- 2023-05-19
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MUSIC
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H.E.R. Releases New Song “The Journey” for The 2023 NBA Playoffs
American R&B singer-songwriter H.E.R. teamed up with ESPN to release a new song “The Journey” for The 2023 NBA Playoffs on May 18, 2923.
The song is her first music since the 2021 debut album “Back of My Mind”.
It was written by Diane Warren and produced by David 'Swagg R'Celious' Harris, Carrington Brown, Keithen 'Bassman' Foster, and Alonzo 'Zo' Harris.
The song was first announced in April as part of ESPN’s storytelling for the 2023 NBA Playoffs Presented by Google Pixel.
H.E.R. said, “As an NBA fan, I’m so grateful to be part of this year’s ‘Journey’ to the NBA Finals.”
ESPN’s vice president Tim Corrigan said, “The NBA regular season is one long journey, and taken you get the NBA Playoffs, which is a journey of its own. All 16 teams have their own paths to accomplishing their goal of an NBA Championship. And, as the song says, ‘it’s a hell of a ride.’ We are honored that H.E.R. chose to team up with ESPN to help introduce this song to the world. It’s another great example of what we can do at the intersection of sports and music.”- tSSUiK-ugv4
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H.E.R. told Rolling Stone about the song, “I went to her (Diane Warren) studio in January, and she played me the song. I was almost in tears, because the lyrics are so on-point with everything that I’ve been through lately. It felt like a meant-to-be moment. It was very much like God, very much divine timing. We both felt it in the room. Right then and there, I was playing the chords and doing my own things to it. I changed some of the things and made it a 'me' song. I got very emotional when I was recording it, very much in tears.”- source : Apple Music
