Blue Ivy Steals The Show In Beyoncé's Black Is King Visual Album - Reactions Here!

The verdict is in: Beyoncé’s new visual album Black Is King is, well… king!

As you’re likely aware, the superstar’s new visual album premiered on Disney+ on Friday about a year after the release of the Lion King remake. The hotly-anticipated visual album is based on the music from Bey’s soundtrack to the animated film, The Lion King: The Gift. It includes full-length videos for tracks like My Power, Brown Skin Girl, Mood 4 Eva, and Already (below), and features the likes of Childish Gambino, Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell, JAY-Z, and a little newcomer named Blue Ivy Carter.

In a press release, Disney+ explained that Black is King reimagines the lessons from the film for “today’s young kings and queens in search of their own crowns” and is a “celebratory memoir for the world on the black experience” — and, naturally, no one was celebrating the 85-minute optical feast more than The Beyhive.

Fans and viewers took to Twitter on Friday to share enthusiastic reactions to the new album; while all eyes were obviously on ‘Yonce, the album’s real showstopper was pop culture icon Blue Ivy — who, btw, won her first BET Award on Sunday for her work on Brown Skin Girl.

See fans’ reactions to the 8-year-old’s cameos in the videos for My Power and Brown Skin Girl (below):

THE blue Ivy Carter #BlackIsKing pic.twitter.com/9S0G95BJ2H

— ???????????????????????????????? (@kristenkordei) July 31, 2020

Blue Ivy, the young legend. pic.twitter.com/8jkg6qUXu4

— BlueIvy’sPearls (@KirkWrites79) July 31, 2020

Other fans, meanwhile, were more focused on the songs, the vibrant cinematography, the locations, Bey’s lewks, and of course, the celebration of Black (and Brown) culture. Ch-ch-check out more responses (below):

“Just when I think I couldn’t love Beyoncé more, she’s put dark-skinned Indian women and girls in the video for BROWN SKIN GIRL… Doing more for representation for dark-skinned South Asian women than most Bollywood celebrities who prefer to promote skin lightening #BlackIsKing”

“There are literally so many South African entertainers in #BlackIsKing. We should all be so proud of them. It’s honestly mind blowing.”

“I wish I had a visual like #BlackIsKing in my youth. I’m tearing up thinking about how these images and words will affect the dark-skinned girls and boys around the world who are constantly “othered.” Like I was.”

“Black is King incorporates I think [everything] that could be considered art ever…music fashion photography videography portraiture writing its all there and *chef’s kiss*”

“the visuals, the styling, the hair. it’s everything for me. #BlackIsKing”