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Raury has unveiled a passionate new track called 'Fly', inspired by the Michael Brown case. Listen to the track below.
Following on from his recent Indigo Child project, the track comes as an unexpected release from the promising hip-hop prodigy, with the Atlanta teenager explaining he wrote the track immediately after hearing Darren Wilson would not be indicted for killing Michael Brown.
Once again embracing the rapper's unique style, the track offsets optimistic and deceptively simplistic instrumentation with mature, impassioned lyrical themes, Raury's heartbreak resonating with effortless poignancy.
Listen to 'Fly' below:
Raury has tweeted extensively about the track's meaning, describing it as "a reset button on the revolution" amongst other things.
Check out his series of tweets below:
#Fly is an honest warm uplifting tune from my soul to yours
— indigo Child (@Raury) January 14, 2015
#Fly bears the scars, fears and thoughts of an 18 year old black boy in America.
— indigo Child (@Raury) January 14, 2015
#Fly is a song of healing, cause after all of the troubles we have faced. That is all we need.... Healing
— indigo Child (@Raury) January 14, 2015
It's easy to make songs about money, It pains to write songs about freedom.
— indigo Child (@Raury) January 15, 2015
I wrote Fly right after hearing that Darren Wilson was not being indicted for murdering Mike Brown. I wrote it instantly...
— indigo Child (@Raury) January 13, 2015
The words and music didn't even feel like mine. I knew that this track belonged to the universe. #Fly
— indigo Child (@Raury) January 13, 2015
#Fly is a reset button on the revolution.
— indigo Child (@Raury) January 13, 2015
Raury started to see fame at the tail end of 2014, and has already received praise from Andre 3000, Kanye West and other influential figures. He also came fourth in the BBC Sound of 2015 poll. Read Raury's interview with Gigwise here.
