{"id":808270,"date":"2020-06-11T06:40:57","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T12:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=1013448"},"modified":"2020-06-11T06:40:57","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T12:40:57","slug":"h-e-r-debuts-protest-song-i-cant-breathe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/h-e-r-debuts-protest-song-i-cant-breathe\/","title":{"rendered":"H.E.R. Debuts Protest Song \u2018I Can\u2019t Breathe\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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H.E.R. debuted a new song, \u201cI Can\u2019t Breathe,\u201d which she wrote in response to the recent spate of police killings of unarmed black citizens and the swell of protests against police brutality and systemic racism. The musician shared the song during her performance on the iHeartRadio Living Room Concert Series.<\/p>\n

H.E.R. opened her set with \u201cI Can\u2019t Breathe,\u201d introducing the song by saying, \u201cJust by the title, you know that it means something very, very kind of painful and very revealing\u2026 These lyrics were kind of easy to write because it came from a conversation with what\u2019s happening right now, what\u2019s been happening, and the change that we need to see. I think music is powerful when it comes to change and when it comes to healing, and that\u2019s why I wrote this song \u2014 to make a mark in history.\u201d<\/p>\n

The tune itself is somber acoustic blues with H.E.R. leading the way as a lonesome electric guitar and a keening organ alternately bubble to the surface. \u201cPraying for change because the pain makes you tender,\u201d H.E.R. sings, \u201cAll of the names you refuse to remember\/Was somebody\u2019s brother or friend, son to a mother that\u2019s crying, saying\/I can\u2019t breathe, you\u2019re taking my life from me.\u201d<\/p>\n

H.E.R.\u2019s performance on the iHeartRadio Living Room Series helped raise money for Meals on Wheels and the Urban League. The series has also featured performances from Thomas Rhett, Katy Perry, Sam Smith and Brett Eldredge.<\/p>\n

H.E.R. released her most recent album, I Used to Know Her<\/em><\/a>, last August.<\/p>\n

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