ALA.NI + Adrian Younge Release Video For “Lament for Emmett Till” (Amazon Original)
Today, ALA.NI released her video for the Adrian Younge-produced single “ Lament for Emmett Till ” (Amazon Original). The video was directed by ALA.NI and animated by RUFFMERCY, known for his music video work for Run The Jewels, Thom Yorke, Danny Brown, Earl Sweatshirt, and many more. The achingly-beautiful song was originally released on August 28th to memorialize the 65th anniversary of Till’s death. In “Lament for Emmett Till," ALA.NI recites a 1955 poem of the same name by the radical activist, journalist and organizer Claudia Jones over Adrian Younge’s lush, cinematic production. NPR featured the song in “ We Insist: A Timeline Of Protest Music In 2020 ” and KCRW recently named it “ Today’s Top Tune .” The song is available to stream and purchase on Amazon Music. “The death of Emmett Till illuminates the expendability of black lives in America,” says Adrian Younge. “We must continue to highlight the atrocities that plague our system, this incident serving as a catalyst that