OTHERSIDE is the 21st track off the Lion King: The Gift compilation album curated by Beyoncé featuring music inspired by Disney’s photorealistic computer animated remake of its hugely successful 1994 film The Lion King. It features Nigerian singer, songwriter and producer Bankulli singing in Yoruba.
The basis of the song is the connection we have with loved ones who have departed from this world, and who live on in our hearts and in the “other side” (Heaven).
The song references Mufasa’s reassurance to young Simba that the great kings that preceded them live on as stars in the sky. This is emphasized in Beyoncé’s outro, sang in the Swahili language widely spoken in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda as well as the greater eastern and central African region.