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Details On Khalid And Victoria Monet's New Song Dedicated To Black Joy · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. At midnight, Colleta, Victoria
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Speaker 1: Monegg and unveil a new song, as of now unnamed
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Speaker 1: as a duet that they described as a celebration of
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Speaker 1: black joy and love, and the decision to release the
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Speaker 1: song right now was not an easy one for them.
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Speaker 1: In a statement written by Victoria and shared on both
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Speaker 1: of their socials, says, to be honest, we were going
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Speaker 1: back and forth about releasing this song because of the
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Speaker 1: confusing state of the world. After a lot of thinking,
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Speaker 1: we decided to put it out. So we want to
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Speaker 1: give some context on why we've always used music as
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Speaker 1: a form of escapism from troubling things. This song, though
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Speaker 1: deep in the subject matter, feels joyful and celebratory. It's
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Speaker 1: important to us to celebrate black joy and love in
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Speaker 1: the middle of such pain and trauma. Look forward streaming tomorrow.
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Speaker 1: That's Direct from Hollywood.