Adam SamuelsMachine Gun Kelly, X Ambassadors and Bebe Rexha have released their new collab off the soundtrack for Will Smith‘s new Netflix movie, Bright.
The three artists all approached the song — called “Home” — from an emotional place. Machine Gun Kelly says he was initially inspired to write his part of the song the day after Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington died.
“My original verses were a little too dark because of where my lyrics were stemming from, so I re-wrote and re-recorded my verses 13 times until we got the one we wanted,” he says.
MGK adds, “Bebe and X Ambassadors give me goosebumps when they start riffing back and forth at the end of the song; it feels like we all recorded it from the same emotional place. Home can be anything… A person, a dream, an escape — whatever it is, we all want a home.”
Bright is a fantasy thriller set in an alternate present-day universe in which fairies, elves and other mythical creatures are real. It follows two cops — one human, played by Smith, and one orc, played by Joel Edgerton — who team up to protect a deadly relic that can destroy the world.
Bright: The Album comes out December 13. The films premieres on Netflix December 22.
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