New Orleans’ Jon Batiste new song ‘Freedom’ an ode to everything New Orleans – WDSU New Orleans

New Orleans musician Jon Batiste just released his new song "Freedom," and his video makes the streets of New Orleans sing. Batiste, clad in a pink suit, gets New Orleans community members on their feet, singing and dancing throughout Treme, the Seventh Ward, City Park and under the Claiborne Expressway. Colorful houses throughout also embody the beauty of the Marigny and Bywater. The St. Aug Marching 100 were also prominently featured, which is where Batiste went to school. Batiste's music company tweeted the link to the music video Friday, calling it a "tribute to New Orleans."The song's lyrics lend itself to be a happy anthem calling for acceptance in all forms. According to Apple Music, Batiste described the song "Freedom" as "like an old movie," comparing the likeness of the video's movements to James Brown and Elvis. If you think about movies back in the day, you wouldnt show a Black man with a white woman, or you wouldn't show a Black relationship, or you wouldn't show a woman in a certain role. That is our sexuality and how people are represented. That's what people like James Brown, or when we saw Elvis with the twist in the hips, did. They were unlocking something in people that they were trying to hold in. These people became beacons of freedom, and you look at the way they move and the way that they express who they are onstage. That becomes the way that you want to be in life," Batiste said. 'Freedom' is one of the songs on Batiste new album "We Are."Watch the video here.

New Orleans musician Jon Batiste just released his new song "Freedom," and his video makes the streets of New Orleans sing.

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Batiste, clad in a pink suit, gets New Orleans community members on their feet, singing and dancing throughout Treme, the Seventh Ward, City Park and under the Claiborne Expressway.

Colorful houses throughout also embody the beauty of the Marigny and Bywater.

The St. Aug Marching 100 were also prominently featured, which is where Batiste went to school.

Batiste's music company tweeted the link to the music video Friday, calling it a "tribute to New Orleans."

The song's lyrics lend itself to be a happy anthem calling for acceptance in all forms.

According to Apple Music, Batiste described the song "Freedom" as "like an old movie," comparing the likeness of the video's movements to James Brown and Elvis.

If you think about movies back in the day, you wouldnt show a Black man with a white woman, or you wouldn't show a Black relationship, or you wouldn't show a woman in a certain role. That is our sexuality and how people are represented. That's what people like James Brown, or when we saw Elvis with the twist in the hips, did. They were unlocking something in people that they were trying to hold in. These people became beacons of freedom, and you look at the way they move and the way that they express who they are onstage. That becomes the way that you want to be in life," Batiste said.

'Freedom' is one of the songs on Batiste new album "We Are."

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Watch the video here.

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