It’s happening! It’s really happening! We’ve known for a while that Awkward Black Girl creator (read: genius) Issa Rae was launching her new comedy series on HBO. We’ve known it would be called Insecure. And we’ve also known that it would be premiering this fall. Now ABG fans both old and new can get even more excited because the trailer just dropped, and it’s giving us life.
Many people wanted to know why she chose the name Insecure, and Rae explained that she wanted to chronicle a specific experience for Black women. “It’s because there’s this narrative that’s going around that’s awesome, that Black women are fierce, they’re strong, they’re flawless,” Rae said in a video post on Twitter. “But I know that life. And my friends definitely don’t know that life. I wanted to center a show around, like, weak Black women and the uncertainty they feel on that journey to get to greatness. It’s like the prequel to #BlackGirlMagic.”
A girl is ready AF. #InsecureHBO pic.twitter.com/eBlfgRzyF7
— Issa Rae (@IssaRae) September 8, 2016
So are we, girl. So. Are. We.
