And the amount of respect and the amount of adoration that every Black woman in my life has for someone like that is incredible. It’s really about the feeling that a Black woman gives you. There are so many people that have incredible fan bases, and the fact that we leaned more into Beyoncé, for us, it was really just a feeling. In terms of the conversation as a whole, I agree with what Donald says. In terms of theme, honestly, it really is just about taking events that existed on Twitter, on social media, as rumors or real news stories, real murders, and just connecting the dots with our character. What themes of fandom did you and the team want to explore with the series? Were there any specific moments or experiences that came to mind as you were writing? Even the Selena Gomez-Hailey Bieber “drama” was mostly concocted by their fans. But we have also seen how fans can attack people who criticize or insult their idol, or come at one another. Obviously, fandoms aren’t new, but I think Swarm arrives at an interesting time after seeing firsthand the power stans can have, like how Swifties held Ticketmaster accountable, or when BTS fans trolled back at right-wing trolls.
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We talked to Nabers about modern fandom, creating Ni’Jah, and creating a Black woman serial killer. “No one’s able to really give body of work the analysis that it deserves…in the way that you look at Ted Bundy,” she says. “I think as a Black woman,” she explains, “I was very much just into this idea of, well, who are the serial killers that look like me? And do they exist?” She notes that Black women can be overlooked when it comes to crime, too, which they made sure to explore in Swarm.
Glover reportedly got the idea for a Black female serial killer character from a viral tweet, then pitched the idea to Nabers. (For example, the scene of Dre biting Ni’Jah overlaps with footage of her euphorically eating sweets.) “That’s what makes it TV. This blending of surreal elements may be familiar to Atlanta viewers, but Swarm takes the blurring of fiction and reality to another level. The show even gets so meta it includes a clip of the real-life Glover giving a red carpet interview discussing his plans to make Swarm. Plot points are also inspired by true events, from a group of strippers killing a man who changed their flat tire to the NXIVM subgroup DOS.
Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is intentional.” Yet, Swarm’s real-life similarities go even further than the fans. There’s a witty disclaimer at the beginning of each episode that boldly declares: “This is not a work of fiction. Her own mysterious history slowly comes to light as the story unfolds. Following the shocking death of her sister Marissa (Chloe Bailey) in the pilot, each new episode finds Dre in a different town with new company and new victims over the years. The parallels are obvious: Lemonade-like visuals, rumors of someone biting her at a party, footage of a fight in an elevator, cheating husband allegations, and a fandom dubbed “the Swarm” rather than “the BeyHive.” (Nabers has said she thinks Beyoncé knows about the show.) Dre, however, takes stan-dom to an extreme, brutally killing those who speak ill of her favorite artist. There is plenty to talk about: The seven-episode surrealist thriller follows a young woman named Andrea “Dre” Greene (the magnificent Dominique Fishback), an obsessive superfan of the pop star Ni’Jah, who is a clear analog for Beyoncé. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play
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