{"id":803979,"date":"2020-02-08T09:52:33","date_gmt":"2020-02-08T16:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=949799"},"modified":"2020-02-08T09:52:33","modified_gmt":"2020-02-08T16:52:33","slug":"see-cynthia-erivo-become-the-queen-of-soul-in-genius-aretha-franklin-teaser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/see-cynthia-erivo-become-the-queen-of-soul-in-genius-aretha-franklin-teaser\/","title":{"rendered":"See Cynthia Erivo Become the Queen of Soul in \u2018Genius: Aretha Franklin\u2019 Teaser"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cynthia Erivo portrays Aretha Franklin<\/a> in the first look at the upcoming National Geographic Genius<\/em> anthology<\/a> dedicated to the Queen of Soul. The 30-second teaser will air during Sunday\u2019s Academy Awards, where the Best Actress-nominated Erivo will perform<\/a> her Harriet<\/em> song \u201cStand Up.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The preview shows glimpses of the eight-part Genius: Aretha<\/em>, premiering over four consecutive nights, beginning Memorial Day, May 25th, on National Geographic. <\/span>\u201cWhat kind of music do you really want to make,\u201d an unseen Jerry Wexler asks Erivo\u2019s Frankin in the teaser. \u201cI want to make hits,\u201d she says.<\/span><\/p>\n

The anthology installment \u2014 the first-ever authorized limited series about Franklin \u2014 will \u201cexplore Franklin\u2019s musical genius and incomparable career \u2014 and the immeasurable impact and lasting influence she has had on music and culture around the world,\u201d National Geographic said of the series, which also secured the music rights to Franklin\u2019s catalog.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAretha Franklin has been a source of inspiration for me since I was a little girl,\u201d Erivo, who will also perform Franklin\u2019s songs in Genius, previously said in a statement. \u201cHer strength, passion and soul are evident in her everlasting legacy, not only as a transcendent artist, but as a humanitarian and civil rights icon.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Genius: Aretha<\/em> preview arrives just two months after the first teaser<\/a> for the Jennifer Hudson-starring Franklin biopic Respect<\/em> was revealed. That film is expected to premiere later in 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cynthia Erivo portrays Aretha Franklin in the first look at the upcoming National Geographic Genius anthology dedicated to the Queen of Soul. The 30-second teaser will air during Sunday\u2019s Academy Awards, where the Best Actress-nominated Erivo will perform her Harriet song \u201cStand Up.\u201d The preview shows glimpses of the eight-part Genius: Aretha, premiering over four […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-803979","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-23 07:18:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=803979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803979\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}