Kesha Stands With DREAMers In Her Space-Themed ‘Hymn’ Video
Kesha's 2017 comeback album,
Rainbow, is all about love, light, and celebrating dreamers of all kinds. Although in her hypnotic new video for "
Hymn," the singer celebrates one deserving sort in particular:
DACA Dreamers.
In a
Facebook post announcing the new vid, Kesha perplexing her new partnership with United We Dream, a youth-led corporation that aids people brought to the States as kids under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. She mentioned meeting co-founder Cristina Jiménez last month inspired her to link up with the categorize and to share its powerful message.
"This song is so key to me, and I have been holding onto this music video for a while right now, nevertheless right after meeting Cristina, I felt like right now was the time to release it to further bring attention to this cause," she wrote. "We are all of the same, place on Earth into whichever circumstance the universe hands us, and I believe it should be a right have the ability to dream big."
As for the video itself, it finds Kesha riding in the backseat of a driver-less convertible cruising down a desert highway. During the clip, a number of outcasts leave their homes and meet Kesha out on the road, before the vehicle is lifted into space (it wouldn't be a Kesha visual without a celestial reference!) And, presumably, to a higher end place.
"At my shows, I dedicate my song 'Hymn' to DREAMers because I don't believe that people who came to this nation as children should be punished by potentially having their families torn apart if they haven’t done anything wrong," Kesha added in her Facebook post. "Unfortunately, these young folks are immediately vulnerable to losing their access to higher education, lawful employment, and relief from deportation. As I mention in 'Hymn', we are all 'Dreamers searching for the truth,' and I hope you will stand with me to fight for the DREAMers."
Find out more about Kesha's
partnership with United We Dream here.
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