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“It was me getting to
the point of saying, “This is ridiculous and you need to call people out for
this. You can’t just sit back and say nothing.” So that’s where the song came
from. As we were talking about [the video], everything was starting to happen with
George Floyd’s murder and the Black Lives movement and people getting into the
streets. I felt like even though the song was not specifically written about
the Black Lives movement, it did include that in its message. And it could be a
useful tool in this moment to speak about that.”