Gearing up for another era of disruption, Tom MacDonald unleashes a new single and music video entitled βThe System.β
Over ominous production, Tom takes aim at the foundation of our collective discontent. He doesnβt hold back. He ignites a torrential downpour of lyrical venom at the rigged enterprise at the very top.
He spits, βWe prioritize material belongings over truth,β and from the voice of a politician, βGo overseas and die for freedom, thereβs some oil we can use.β Until he brashly shakes the very fabric of this injustice and paints the problem in black and white, βWelcome to the system, everyoneβs a victim.β
In the accompanying visual directed by partner and creative compatriot Nova Rockafeller, he lurches over a baby crib, detailing these failings to a newborn. The image proves provocative and illustrative of the pervasive problem at hand – weβre all playing in a one-sided game, but Tom reminds us it’s still worth the fight.
βAfter wrapping up my last collaborative album βThe Brave,β I was completely burnt out,β he admits. βI took a month off to re-focus and decide what was next. I came to the realization that I needed to push the envelope even further. Iβve been controversial. Iβve been outspokenβ¦but Iβve also held back. So, moving forwardβIβm going to be louder and more intense than ever before. It all starts with my new video, βThe Systemβ.β
Right now, Tom MacDonald is assembling a bold blockbuster of a new album due this fall.