At first, Diggs was hesitant to record a track reacting to the spate of police killings of Black Americans this year. It’s one of the rare songs in the Clipping catalog where Diggs uses the first person. The two have been close since their days at Marin Elementary School in the Bay Area, bonding over Parliament-Funkadelic. Diggs went to Brown University on a track scholarship, and Hutson and Snipes met during their freshman year at U.C.L.A. — all three would graduate with various theater degrees, foreshadowing Clipping’s distinct sound design and deep plotlines.

Source: New York Times October 19, 2020 16:07 UTC