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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Emma Loffhagen

Swarm on Prime Video review: an ultra-modern, pitch-perfect Gen Z show

“This is not a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is intentional.” Even in the opening seconds of Swarm, Donald Glover is already playing with us.

The Atlanta producer and star’s latest series is in fact inspired by an “actual person”, whose spectre hangs over the show despite not one mention of her name — Beyoncé. Or more specifically, it is about the cult of Queen Bey, and her notorious diehard fans.

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