{"id":793038,"date":"2019-02-14T07:05:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T14:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=794620"},"modified":"2019-02-14T07:05:11","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T14:05:11","slug":"watch-offset-meditate-on-brutal-past-in-red-room-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/watch-offset-meditate-on-brutal-past-in-red-room-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Offset Meditate on Brutal Past in \u2018Red Room\u2019 Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-14-at-8.12.19-AM-copy.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/offset\/\" id=\"auto-tag_offset\" data-tag=\"offset\">Offset<\/a> grapples with the past in the dramatic video for his new song, \u201cRed Room.\u201d The track is set to appear on Offset\u2019s forthcoming solo debut, out February 22nd via Quality Control, Motown and Capitol.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cRed Room\u201d boasts a minimalist beat from Metro Boomin, who anchors a atmospheric blend of synths with crisp trap drums. Offset deftly moves between a croon and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/migos\/\" id=\"auto-tag_migos\" data-tag=\"migos\">Migos<\/a>\u2019 patented triplet flow, peeling off lines about growing up, run-ins with the law, losing friends and his near-fatal car crash. \u201cAbomination on your paper, I got acres,\u201d Offset spits, \u201cBlack man when you walking and you labeled\/Beat the odds they don\u2019t wanna see you greater\/Eat you alive like a lion or a gator.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Aisultan-directed video for \u201cRed Room\u201d mirrors the song\u2019s thematic elements as the camera slowly spins through various scenes from Offset\u2019s life. The clip\u2019s most jarring moment finds Offset recreating his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bi-FNWxnQrI\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">May 2018 crash<\/a>, while the closing shot captures a group of men dressed like Black Panthers calmly marching towards a group of police.<\/p>\n<p>Offset\u2019s \u201cRed Room\u201d officially arrives after it briefly appeared on streaming services last fall.\u00a0While the rapper\u2019s upcoming album marks his first as a solo artist, he teamed with 21 Savage and Metro Boomin for the collaborative album\u00a0<em>Without Warning\u00a0<\/em>in 2017. Migos released their last album, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/review-migos-deliver-an-epic-hypnotic-inventory-dump-on-culture-ii-205959\/\"><em>Culture II<\/em><\/a>, in 2018, while the group\u2019s other MCs, Quavo and Takeoff, also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/quavo-drake-cardi-b-madonna-736959\/\">released solo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/migos-takeoff-last-memory-fallon-tonight-show-759188\/\">projects<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/offset-new-song-red-room-794620\/\" target=\"_blank\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Offset grapples with the past in the dramatic video for his new song, \u201cRed Room.\u201d The track is set to appear on Offset\u2019s forthcoming solo debut, out February 22nd via Quality Control, Motown and Capitol. \u201cRed Room\u201d boasts a minimalist beat from Metro Boomin, who anchors a atmospheric blend of synths with crisp trap drums. 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