Track features PJ
Common has released his new single and video for “Imagine” featuring PJ. The track dares listeners to imagine a world the way it should be. One where people treat each other with respect, listen to diverse points of view, and whose actions are community minded. Featuring PJ, Common’s dynamic counterpart on What Do You Say, this imagined paradise comes to life in a spirited music video by director Emmanuel Afolabi.
“I wrote ‘Imagine’ at a time when we were all going through a lot,” Common shares. “But something kept telling me to focus on the good and the things I wanted to see in the world. For me, music is one of the things that gives me hope and happiness throughout these times, whether I am creating it or listening to it. So I wanted ‘Imagine’ to create that feeling of how you can play a song and feel inspired. How a song can make you move and also move your spirit. Essentially, I want us all to feel like days are getting better and that great times are ours for the taking. And the first step in feeling that way is imagining it.”
The “Imagine” visual was shot recently in Los Angeles as the world begins to open up again. The video takes the lyrics of an idealized world and puts them into action. With the worst of the pandemic hopefully behind us, people now have the ability to come together and make their dreams a reality. They now have the opportunity to change the world and make it a place it was always imagined to be.
