{"id":2445576,"date":"2019-06-21T02:47:28","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T08:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=850924"},"modified":"2019-06-21T02:47:28","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T08:47:28","slug":"watch-stormzys-emotional-music-video-for-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/watch-stormzys-emotional-music-video-for-crown\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Stormzy\u2019s Emotional Music Video for \u2018Crown\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Stormzy.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/stormzy\/\" id=\"auto-tag_stormzy\" data-tag=\"stormzy\">Stormzy<\/a> has dropped the second track off his upcoming second album. \u201cCrown,\u201d produced MJ Cole and Jimmy Napes, who co-wrote the track along with Stormzy, reflects on power as the rapper offers a twist on the phrase \u201cheavy is the head that wears the crown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the pensive music video for the track, directed by Charlie Sarsfield, Stormzy is joined by choir LJ Singers. The rapper performs the emotionally-driven song in a church as the camera spins around him, giving an intimate sense that brings the viewer right into the song.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been struggling to find words to describe how much this song means to me, struggling to explain exactly why I felt the need to say what I\u2019ve said on the record and can\u2019t quite summarize the journey of emotions the song takes me on when I listen back to it,\u201d Stormzy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/By8B_t4leNm\/?utm_source=ig_embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">wrote on Instagram ahead of the release<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m very proud of myself for making this song and I can\u2019t wait for you all to hear it tonight. Nothing but love and respect for my brother Jimmy Napes a world class phenomenal talent and MJ Cole the genius and legend \u2014 an honor and a pleasure to work with you both my brothers. We\u2019ve created something very special and close to my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year the rapper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/watch-idris-elba-cameo-stormzy-video-vossi-bop-827636\/\">dropped<\/a> \u201cVossi Bop,\u201d his first new track since his 2017 debut album&nbsp;<em>Gang Signs &amp; Prayer<\/em>. Later this month Stormzy will become the first-ever British MC to headline Glastonbury. He will also bring his&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibizarocks.com\/merky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">#MERKY Festival<\/a> to Ibiza July 1 and 2. Stormzy has confirmed a new album is coming this year, but hasn\u2019t shared any details on the release.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/watch-stormzy-emotional-music-video-crown-850924\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stormzy has dropped the second track off his upcoming second album. \u201cCrown,\u201d produced MJ Cole and Jimmy Napes, who co-wrote the track along with Stormzy, reflects on power as the rapper offers a twist on the phrase \u201cheavy is the head that wears the crown.\u201d In the pensive music video for the track, directed by [&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":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2445576","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-21 08:24:32","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":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2445576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445576\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2445576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2445576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2445576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}