![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “I was very much just into this idea of, well, who are the serial killers that look like me? And do they exist?” Glover pitched Nabers the idea based on a tweet, and she ran with it. Once you know what Dre’s capable of, a simple drink at a bar is riddled with tension. Like Black Mirror, Peele’s Get Out, or Atlanta, Nabers places Dre in familiar locations – grubby flats, dive bars, backyards, diners – before turning everything on its head. Hingeing all this on Glover, who executive produced Swarm and directed its first episode, also diminishes the work of Janine Nabers, the show’s co-creator. Definitely one of the best I’ve worked with.” It’s just a raw thing,” Glover told Vulture. She’s incredible, but don’t take my word for it. She’s unhinged, shovelling food into her face, gargling apple juice, eyeballing people and, occasionally, killing them. Her eyes dart, roll around in her head, glaze over, go blank, then swim sharply into focus. As the show’s lead Dre, a superfan and a serial killer, she delivers a star turn. To say this is what Donald Glover did next is to dismiss the talents of Dominique Fishback. Horror, darkness, and plenty of stings await all those who enter this particular beehive. ![]() By the end of these seven episodes, as the bodies pile up, you’ll be covering your eyes a lot. To reveal how that first episode ends would be to spoil the grisly delights of Swarm, Donald Glover’s new Amazon Prime show that looks and feels like a very grim season of Atlanta – if Jordan Peele was invited into the writers room to get his grubby hands all over the script. Dominique Fishback as Dre, with her best friend in Swarm. Then they have a fight and things … well, let’s just say, they take a turn. A fan and her best friend are living out their teenage fantasies and going to see their favourite pop star Ni’jah, a mega-huge performer who is, quite obviously, based on Beyoncé. She logs in to a Ticketmaster pre-sale (perhaps the first indication you’re being welcomed into hell). A fan wants to get front row tickets for her and her best friend. It starts out like a glossy teen drama in the style of Euphoria. Sign up to have it delivered to your inbox every Friday here. This is an excerpt from The Spinoff’s pop culture newsletter Rec Room. Donald Glover and friends explore what happens when pop star ultra-fandom goes very wrong. ![]()
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