 Glover was expected to release another album per the RCA Records contract he signed in January 2018.Glover provided the voice for adult Simba, the titular protagonist and lion prince turned king in "The Lion King" (2019), a remake of the epic 1994 Disney musical of the same name.Glover praised the director, Jon Favreau, for the way he constructed the timeless story and asked him to re-record his lines as he connected to the film's story line more personally after his father's death.