Diddy and Teyana Taylor play a pair of lovers separated by the huge expanse of a desert of their video for “Nearer to God,” launched on Thursday (Oct. 12).
The video, directed by Taylor, kicks off with a shot of a number of islands floating within the sky, draped with chrome parts. The scene then cuts to a dry desert with Diddy strolling round to see the place he can discover Taylor, however the two battle to satisfy.
“I’ll be ya future child mama, trainer, lover, buddy/ Whereas I’m all the above, you realize I can’t fake/ I’ll be your lioness, I’ll publish up in your den/ I, sing it, bae/ Oh-oh, oh, I/ I get nearer to God after I’m with you,” Taylor passionately sings.
She wears an array of ornate and sculptural outfits in shades of gold, copper and vibrant pink as she passionately sings atop a horse — the only factor that retains them tied collectively, as Diddy is seen using the identical horse all through the desert. The pair in the end reconnects by the tip of the video.
In a press launch for the video, Diddy praised Taylor’s artistry and work ethic. “Teyana isn’t just an unimaginable artist, she’s my sister,” he mentioned. “She has this simple drive and uncooked emotion she brings to each mission. Once we started conceptualizing ‘Nearer to God,’ her identify was on the forefront of my thoughts. I needed to persuade her to come back out of retirement, however I knew she would completely seize the non secular essence and depth of the tune. Collaborating along with her on each the tune and its visible was like harmonizing with a kindred spirit. Collectively, we’ve created one thing actually particular.”
Of hopping on the mission, Taylor mentioned, “Engaged on ‘Nearer to God’ was a non secular journey in itself … The tune’s message of affection and divine connection resonated deeply with me, and visually representing that was a good looking problem. I imagine we’ve created one thing that may contact individuals’s souls.”
“Nearer to God” hails from Diddy’s The Love Album: Off the Grid. The set has to date reached No. 19 on the all-genre Billboard 200, and No. 5 on High R&B and Hip-Hop Albums.
