Vince Staples Releases Provocative "White Flag" Music Video Addressing War and Racial Inequality
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Nina Corcoran
10d ago· 2 min readenNews
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Summary
Vince Staples releases a provocative music video for "White Flag," the latest single from his upcoming album Cry Baby. The video, co-directed by Staples and Bradley J. Calder, features Staples painting a giant American flag white and shooting it with an assault rifle. The song addresses themes of war, police brutality, and racial inequality affecting Black Americans, continuing Staples' tradition of pushing artistic and political boundaries.
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He takes things even further in its accompanying music video, co-directed by Staples and Bradley J. Calder, by calmly painting a giant American flag white, hanging it between two pillars, and shooting it dozens of times with an assault rifle.
Vince Staples has long pushed his art to the edge, and that's certainly been true of the rollout behind Cry Baby.
“White Flag” is the latest pointed single from Cry Baby, his upcoming album
