Swarm, the Amazon Prime Video series created by Janine Nabers and Donald Glover, is doing exactly what it intended to do: take over the internet. From the meta casting of Paris Jackson (whose stage name is Halsey) to Chloe Bailey doing whatever she wants with her own body in a sex scene with Damson Idris, Swarm has Twitter, uh, swarming. Co-written by Malia Obama under the name Malia Ann, Swarm centers on superfan Dre (Dominique Fishback), who has an obsession with her favorite artist, Ni’Jah, a Beyoncé-esque pop star who is basically Beyoncé. Over the course of seven gory and funny episodes littered with pop-culture references, the Donald Glover joint (with music by Childish Gambino) has already yielded discourse wild enough to get Mother Halle Berry somehow involved. So … who’s your favorite artist?
Dre may be the ultimate onscreen stalker.
Me as soon as I hear Dre say “Who’s your favorite artist?” #Swarm pic.twitter.com/GCMoc9Q7D6
— z ♡︎ (@korriswilder) March 17, 2023Chile, I’m a few episodes in and all I got to say is… Joe Goldberg ain’t got nothing on Dre #Swarm #SwarmOnPrime pic.twitter.com/fktdhCvCXZ
— Angelica M (@AngieDaCoolNerd) March 17, 2023Dre in #SWARM: pic.twitter.com/54yKlZ1Peo
— paul meeks-martin (@paulswhtn) March 17, 2023when i said the queen ni’jah is my favorite artist but dre heard ‘queen naija’ #swarm pic.twitter.com/PhnyOO10n8
— Homey D. Clown (@VlRGEAUX) March 19, 2023Me every time Dre asks, “Who’s your favorite artist?” #Swarm #SwarmOnPrime pic.twitter.com/D48kGfoKzo
— Angelica M (@AngieDaCoolNerd) March 17, 2023I can’t explain it but this is how I felt at the end of SWARM pic.twitter.com/xYGsatm4Q3
— chris (@boyslookblue) March 19, 2023Sex-scene debates mean the think pieces are incoming.
The discourse about sex scenes, Swarm, the erasure of Black female creators, the wild misuse of “white passing,” the inability of some to let Black characters be complex or imperfect has done me in. Off Twitter for the foreseeable future ✌🏾
— Joy C. Mitchell (@joycmitch) March 20, 2023The worst thing about the Swarm sex scene discourse is finding out how many grown adults think the actors are having actual sex on camera in movies and shows…?? pic.twitter.com/14EQrcdDc9
— Mike (@michaelcollado) March 19, 2023(SWARM Spoiler) You kinda needed to see Dre's physical and psycho-sexual obsession with Chloe's character, and for the bf to misunderstand it as a crush on him, it had to be explicit, something a well adjusted person would never intrude on https://t.co/fznlFENSJq
— Bolu Babalola 🍯&🌶 (@BeeBabs) March 18, 2023PARIS JACKSON?! HALSEY?!
“Hey siri, who’s Halsey” #swarm pic.twitter.com/rnrc5es0dq
— larry 🧜🏽♀️🫀 (@itslarr7) March 17, 2023“that’s why my stage names Halsey” PARIS #swarm pic.twitter.com/Aob3ItOewr
— 𝕐𝕒𝕤 | 𝑀𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑑𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 🫧🐚 (@prostikewch) March 17, 2023why they eat halsey up in swarm like that pic.twitter.com/SnGfs1yJtH
— icarlo halazia❤️ (@carlosshamburg1) March 17, 2023Who is Halsey #SWARM pic.twitter.com/AhfQlugQ5Y
— ben (@benmurtun) March 17, 2023Billie Eilish’s convincing performance as a Goop-y cult leader.
billie eilish in episode 4 of #Swarm pic.twitter.com/FZMiJIArBb
— Ken Esplana (@kenitoken) March 17, 2023When Dre ran over Billie Eilish #swarm pic.twitter.com/Sy1i9FOBur
— . (@Davt111) March 18, 2023can’t stop thinking about billie and dominique acting against each other in episode 4 of swarm like that was unbelievable pic.twitter.com/2qFjuaKK1v
— paul meeks-martin (@paulswhtn) March 17, 2023this whole scene with billie eilish was insanely unsettling yet captivating, also that's an emmy right there, dominique fishback just bagged an emmy #swarm pic.twitter.com/S11yGswpBM
— rieeese (╯°□°)╯ (@rieeese) March 19, 2023WWBT: What would Beyoncé think?
Beyoncé watching #Swarm
pic.twitter.com/BsjkYOWnv4
NOT THE ELEVATOR INCIDENT ANANWNWK #swarm pic.twitter.com/SzJXtXjqGb
— capricrumb$ is seeing beyonce (@capricrumbs_sav) March 17, 2023beyoncé watching #swarm especially episode 6 pic.twitter.com/X1u59dmhGd
— rai. (@brtherai) March 17, 2023i hate that we'll never, ever know beyoncé's real thoughts about Swarm
— Myles Tanzer (@mylestanzer) March 17, 2023Not them referencing Tiffany Haddish biting Beyoncé on #swarm pic.twitter.com/vi736j2s5y
— Winsley Nicole (@WinsleyMelan) March 17, 2023True crime is shaking.
Detective Loretta Greene could’ve figured out where MH370 went, like I’m positive #swarm
— 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐱𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐞 🌸 (@ceobins) March 20, 2023Nobody:
Detective Greene in episode 6: #swarm pic.twitter.com/B1tRCBLi9i
— you were just at onyx with drug dealers (@priM0E) March 18, 2023Me at the end of episode 6 trying to figure out if Andrea Greene is a real person #Swarm pic.twitter.com/G5yJrHu9GP
— Kate (@thekate_gatsby) March 17, 2023Related
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