New Music Friday: H.E.R. Drops Powerful New Song “I Can’t Breathe” in the Wake of George Floyd & More

Happy Friday, fam!

The weather is getting warmer and things are starting to get back to normal! With another week down and new music being released today, we’re getting hype for our soon-to-be post-quarantine debut.

H.E.R. tops our New Music Friday today with her powerful new single “I Can’t Breathe.” Written in the wake of the senseless deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of police brutality, the track refers to the last words spoken by Floyd and features painful yet necessary lyrics to the somber tune of the GRAMMY winner’s guitar.

Celeb Secrets shows nothing but love to our Black followers and colleagues and takes pride in letting our platform be a safe space for their voices to be heard. This week, in honor of Juneteenth, our playlist amplifies numerous Black artists releasing new material today.

Keep scrolling to see our picks and let us know what you think of them by either leaving a reaction at the bottom of the post or by sending us a tweet at @celebsecrets.

H.E.R. – “I Can’t Breathe”

John Legend feat. Koffee – “Don’t Walk Away”

Alicia Keys – “Perfect Way to Die”

Victoria Monét, Khalid & SG Lewis – “Experience”

Wale – “MOVIN DIFFERNT”

Teana Taylor – “Still”

Saweetie – “Tap In”

Kierra Luv – “Take It Or Leave It”

Tiana Major9 – “Lucky”

Breland – “Real Men Don’t Cry”

KYLE – “Bouncin”

Bren Joy – “Freezing”

Joy Oladokun – “Mercy”

Keedron Bryant – “I Just Wanna Live”