Simply captioned "Thoughts," the nearly 10-minute black-and-white clip finds the Grammy winner addressing the death of George Floyd and the history of racism in this country. He also pointedly called on his white colleagues in the music industry to do better as allies to the black community.
"I've been quiet a few days cause I don't know what to say ... but I'm tired. I don't have any more words," he began. "I said everything I needed to say on a record, I think. Expressed myself, did all kinds of press and ended up being that guy in the little box on whatever news program talking about this s--t. I'm tired of crying on TV. I'm tired of being angry. Tired of being sad about it, tired of feeling depressed and anxious and f--ked up, of feeling like every time I walk out of my goddamn house I could die today."
("This Land," the lead single from Clark's 2018 album of the same title, boldly shined a light on the history of racism and oppression in American society, and went on to win the awards for best rock song and best rock performance at the 2019 Grammys.)
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