{"id":1196877,"date":"2022-09-01T23:40:28","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T23:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/01\/kendrick-lamar-releases-the-short-film-for-his-track-we-cry-together\/"},"modified":"2022-09-01T23:40:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T23:40:28","slug":"kendrick-lamar-releases-the-short-film-for-his-track-we-cry-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/01\/kendrick-lamar-releases-the-short-film-for-his-track-we-cry-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendrick Lamar Releases The Short Film For His Track \u2018We Cry Together\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n                                <!--  --><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Five months after the release of his latest album, \u2018Mr. Morale &amp; The Big Steppers,\u2019 Kendrick Lamar has finally released the visuals for the fan-favorite track from the project, \u2018We Cry Together.\u2019 Co-starring actress Taylour Paige, Kendrick Lamar delivered a short film for the piece that embodies its passionate dialogue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shortly after \u2018Mr. Morale &amp; The Big Steppers\u2019 was released, Taylour Paige revealed that there was a short film to go alongside \u2018We Cry Together\u2019 and back in June it was exclusively screened in Los Angles for fellow celebs and industry insiders. \u00a0Kendrick Lamar fans have been waiting on the edge of their seats ever since, anticipating when the official visuals would be released to the general public.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/Ch-W8bVuxXD\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the short film, both Kendrick and Taylour visually act out the aggression and hostility of the track that was previously something fans could only imagine while initially listening to it on the album. Within minutes of the film dropping, it was a top trending topic on social media, sparking intense debate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although Kendrick Lamar just released \u2018We Cry Together\u2019 this year, the short film for the track was actually recorded live on March 15, 2020\u2014which was at the very start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The film was directed by Dave Free, a co-founder of pgLang with Kendrick, alongside Jake Schreier.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In other Kendrick news, he was previously one of the artists with the most nominations at this year\u2019s MTV VMAs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');<\/p>\n<p> fbq('init', '1743561565887263'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script>(function (d, s, id) {\n                    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n                    if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n                    js = d.createElement(s);\n                    js.id = id;\n                    js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.4&appId=\";\n                    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n                }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five months after the release of his latest album, \u2018Mr. Morale &amp; The Big Steppers,\u2019 Kendrick Lamar has finally released the visuals for the fan-favorite track from the project, \u2018We Cry Together.\u2019 Co-starring actress Taylour Paige, Kendrick Lamar delivered a short film for the piece that embodies its passionate dialogue. 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