Beyoncé had to revise her plans for Black Is King because of the coronavirus pandemic, it has been revealed.The star released the visual album last month (July 31), with it serving as a companion to ‘The Gift’, the album she made to tie-in with the remake of Disney’s The Lion King last year.However, the film’s directors have now explained they were planning to go deeper into the story, but had their plans scuppered by the coronavirus pandemic.
Travel restrictions stopped them travelling to South Africa to shoot additional footage, forcing them to work with that they’d already got.“We were planning to add more to the story,” Kwasi Fordjour told The Fader.