Like you've never seen them before.@MaryJBlige sits down with @HillaryClinton.#The411
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Coming September 30th.https://t.co/hbaWqfjJcp pic.twitter.com/P2qpm3h3Pm
The Internet is having fun with Mary J. Blige this morning, after Apple Music just released a new promo for an interview she did with Hillary Clinton.
The two recorded a sit-down conversation which will be released in full on Friday ... but one of the sneak peeks is nothing but Blige singing at the Presidential hopeful for a full minute, as Clinton sits there awkwardly watching.
"If an officer stops you / Always be polite / And never, ever run away / Promise mama you'll keep your hands inside," Mary J. sings, covering Bruce Springsteen's "American Skin (41 Shots)," a song written about the 1999 police shooting of Amadou Diallo.
At the end of the performance, the R&B songstress grasps Hillary's hand ... and then tells her, "I just want to know where do we go from here."
Online, reaction has been pretty rough on Mary J this morning. Check out some of the tweets below:
Mary J Blige asking the important questions pic.twitter.com/q4ehzUpORr
@soundcheck_matt
Me when I realized the Hillary Clinton/Mary J Blige Apple Music commercial was serious and not a Black Twitter parody of Between Two Ferns pic.twitter.com/4FajPYUtKZ
@lincolnablades
Anyone who can keep a straight face while Mary J. Blige is singing at them like that deserves to be president
@NyashaMC
Mary J Blige. MARY. DANCERIE Mary Is interviewing Hillary and SINGS to her mid interview? WHO signed off on this? I want names.
@MzGossipGirl
I've been side eyeing Mary J Blige since she made that commercial singing about cripsy chicken wraps and now this
@KyshiraM
What the HELL is this Mary J. Blige and Hillary Clinton video? Didn't Mary learn her lesson when singing in that Burger King commercial?
@JaimeeSwift
Let this be a warning, white people. Mary J. Blige is gonna sit down and sing at you until we get some real change.
@TimBarnes451
I know I was supposed to be moved by that Mary J Blige / Hillary video but the execution just has me cackling instead.
@DerrickClifton
Yo Mary J.Blige was dead serious singing to Hilary ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
@_justcallmeBRIT
So can we discuss Mary J Blige momentarily because what the hell
@NotoriousH_I_M_
Thankfully, the full one-on-one will include actual questions as well, as Apple Music released a second clip highlighting some of the conversation between Clinton and Blige.
Check that out below:
An intimate conversation.@MaryJBlige and @HillaryClinton.#The411 coming September 30 on Apple Music.https://t.co/hbaWqf27NP pic.twitter.com/9nYv3G36MO
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