Music that punches you in the gut and you thank it because you needed that

[firecat]

I woke up with an earworm of this song. (Recent political events might have played a part in this.) I discovered it because it was in the soundtrack for Cloak & Dagger, and later it also turned up on Lucifer.

Joseph Angel has been a songwriter and backup singer for a while but this was the first release he soloed on. His voice is fucking gorgeous and his range is off the charts.

Alex da Kid (Alexander Grant) is a Jamaican-English musician and producer whose credits include the first Imagine Dragons album.

Watch on YouTube

The lyrics are about cops killing Black people. Verse one is from the point of view of a Black person and verse two is from the point of a white person.

There’s no violence in the video, but there’s some dripping blood.

Comments

[ljgeoff]

Thank you for sharing that

[snippy]

That was very moving. Have you seen Childish Gambino's This is America?
https://youtu.be/VYOjWnS4cMY
ETA: Content warning for violence.

[firecat]

FUCK. That punches me in the gut and shoots me in the head and makes me wet and makes me wanna dance all at the same time.