Eminem returned with “Houdini”: all the references to his career in his new video clip
First song from his forthcoming album The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce), “Houdini,” was released by 51-year-old rapper on Friday, May 31. The same-day video for the new single opens with Dr. Dre calling the American rapper, eerily emulating his 2002 video “Without Me.”
The song itself actually opens with the words from the song from 22 years ago, “Guest who’s back, back again/Shady’s back, tell a friend.” years, and the video is largely similar to the one the artist released for his last success.
The video clip opens with a reference to a gateway that has opened in the city and leads to the year 2002. This implies that a younger Eminem, sporting his iconic short platinum blonde hair of the time, has come in 2024.
“Houdini,” the history and present of Eminem
As the video carries on with the comic book-style images originally used in “Without Me,” the older and younger versions of the two musicians appear together on screen. He even raps while dressed in the same superhero suit from the earlier video. Concerning his younger self, the 20-year-old rapper would consider life now and the state of the world.
Not only do 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, and comedian Shane Gillis make cameos in the comic-style sections of the video, but the artist and his younger self finally fight and combine to become an older rapper with platinum blonde hair. larger.
Another scene features this “new” Eminem rapping while surrounded by other blonde Slim Shady doppelgangers. The song’s video ends with an appearance from platinum blonde Pete Davidson, who lifts the rapper and says, “Don’t worry, I just got my license back.”
Days ago, Eminem unveiled the cover of the single, which has an electric microphone floating in the air and a magician wearing a hockey mask. Who is back, guess?The cover blurb says, “And for my last trick…”
Shady Slim is where?
The day before, Marshall Mathers, real name, published a video with magician David Blaine in which he enlisted his assistance, saying, “I was wondering whether we might go far with this magic. Can we pull off a prank or something? I’m going to make my career vanish for my final trick.
The magic and seeming demise of his long-time alter ego, Slim Shady, have been the main themes of his upcoming album’s marketing campaign. The singer debuted Slim to the public in 1997 with the Slim Shady EP, then two years later he dropped the Slim Shady LP.
Songs representing his alter ego’s perspective appeared on that album, including “My Name Is,” his breakthrough smash that started with the well-known line, “Hi, my name is, what?” I go by who? Chka-Chka, Slim Shady, is how I go.
An alleged Slim Shady obituary surfaced in the Detroit Free Press, the local newspaper of Eminem, earlier this month. Complex reports that the obituary’s headline was “Slim Shady left lasting impressions,” and its subtitle was “Fans will never forget the controversial rapper.”
The obituary said Shady a native of Detroit whose debut single “My Name Is” “exposed the young artist and his lyrics to a wider audience, but who’came to a sudden and horrific end.” “The legacy he leaves behind is no closer to a resolution than the way this character left this world,” he added.
Eminem revealed the Death of Slim Shady a few weeks ago. It will be his first new album since Music to Be Murdered By was released in January 2020.
