Kendrick Lamar | Alright (2015)
"Alright" is a song by American rapper Kendrick Lamar, taken from his third studio album, To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
2015-06-30 19:00:00 - Music Video
Lyrically a festive song about hope amid personal struggles, it features uncredited vocals from the song's co-producer Pharrell Williams during the chorus. "Alright" was released to radio stations as the album's fourth single on June 30, 2015.
Most music publications considered it among the best songs and videos of the year, highlighting their message in the social context of the time. "Alright" received four nominations at the 58th Grammy Awards: Song of the Year, Best Music Video, Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song, winning the latter two. It was also nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year.
The song was associated with Black Lives Matter after several youth-led protests were heard chanting the chorus, with some publications such as Rolling Stone, People, and Complex calling "Alright" the "unifying soundtrack" of the movement.
In 2019, it was named the best song of the 2010s by Pitchfork
It was performed by Lamar in the Super Bowl LVI halftime show on February 13, 2022.