of you—may sound simple, but in Bey once Knowles- Carter' s hands, it's hardly a rudimentary platitude,” Ali wrote in her review.
“With ‘Black Is King,' she creates a pageant of sightand sound honoring the Black diaspora, weaving a collection of vibrant, profoundand defiantly creative scenarios into one abstract and mostly cohesive narrative.”
Within hours of its YouTube release, the video for “Brown Skin Girl” — featuring the vocals of Blue Ivy, SAINt JHN andWizKid — has already amassed more than 787,000 views.
“It was so important to me in ‘Brown Skin Girl' that we represented all different shades of brown, and I wanted every character to be shined on in a regal light,” Beyonce told “Good Morning America” onMonday. “It was important thatwe're all in this together, and we all are celebrating each other.”