2 l October
17 - 23, 2021
Northeast Oregon TV Weekly
BY JAY BOBBIN
Brandy, Eve, Naturi Naughton
and Nadine Velazquez (from left)
Reunited singers
are the ‘Queens’
of new ABC drama
Television is bringing another band back
together ... or, more precisely, another
female singing group.
Not long after Peacock’s “Girls5eva”
reunited former vocal partners, so
does ABC’s drama series “Queens,”
premiering Tuesday, Oct. 19. Music
stars Brandy and Eve play, along with
Naturi Naughton (“Power”) and Nadine
Velazquez (“Flight”), members of a ‘90s
hip-hop group who try to recapture their
shared former fame. Each woman walks
a different path now, though, making
their reunion bid shaky. Taylor Sele
portrays their manager, who also handles
the currently popular Lil Muffin (Pepi
Sonuga).
“I think our show is about sisterhood
and family,” says “Queens” creator and
executive producer Zahir McGhee. “You
fight with your family, and these are people
that have been brought back together after
a long period of time. There’s always going
to be arguments. There’s always going to
be a hierarchy that exists, and shifting, but
we do want to be on the friendship more
than rivalry or bickering or backstabbing.”
Since its main characters’ fame hails
from the ‘90s, “Queens” invokes that
decade significantly. “We’ve lived that
time,” ex-“The Talk” co-host Eve
reasons. “We come from that time, so
it’s important for us, and there definitely
will be moments from those times.
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When people listen to the music, when
they see our outfits, when they see our
hair, everything ... we want them to be
transported back to that moment. It’s all
about the authenticity.”
For Brandy, who previously had
a healthy series run with the sitcom
“Moesha,” it’s also all about getting to
fulfill her major career aims. “You’re born
with this passion,” she reflects, “and you go
after the things that you dream about. I’ve
always wanted to sing. I’ve always wanted
to inspire people, and I just felt that that
was my purpose, so I went after it. And
this show ‘Queens,’ is such a blessing,
because I get to do everything that I
love to do all in one show, with amazing
people. I’m just so excited. I can’t even
believe this is happening.”
Swizz Beatz serves as executive music
producer of “Queens,” and his mission is
to make the show’s soundtrack as vital as
the drama – with each of those elements
enhancing the other.
“It’s almost like reliving your younger life
again,” he maintains. “I actually was doing
this in the ‘90s, so to come back and do it
in 2021, it just feels good. It feels natural.
And being that it’s a show, I get to have
extra fun. I don’t have to be so serious with
the music. We can put risky things in there
and make the characters come out even
more, so it’s been a fun journey.”
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