Artist: Kendrick Lamar
Album: The Heart Part 5 (Single), Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers

Track Info: “The Heart Part 5” is the fifth installment in Kendrick Lamar’s “The Heart” series. It serves as a promotional single for Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers, Lamar’s fifth studio album, and comprises his first solo release since April 2017’s DAMN.

The track’s existence was first teased on April 19, 2022, when Lamar’s website was updated with a page entitled “theheart.” On May 7, 2022, the song was accidentally teased by Spotify through an updated description for their “This is Kendrick Lamar” playlist, but it was removed shortly thereafter.

On May 8, 2022, at 5 P.M. (Los Angeles time) the song was officially released alongside the music video. The visuals see Kendrick performing in front of a red wall before making several transformations into other famous Black figures using deepfake technology. In order of appearance, they are O.J. Simpson, Kanye West, Jussie Smollett, Will Smith, Kobe Bryant and Nipsey Hussle.

This song was added as a bonus track to Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers exactly two weeks after the album dropped.

Producer: Beach Noise
Writers: Kendrick Lamar, J. Stone, Leon Ware, Arthur “T-Boy” Ross, Matt Schaeffer, Johnny Kosich, Jake The Snake
Recording Engineer: Johnny Kosich, Matt Schaeffer, Rob Bisel, James Hunt, Jonathan Turner, Ray Charles Brown Jr.
Mastering Engineer: Michelle Mancini
Mixing Engineer: Beach Noise
Cello: Aeris Roves
Violin: Aeris Roves, Bēkon
Guitar: Matt Schaeffer
Bass Guitar: Matt Schaeffer
Drums: Matt Schaeffer
Mellotron: Matt Schaeffer
Rhodes: Matt Schaeffer
Percussion: Johnny Kosich
Assistant Recording Engineer: Thomas Warren, Sedrick Moore II, Marco Echeverria, Garry Purohit
Studio Personnel: Thomas Warren, Sedrick Moore II, Marco Echeverria, Garry Purohit, Johnny Kosich, Matt Schaeffer, Rob Bisel, James Hunt, Jonathan Turner, Ray Charles Brown Jr., Beach Noise
Video Director: Kendrick Lamar, Dave Free
Video Executive Producer: Kendrick Lamar, Dave Free
Video Producer: Jamie Rabineau, Jason Baum
Video Editor: Neal Farmer
Video Production Company: Project3, pgLang
Video Production Designer: Eric Hersey
Video Hair Stylist: Khristien Ray
Video Barber: Victor Arellano
Video Commissioner: Michelle An
Video Colorist: Mikey Rossiter
Video Groomer: Jenn Hanching
Video Wardrobe Stylist: Taylor McNeill
Video Deep Fake - Matt Stone, Trey Parker, DEEP VOODOO
Video 1st Assistant Director: Christopher Ripley
Distributor: Universal Music Group
Performance Rights: BMI, ASCAP
Licensing: Universal Music Group, Aftermath Entertainment, MINT_BMG, SOLAR Music Rights Management, UBEM, La Carrau, ASCAP, BMI, Sony Music Entertainment, LatinAutor, LatinAutorPerf, LatinAutor - UMPG, LatinAutor - Sony/ATV
Publisher: Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, EMI Music Publishing Group, Almo Music Corp., Jobete Music, Rondor Music
Label: Interscope Records, Aftermath Entertainment, Top Dawg Entertainment, pgLang
Phonographic Copyright ©: Universal Music Group, Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records, Top Dawg Entertainment, pgLang
Copyright ©: Universal Music Group, Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records

Samples:
Marvin Gaye - I Want You

Sampled in:
toasty digital - NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND (The Heart Part 5.2)
Joseph James - Everything: 2022 Megamix
Akinola Pedro - The Heart Part 5 (Remix)
Bright Campa - How The Story Goes

Interpolates:
Marvin Gaye - I Want You
JAY-Z - Izzo (H.O.V.A.)
Madonna - I Want You

Interpolated by:
Kendrick Lamar, Baby Keem & Sam Dew - Savior
Grill Z - [F]ing Joke (The Comeup From April)
Spectre0799 - Savior by Kendrick Lamar and Baby Keem but it's just my voice

Covered by:
SQUALAY - THE HEART pt 5 BY KENDRICK LAMAR but it's just my voice
Bright Campa - How The Story Goes

Remixed by:
Akinola Pedro - The Heart Part 5 (Remix)

Release Date: 2022-05-08

More from the artist:

Kendrick Lamar Twitter: https://twitter.com/kendricklamar

Kendrick Lamar Instagram: https://instagram.com/kendricklamar?igshid=knfoa8mmv93d

Kendrick Lamar SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/kendrick-lamar-music

Kendrick Lamar Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2YZyLoL8N0Wb9xBt1NhZWg?si=0Rni63tvSJCPHFHvhODRXA

Kendrick Lamar Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/de/artist/kendrick-lamar/368183298?l=en