We talked to Houston Beyoncé fans about 'Swarm'

It's been a couple weekends now since Amazon Prime Video premiered Swarm , the pitch-black thriller/dramedy that points its satirical arrow at that...

April 1, 2023
4:28 AM

It's been a couple weekends now since Amazon Prime Video premiered Swarm , the pitch-black thriller/dramedy that points its satirical arrow at that rabid fan army known as the Beyhive .  Dominique Fishback ( Judas and the Black Messiah ) plays Dre, a young, Black Houston woman who spends seven episodes doing two things: obsessing over Ni'Jah, a Beyoncé -ish pop icon; and killing anyone who talks trash about Ni'Jah online or stands in the way of Dre getting close to the star. Chloe Bailey (a Beyoncé protege), Snowfall kingpin Damson Idris, Michael Jackson offspring Paris Jackson, and Billie Eilish (a pop icon herself) play some of the unfortunate people Fishback's natural born killer encounters.

Craig D Lindsey