After a five-year hiatus, 6lack returns with a new single and album. The singer released the music video and title track for his new album, Since I Have a Lover.
The 30-year-old singer dropped the video preceding the arrival of his third studio album on March 24.
Directed by Andrew Donoho, the video opens with the singer falling from the sky during a storm. Then, he crashes through the roof of a house, and the song’s opening chords start. The upbeat, piano-heavy track catches you by surprise compared to the gloomy visuals.
As he struggles to stand on top of the roof’s debris, the Atlanta native opens the song, “Feel like a million bucks or somethin’ / Feel like we need to be up to somethin’ / Not tryna press my luck or nothin’.”
6lack struggles to find his way out of the abandoned house and continues singing lyrics narrating similar feelings of confusion.
His world turns to color as he makes his way outside and gets a view of others in moments of love or joy. As he floats through the streets in a dream-like state, the video represents the highs that can come with love once you allow yourself to experience it.
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single— Since I Have A Lover (3/1)
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— black (@6LACK) February 22, 2023
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Complex shared a statement from the LVRN artist on the message behind his new music.
“‘Since I Have A Lover,’ the title track, is the highs of having a healthy love, compressed into song format,” he said.
“It’s a note to self, that I’m no longer who I was or where I was, and that there’s a bigger purpose starting to reveal itself in the things I create. We are simply pushing love, because it’s needed. The verses are short and serve as a moment of acknowledgment for how I feel, and the chorus is less of a lyric and more of a feeling. It’s an exhale, it’s relief, it’s trust, it’s happiness, it’s surreal.”
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The video closes with 6lack and others floating over the city skyline, with love being their wings. Then, the video fades into a second song teaser with a heavier drum-based beat:
“Monday starts to feel like Friday / Blendin’ up the days in a week / Lookin’ like I was when I met you / Back when I belonged to the streets.”
The artist returns to the scene of the video as he floats down to earth, landing on his back in a grassy patch.
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Blavity recently shared the story of the three-time Grammy-nominated artist hinting at new music just in time for Valentine’s Day.
His record label posted images of two flyers with possible song titles, alluding to new music. Fans on Twitter went crazy with anticipation.
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— Love Renaissance (@LVRN) February 13, 2023
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What fans thought were song titles featuring The Water Boyz turned out to be street names where the artist and the infamous Atlanta Water Boyz would be handing out flowers for Valentine’s Day.
6lack later shared a video of him spreading love through the city.
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Since I Have a Lover is available to pre-order here.
