Donald Glover’s new Prime Video show is a Beyoncé-inspired dark comedy-thriller

We’re buzzing with anticipation

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The first teaser for Donald Glover’s new project has debuted online – and it’s swarming with horror and thriller-themed imagery.

Swarm, which launches exclusively onPrime Videoon Friday, March 17, is the first of multiple Glover-created productions that’ll debut exclusively onAmazon’s streaming platform. And we don’t know about you, butSwarm’s fascinating and foreboding teaser has us buzzing with anticipation ahead of its arrival.

Check out Swarm’s official teaser below:

Swarmstars Dominique Fishback (Judas and the Black Messiah) as Dre, a young woman who becomes increasingly obsessed with a fictional pop star. Fishback is joined by Chloe Bailey (Grown-ish) as Dre’s sister Marisa and Damson Idris (Snowfall) as Dre’s charismatic, as-yet-named boyfriend.

According toVanity Fair, Swarm’s make-believe singer-songwriter has been inspired by none other than Beyoncé, who Glover starred alongside in Disney’s live-actionThe Lion Kingremake. The duo voiced adult Simba and Nala in the 2019 CGI movie. Nabers has described the series as an “anti-hero story”, albeit trained through the lens of a young Black woman, even though Dre has been influenced by white fictional males includingThe Sopranos' Tony Soprano andMad Men’s Don Draper.

Unsurprisingly,Swarmwill explore themes surrounding fandoms and the dark desires born out of celebrity addiction. Glover’s new show, though, won’t be a completely horror-infused affair.Swarmis expected to carry the multi-talented creator’s signature dark comedy stylings, as well as his keen-eyed observations on celebrityism, parasocial relationships, and the wider entertainment industry. In fact, Nabers says Swarm is akin to a sister series toAtlanta, Glover’s genre-bending FX TV show. With this much buzz, expect it to join ourbest Prime Video showslist soon.

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Glover, who co-createdSwarmwith Janine Nabers (Atlanta), has co-written the series' opening episode, as well as directing that installment. Currently, it’s unclear who joined Glover in the director’s chair. Meanwhile, Nabers and Glover have been joined in the writers' room by the latter’s brother Stephen Glover (Atlanta), Ibra Ake (director on Beyonce’sBlack is Kingalbum), and Barack and Michelle Obama’s daughter Malia (her first screenwriting role).

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Glover is set to be an ahem busy bee in the next few years. He penned an overall deal with Amazon Studios to create content for one of the world’sbest streaming servicesin February 2022. Another of his forthcoming shows – a adaptation ofMr and Mrs Smith– is still in development for Prime Video despite Phoebe Waller-Bridge, his former co-lead and creator of fan-favorite shows includingFleabag, departing the project in September 2021. Maya Erskine (PEN15) replaced Waller-Bridge in April 2022.

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