After a two-day teaser campaign, Eminem dropped a new song, featuring a hook from Beyonce called “Walk on Water.”
The unexpectedly downbeat song with a simple piano track, synthesizer, a haunting string section and muted percussion is surprisingly rough-hewn, with the sound of the rapper scribbling and swearing to himself in the background in between verses. Despite its arrogant-sounding title, the song is a depressive meditation on trying and failing to meet up to expectations.
It’s actually very beautiful.
