{"id":482290,"date":"2019-02-15T10:08:02","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T17:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=795346"},"modified":"2019-02-15T10:08:02","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T17:08:02","slug":"see-john-legends-harrowing-video-for-new-song-preach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/see-john-legends-harrowing-video-for-new-song-preach\/","title":{"rendered":"See John Legend\u2019s Harrowing Video for New Song \u2018Preach\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/john-legend-preach.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/john-legend\/\" id=\"auto-tag_john-legend\" data-tag=\"john-legend\">John Legend<\/a> has shared his powerful new video for \u201cPreach,\u201d the singer\u2019s response to myriad social issues affecting marginalized communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea behind the song is that sometimes we can get so frustrated by the news and what\u2019s going on and there\u2019s this scatter going on in ourselves,\u201d Legend said in a statement. \u201cDo we become apathetic? Do we become engaged? Do we just talk about it, or do we do something?\u201d The singer added the hashtag \u201c#CantJustPreach.<\/p>\n<p>The Dominique DeLeon-directed video opens with the singer lying awake in bed beside wife Chrissy Teigen before taking a harrowing look at a handful of issues taking root in America: School shootings, children being separated from parents at the border, law enforcement\u2019s aggressive tactics toward African-Americans during traffic stops and more.<\/p>\n<p>The video also employs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k0r1AJMK79g\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube\u2019s fundraising feature<\/a> to set a goal of $50,000 in donations for <a href=\"https:\/\/letsfreeamerica.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">FreeAmerica<\/a>, which \u201cexists to amplify the voices of individuals impacted by the criminal justice system and those who are working to change it. By challenging stereotypes, breaking down barriers, and uplifting solutions, we are helping to end mass incarceration and invest in just, equitable, and thriving communities across the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHeaven knows I\u2019m not helpless\/But I\u2019m only human\/Can\u2019t see the use in me crying\/If I\u2019m not even trying to make the change I want to see,\u201d Legend sings on the track. \u201cI can\u2019t sit and hope\/I can\u2019t just sit and pray, that I can find a love\/When all I see is pain.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"3.36\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Tomorrow. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CantJustPreach?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">#CantJustPreach<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nxauKcRn7e\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/nxauKcRn7e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Legend (@johnlegend) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnlegend\/status\/1096190016869421062?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">February 14, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/john-legend-preach-video-795346\/\" target=\"_blank\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Legend has shared his powerful new video for \u201cPreach,\u201d the singer\u2019s response to myriad social issues affecting marginalized communities. \u201cThe idea behind the song is that sometimes we can get so frustrated by the news and what\u2019s going on and there\u2019s this scatter going on in ourselves,\u201d Legend said in a statement. \u201cDo we [&hellip;]<\/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":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-482290","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 04:35:05","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":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482290\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}