Origins of where is the love

And it all as true today as in I like the question mark campaign depicted in the video. Great song! The singer is clearly a dystopian protagonist in this song. There is definitely a sense of entrapment and he is seeking to escape. It's definitely gotten a makeover in terms of the music itself although they collaborated once again with the no-longer-fresh-off-NSYNC Justin Timberlake again.

The new video uses graphic, poignant, black-and-white photography to focus attention on the recent terror attacks in Europe, the crisis in Syria, the shootings of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling , and the killing of five police officers in Dallas.

Everyone was calling on us like, 'We need that song again. All proceeds from the new song will go to the i. Rather true to their rap-music origins, the Black Eyed Peas use the opportunity to also criticize the American government and even the state of the society as a whole.

For instance, in the first verse Will. And he recognizes the infamous African-American street gangs, the Bloods and the Crips, as such also. But more to the point, the rappers are speaking to a lack of love being displayed not only on a macrocosmic but also individual level. Or it can be said, as philosophized by Taboo, that as time progresses, they perceive people as becoming less and less sympathetic for each other. Rather, as Apl.

Meanwhile it is during the chorus where the titular question is being posed. And even though it can be classified as a vague inquiry, it is still powerful nonetheless. For the featured singers also recognize that the world is in a challenging state. But throughout it all they are also asking where is the love? The song climaxes with somewhat of a globalist sentiment, if you will. And that is the artists acknowledging that we, the world, are all in this together. This classic track was officially released on 16 June