"Nobody Praying for Me" is a song by South African
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band
Seether
Seether are a South African Rock music, rock band founded in 1999 in Pretoria, Gauteng. The band originally performed under the name Saron Gas until 2002, when they moved to the United States and changed it to Seether to avoid confusion with ...
. It was released on 28 April 2015 as the third single from their sixth studio album ''
Isolate and Medicate
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''.
On June 30, Seether released an interactive set of music videos for their single, "Nobody Praying for Me", which centered on perspective when it comes to discrimination and police. Frontman
Shaun Morgan
Shaun Morgan Welgemoed (, born 21 December 1978) is a South African musician. He is the lead singer, songwriter, and rhythm guitarist for the rock band Seether.
Early life
Morgan spent most of his early life in South Africa.Bottomley, CSeeth ...
said of the video that "our goal in creating this video is for people to educate themselves and make an informed decision on their own, rather than being told by any media outlet saying, this is what you should be thinking, this is what is right. The whole point is to try and shift the way we look at things and to not always leap to our pre-conceived conclusions, which is mostly racially and profile-based, because that's what we get fed all the time. I've been guilty of it too. It's very unfortunate, and it's getting worse instead of better".
The music video was directed by Sherif Higazy.
"Nobody Praying for Me" has garnered criticism due to similarities with the song "Daisy" by
Brand New in their syllabic patterns and lyrical formulas. Morgan had previously listed ''
Daisy'' as one of his five favorite albums and Brand New as one of his favorite bands. When asked in a
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AMA about the issue, Morgan ironically responded by stating the band ripped off Brand New "because we are not creative or intelligent enough to write our own music, of course."
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2014 songs
Seether songs
Songs written by Shaun Morgan
Songs written by Dale Stewart
Songs written by John Humphrey (drummer)
Song recordings produced by Brendan O'Brien (record producer)
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