Amazon Prime’s new show, Swarm, opens with a message that says it’s “not a work of fiction” and “any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is intentional” before Dominique Fishback’s Dre scrambles for $ 1,500-floor tickets for the concert of a pop star called Ni’Jah, who’s aesthetic screams Beyoncé before we see the young woman’s obsession for the singer go to horrific and violent depths. With Bey influences as clear as day on the show, its co-creator revealed that she wrote the “Crazy In Love” singer a letter.
Janine Nabers created Swarm alongside Atlanta’s Donald Glover. While speaking to Vulture about the series, she shared that she didn’t have fear to create a show with so many Beyoncé references because it was approached “with a lot of respect.” And when it comes to Queen Bey’s awareness of Swarm, here’s what she said:
