Get the tissues prepared—Eminem is about to hit us proper within the feels once more.
The rapper is releasing the music video for his deeply emotional observe “Temporary” on Oct. 3, and followers are already bracing themselves for a tearjerker.
In a put up on Instagram on Oct. 2., the Detroit native shared an image of his daughter, Hailie Jade, as a toddler, taken on the long-lasting stage of The Eminem Show. The picture was handcrafted right into a card by Hailie herself, and the put up included a poignant quote from the track: “It won’t be too long…” adopted by the tag “#Temporary.”
If that wasn’t sufficient to get followers tearing up, Em additionally dropped a sneak peek of the music video, which options never-before-seen Polaroids of him and Hailie through the years.
He then shared a snippet of the music “The tears are temporary,” he captioned the put up, earlier than revealing that the visuals for “Temporary” will drop tomorrow at 1 p.m. ET.
On the observe from his newest album, The Death of Slim Shady, Eminem will get private, lamenting the numerous hours and days he missed resulting from his battle with medication and alcohol; Em celebrated 16 years of sobriety in April.
The 51-year-old rapper’s emotional tribute to his daughter has already struck a chord with followers. Hailie, now 28, not too long ago opened up on her Just a Little Shady podcast about how the album’s songs, particularly “Temporary” and “Somebody Save Me,” introduced her to tears.
“I audibly sobbed… I think for both songs, but especially ‘Temporary.’” However, after watching the video and listening to the songs, Hailie praised her mother and father for “doing such a good job” when she was rising as much as protect her from the truth of “how bad things were.”
“But now as an adult in hindsight, it’s so scary to think about and I think that’s why I get emotional… I will say if you’ve ever lost an addict or loved one, I feel for you,” she added.
“The older I get the less I can listen to any of the songs.”
For longtime followers, “Temporary” looks like a continuation of Eminem’s historical past of dedicating music to his daughter, like “Hailie’s Song” and “Mockingbird.” The tracks have all the time given a glimpse of the softer, extra weak facet of Em—a stark distinction to his fiery diss tracks and rapid-fire rhymes. And with “Temporary,” it appears to be like like we’re about to get one other look into that emotional facet of Slim.
The Death of Slim Shady has confirmed to be yet one more success for Eminem. The album, launched in July, peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and marked his eleventh chart-topper.
The lead observe, the rhythmically tight and razor-sharp “Houdini,” shortly soared to No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, whereas “Somebody Save Me,” a deeply private collaboration with Jelly Roll, reached No. 27. “Brand New Dance” and “Tobey,” each climbed into the highest 30, whereas “Temporary,” that includes vocals with longtime collaborator Skylar Grey, debuted at No. 56.
Check out the teaser for “Temporary” beneath.
