Um, we don’t really know what to say about this one. Last night, Apple released a teaser for an upcoming interview between Mary J. Blige and Hillary Clinton.
Like you’ve never seen them before.@MaryJBlige sits down with @HillaryClinton.#The411
Coming September 30th.https://t.co/hbaWqfjJcp pic.twitter.com/P2qpm3h3Pm— Apple Music (@AppleMusic) September 27, 2016
The video begins with the R&B singer serenading Clinton about police brutality. It begins, “If an officer stops you / Always be polite / And never ever run away / Promise mama you’ll keep your hands in sight.” It ends with “You can get killed just for living in / Your American skin.” Clinton and Blige are holding hands.
The reactions on the Internet were pretty great:
@AppleMusic @maryjblige @HillaryClinton pic.twitter.com/zJlTl4Qukp
— Bae. K. Rowling (@HeelsNheartbrk) September 27, 2016
@incogneglo @AppleMusic @maryjblige @HillaryClinton pic.twitter.com/KBpp9XENnL
— TJ (@TJKelly10) September 27, 2016
@AppleMusic pic.twitter.com/kWPbLJ28J0
— G-Lo (@incogneglo) September 27, 2016
@AppleMusic @tamronhall @maryjblige @HillaryClinton no, no, no… Oh no. pic.twitter.com/d7guFfyUlu
— tony perkins (@tony_objects) September 27, 2016
Some predicted that perhaps Mary J. Blige had a dancery agenda:
Mary J. Blige is about to get Hillary Clinton to tear down that wall and build up a dancery.
— Tim Barnes (@TimBarnes451) September 27, 2016
“what will you do to fix the national epidemic of hateration in this dancerie?” pic.twitter.com/jVDy3eJBCP
— Deaux (@dstfelix) September 27, 2016
Apple later released a second video with less singing (though still, there is some singing):
An intimate conversation.@MaryJBlige and @HillaryClinton.#The411 coming September 30 on Apple Music.https://t.co/hbaWqf27NP pic.twitter.com/9nYv3G36MO
— Apple Music (@AppleMusic) September 27, 2016
We don’t really know what to make of this. It doesn’t seem like Clinton knows either.
[image via screen grab]
[H/T Buzzfeed]
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