Mary J. Blige kicked off the brand new 12 months with the visible to “Gone Forever” that includes Remy Ma and DJ Khaled from her 2022 Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe) album.
Released on her birthday (January 11), the video arrives simply days after the album was licensed gold by the RIAA.
The Eif Rivera-directed clip options Mary, Remy and their ladies hitting the membership with a hook that interpolates JAY-Z‘s 2001 hit, “Song Cry.” DJ Khaled is not present but does appear in a few overlays.
You can watch the video below.
Good Morning Gorgeous dropped just under two years ago, and was Mary’s first album in practically 5 years. The deluxe version adopted shortly afterward, and garnered Mary J. Blige a whopping six nominations on the 2023 Grammy Awards together with Album of the Year and Best R&B Album. She additionally carried out on the present.
As she headed into 2024, Mary was dubbed ‘Woman of the Year’ by Glamour, and whereas diving into her success, she admitted that it took overcoming “Hell” to get there.
“This is not an overnight success,” she informed the magazine. “This is not an easy thing, this new me, this new Mary. This is hard work. When you’re happy and you’re strong, and you’ve been…[as] miserable as I’ve been in life and went through as much hell, it’s easy to revert back to the residue. It’s easy to revert back to the past because that’s what you knew. Because you know the pain of the past will always try to pull you back.”
In addition to a starring function within the common Power franchise and nonetheless releasing new music, Mary J. Blige has gotten into her philanthropic bag as of late as effectively.
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Last 12 months, she partnered with PepsiCo. Inc. for her “Strength of a Woman” scholarship initiative, which included relaunching the Strength Of A Woman Festival and Summit over Mother’s Day weekend with Ms. Lauryn Hill, Jeezy and extra.
Looking forward, Mary is hoping to someday play Nina Simone in a biopic. The Queen of Hip Hop Soul stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert final 12 months, and mentioned she had lengthy wished to painting the legendary singer, pianist, composer and activist.
“I always wanted to play Nina Simone because I wanna learn how to play the piano and I love her songs,” she defined. “They’re very dark and moody and I can always find a place for that.”
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