It’s the main music vedio in disney’s “Black Is King” that was directed by an black woman, Jenn Nkiru.
Since it previously dropped a year ago, Beyoncé’s tribute to melanated skin, “Brown Skin Girl,” turned into a truly necessary account move; a course amendment to what many Black ladies definitely knew: that we’re wonderful. Presently, the sovereign has dropped the official music video for her melodic coordinated effort with Saint JHN and Wizkid.
On the off chance that you’ve seen Black Is King, Beyoncé’s visual collection dependent on the 2019 soundtrack she leader delivered, The Lion King: The Gift, at that point you’ve seen the music video coordinated by Jenn Nkiru. The Nigerian-British chief revealed to ESSENCE not long ago that the music video was an augmentation of how she saw Black individuals and how she saw herself.
“I just think Brown skin, Black skin, dark skin, is so beautiful. I just see the divinity in it. It’s gorgeous,” she explained. “This was meant to be an affirmation of that. That’s the intent of it, to be an affirmation.”
“It was so important to me to represent all different shades of brown,” Beyoncé said about the music video on Good Morning America Monday. “And I wanted every character to be shot in a regal light.
Not exclusively does the video include Bey’s little girl, Blue Ivy, who presents the track with her delicate voice, yet in addition her most youthful girl, Rumi, her mom Tina Knowles-Lawson and her closest companion and previous Destiny’s Child bandmate, Kelly Rowland in a scene sure to carry a tear to your eye. The music video for the Afrobeats-implanted R&B tune additionally includes A-listers, including Oscar champ Lupita Nyong’o, previous ESSENCE spread star Naomi Campbell alongside models Adut Akech and Aweng Chuol.
“Brown Skin Girl” not just brought forth an entire test in its respect, it additionally turned into the most streamed melody by a lady a year ago in the Sub-Saharan Africa, as indicated by Apple Music.
The music video was additionally praised by music sweethearts for its inclusivity, including Black ladies who are pale skinned person and more obscure ladies from South Asia, noticing that the effects of colorism aren’t remarkable to the Black people group.
Nkuri revealed to ESSENCE it was significant for her to concentrate on “holes” when it came to Black womanhood.
“My focus is always, how do we get to represent people in a human way, in a full way? These are women,” she said, “irrespective of even complexion for a moment, these are women.”
