Beyoncé’s team is in London filming the music video for the song "Brown Skin Girl," The Daily Mail reports.
A casting team is calling for “Black and brown people of different cultures, nationalities, ethnicities, genders and ages” based in London to appear in the video’s shoot on Thursday, October 31 and Saturday, November 2, according to The Daily Mail and a flyer reportedly released by Jenn Nkiru.
Nkiru, a London native, is a graduate of Howard University and helped direct The Carters' video for “Apes**t,” Mic reports.
Beyonce began recording the video for "Brown Skin Girl" in South London on "Catford e Thamesmead". Beyoncé sought brown and black people, single mothers, adopted children and Queer to tell their stories. pic.twitter.com/Kbh9OKenjo
— BEYONCÉ NEWS (@BeyonceHiveNews) October 31, 2019
A few south London locations, including Catford and Thamesmead, may be featured in the video, according to the British newspaper. Members of her team were also spotted near the local HM Prison Thameside on Thursday, according to The Daily Mail.
Beyoncé will only appear in parts of the music video that were recorded in America, The Daily Mail added.
“Beyoncé wanted this video to truly represent the essence of the song,” an anonymous source told The Daily Mail. “She may refer to Naomi Campbell and Lupita Nyong'o in the track but she was keen to have normal people step forward and tell their stories.”
The flyer also called for diversity in terms of family structure, including “blended, single parent, queer and adopted.”
Londoners who appear in the video will not be paid, the flyer said. The casting team reportedly looked for people ranging from 6 months old to 100 years old.
The “Brown Skin Girl” song features SAINt JHN, Wizkid and Blue Ivy Carter, Pulse Nigeria reports.
Pulse Nigeria adds that the song was one of the Africa-centric tracks on The Lion King: The Gift album. Beyoncé played the role of Nala in the Disney CGI remake, as Blavity previously reported.
