Kendrick Lamar Enlists Dame Helen Mirren For Stunning "Count Me Out" Video
By Kyle Eustice for Rapstation.com
Kendrick Lamar has returned with another visual offering from Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. On Friday (December 16), the lauded MC became a trending Twitter topic after he uploaded the video for "Count Me Out" to YouTube.
Starring actress Helen Mirren as his therapist, the video begins with Lamar staring off into space during one of their sessions. As their conversation continues, Lamar starts rapping the words to the song: "One of these lives. I'ma make things right/With the wrongs I've done, that's one of you now/With the Father, Son, 'til then, I fight/Rain on me, put the blame on me/Got guilt, got hurt, got shame on me/Got six magazines that's aimed at me/Done every magazine, what's fame to me? (And I'm trippin' and fallin')."
From there, clips of Lamar rapping in the desert wearing all red against the blue sky and looking depressed during an executive meeting are interspersed throughout the visual, painting the picture of a complex man trying to come to terms with the challenges in his life.
Watch it below.