
How the 17 Artists on Global Citizen’s ‘STAND UP’ Album Are Part of Something Bigger
When it comes to movements that altered the course of history, the last three years may very well come to be defined as generational: a time when Black Lives Matter, #EndSARS, Fridays for Future, and #MeToo completely changed the direction of people-powered protests.
But what does a movement sound like? The world has come a long way from Band Aid. Today, music about police brutality, the climate crisis, and female solidarity is no longer left on the fringes. Greta Thuberg opens pop-rock albums, now. Childish Gambino’s “This Is America” — a perfect work of art about state violence and racial injustice — was the best music video of 2018 by a mile. Beyoncé brought the aesthetic of the Black Panthers all the way to the Super Bowl.
That grip on mainstream culture is informed by a rich history of music intertwined with activism — a legacy honoured by STAND UP, an album from Global Citizen that touches on all these movements in some form, executive produced by Grammy-winning R&B legend Raphael Saadiq, in partnership with Parlophone Records and Atlantic Records.
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