Kesha fights for Dreamers in "Hymn" music video
Kesha released the music video for her song "Hymn" which is on her latest album 'Rainbow'. It is a sci-fi themed music video in which Kesha fights for the Dreamers. In the video you see Kesha in the backseat of a car as she is driven by an invisible force. Throughout the video, several outcasts unexpectedly depart from their location to meet Kesha in the middle of the highway, before the car is lifted into space.
Kesha tweeted about the video and the reason why she released it: "When I attended the Time 100 Gala this past April, I met Christina Jiménez, co-founder of the largest immigrant youth organization in the country, @UnitedWeDream. I was so moved by what she and her team are doing to empower immigrant youth in our country."
"They are working to protect and empower hundreds of thousands of DREAMers who came to this country as children and grew up, studied, and worked in the USA, and now face deportation with the scheduled end of the Defered Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program."
(1/10) When I attended the Time 100 Gala this past April, I met Cristina Jiménez, co-founder of the largest immigrant youth organization in the country, @UnitedWeDream. I was so moved by what she and her team are doing to empower immigrant youth in our country. pic.twitter.com/yGT5iN1IY0
— kesha (@KeshaRose) May 31, 2018
(2/10) They are working to protect and empower hundreds of thousands of DREAMers who came to this country as children and grew up, studied, and worked in the USA, and now face deportation with the scheduled end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
— kesha (@KeshaRose) May 31, 2018
"Even though DACA is scheduled to end, United We Dream has continued to fight for justice and dignity for immigrants and helps DREAMers apply for protection", Kesha continues. "I am partnering up with United We Dream to shine a light on the organization, and I want to encourage anyone and everyone to donate even just a moment of your time to learn about what's going on with DACA, donate a dollar if you feel compelled, or simply be open to learning about what's happening to the people behind the statistics."
"These are stories of people who are currently having their lives, their dreams and their pursuit of happiness in this free country, taken away from them. At my shows, I dedicate my song "Hymn" to DREAMers because I don't believe that people who came to this country as children should be punished by potentially having their families torn apart if they haven't done anything wrong. Unfortunately, these young people are immediately at risk of losing their access to higher education, lawful employment, and relief from deportation."
(3/10) Even though DACA is scheduled to end, United We Dream has continued to fight for justice and dignity for immigrants and helps DREAMers apply for protection.
— kesha (@KeshaRose) May 31, 2018
I am partnering up with United We Dream to shine a light on the organization, and I wanted to encourage anyone
(4/10) and everyone to donate even just a moment of your time to learn about what's going on with DACA, donate a dollar if you feel compelled, or simply be open to learning about what's happening to the people behind the statistics.
— kesha (@KeshaRose) May 31, 2018
(5/10) These are stories of people who are currently having their lives, their dreams and their pursuit of happiness in this free country, taken away from them. At my shows, I dedicate my song ‘Hymn’ to DREAMers because I don’t believe that people who came to this country
— kesha (@KeshaRose) May 31, 2018
(6/10) as children should be punished by potentially having their families torn apart if they haven’t done anything wrong.
— kesha (@KeshaRose) May 31, 2018
Unfortunately, these young people are immediately at risk of losing their access to higher education, lawful employment, and relief from deportation.
Kesha further tweeted: "As I say in "Hymn", we are all "Dreamers searching for the truth", and I hope you will stand with me to fight for the DREAMers. In conjunction with this collaboration, I am also releasing the music video for "Hymn". This song is so important to me, and I've been holding onto this music video for a while now, but after meeting Cristina, I felt like now was the time to release it to further bring attention to this cause. We are all the same, born into whatever circumstance the universe hands us, and I believe it should be a right to be able to dream big."
Kesha will go on tour very soon, on June 6 together with Macklemore. The American leg of the tour starts in Phoenix on June 6 and goes on until August. Then they are going to Asia and Australia. Watch the empowering video here below.
2 June 2018