John Legend Deals With The Horrors Of Daily News In 'Preach' Video

John Legend's new video is a tough watch that is heavy on both thematic content and grandiose vocals. "Preach" should come with a trigger warning; what you'll visualize here isn't nice stuff, however it's needed. In case you think that it's also much right after watching it, remember that these kinds of situations are happening day-to-day and all across the United States.


Legend's bravery enables us to be able to see reenactments of those serious news stories to support us have discussions about what we're facing and what we can do to collectively facilitate change. Take a look at the video below.


"Preach" is a video that tackles contemporary social issues that come across our Twitter eats and push notifications. We visualize Legend in bed with his spouse Chrissy Teigen and it also becomes clear that the singer feels like something's just off. Indistinct chatter feels the air before he finally gets up to go and visualize what the noise is. From then on, things get serious.


The video follows four separate stories through its runtime: a mother and daughter separated at the border, a child bringing in a huge weapon to school to presumably begin a mass shooting (later, we visualize children running out of a health club, a tense police situation connected with white cops and black boys that ends with one being shot while another records it on camera, and the funeral of a young black child followed by protests for justice. As these situations play out, Legend sings about the cyclical nature of the news and why these same things keep happening. He talks about the pain being all he sees, so, accordingly, this video is a reflection of that reality.


In January, Legend was one of the only musicians to appear in Lifetime's documentary series, Surviving R. Kelly that aired in January, applying the same level of social responsibility that exists in "Preach."