With Kesha’s profession nonetheless in flux, she’s nonetheless discovered methods to launch singles that talk to the ability of justice. Late final 12 months, she debuted her tackle The Greatest Showman smash “This is Me,” and now, she’s adopted up with one other anthemic music for a movie.
The “Praying” singer unveiled a rallying cry right this moment (Sept. 19) titled “Here Comes the Change,” an empowering country-hued belter full with tom-tom drums and a harmonica. It will seem on the soundtrack for On the Basis of Sex, the Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic starring Felicity Jones and Armie Hammer.
“Here Comes the Change” is delivered with a lyric video that bridges the hole between the political activism of generations previous and a brand new period of enacting change. A multicultural collective of younger people collect round a podium to protest, vote, and train their civic responsibility in entrance of a display screen illuminated with footage of marches and protests. The video ends with a marketing campaign from non-partisan nonprofit HeadCount, encouraging viewers to register to vote.
The single’s paintings was designed by Shepard Fairey, the artist-activist who, most famously, created the “Hope” poster that served because the visible for Barack Obama’s 2008 marketing campaign.
“I wanted to explore the legacy of political activists in our country throughout the years who have fought for equality and positive change,” Kesha wrote in a piece for Refinery29 explaining her new music. “The message is that the long, proud tradition of American social activism is alive and well. It’s being passed on to the next generation. It will continue to evolve one success at a time, and is as important as ever.”
Watch the lyric video for “Here Comes the Change” under.
