‘Black is King’ review: Beyoncé’s visual album is a majestic love letter to Black communities
metroweekly.comBlack 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 herself as a master of the genre with Lemonade.
Each scene is markedly distinct from the one preceding it, both visually and in tone, but together they tell a cohesive story of a young African king cast out from his family who must find his way back,.
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