Empire’s Jussie Smollett continues to showcase his music outside the popular television drama and just released his new video “F.U.W. (Fuck Up World).”
In the song and visual, Jussie Smollett addresses the turmoil that’s taken place since Donald Trump became President. The video also depicts the injustices and fights against various races, religions and the LGBT community.
On the song, Jussie sings,
“Why we back in the past/ It’s the same script, different cast/ All these alternative facts/ Catch me outside, how ’bout that/ Why is it so hard to keep hope/ Who got that popular vote/ Was the whole thing just a joke?/ It’s a fucked up world but here we are in it…”
During an interview with The Associated Press, Jussie said,
“This song is for the oppressed. That’s why I feel like people will connect with it because it is very broad, because oppression is so broad.”
Speaking of Trump, Smollett also added,
“That mask is a representation of this false idea of patriotism. And that mask is a representation of this idea of white male privilege It’s so much bigger than him. It’s what he represents, and it’s because of that representation, that’s why he’s the president of the United States currently…It’s our opportunity to take those masks off and shatter them, so that’s what I did.”
Check out the empowering song and visual now.