Eminem’s new video for “Walk On Water,” the lead single from Shady’s ninth studio album Revival, is now available to the masses. The Detroit rap god shared a teaser clip of the visual to Twitter on (Wednesday) December 20 before exclusively releasing it on Apple Music a few days later.
In an interview with Def Jam Recordings co-founder Rick Rubin for the Broken Records podcast, Em explained the song — which features Beyoncé — was about “not being Superman.” Throughout the track, he exposes his deep-seeded insecurities and the impossible task of trying to please everyone.
Watch the “Walk On Water” video (minus Beyoncé) below.
(This article was last updated on December 23, 2017 and can be found below.)
After teasing the video on Wednesday (December 20), Eminem has delivered the full version of the “Walk On Water” video — but only to those who subscribe to Apple Music. The song serves as the lead single to Slim Shady’s ninth studio album Revival and features a hook from Beyoncé, although she doesn’t appear in the video.
During one scene, a hologram of the late rapper Proof appears. The former D12 member and close friend of Em’s was killed in 2006.
Head to Apple Music to watch the “Walk On Water” video until it surfaces on YouTube.
(The original version of this article was published on December 20, 2017 and can be found below.)
Mr. Marshall Mathers took to Twitter on Wednesday (December 20) to share a teaser clip of his forthcoming video for “Walk On Water,” the first single from his new album Revival.
“Can’t wait to share this,” he wrote.
The song, which features an emotive hook from Beyoncé, yielded mixed reactions from Eminem fans and critics alike but revealed what’s been on the 45-year-old rap god’s mind — pressure.
“Why, are expectations so high?/ Is it the bar I set?/ My arms, I stretch, but I can’t reach/ A far cry from it, or it’s in my grasp, but as/ Soon as I grab, squeeze/ I lose my grip like the flying trapeze/ Into the dark, I plummet/ Now the sky’s blackening, I know the mark’s high/ Butterflies rip apart my stomach/ Knowing that no matter what bars I come with/You’re gonna hark, gripe,” he raps.
In the 32-second video clip, Eminem’s hands are seen furiously typing on a typewriter before the camera pans out and we see Em surrounded by Slim Shady clones.
“Walk On Water” debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending November 16.
Watch the “Walk On Water” video preview above.
It’s sorta ill for you but not so ill for me (because my predictions tend to be right, and I’m used to myself) that when this site and others posted the Revival tracklist, I posted on here that it would be Em’s most introspective work to date. Haven’t heard the album yet, but that seems to be the general consensus. No big deal. Not like I predicted the Powerball and shit. But yo…. I do this, y’all! Don’t hate.
Did you also predict youd be sucking white cock regularly?
Um… The El has no dad. The El is dad to all you motherfuckers, being that I hovered above waters before there was dry land. Play on, little creation, while I continue to pull at your frail strings. And of course, suck my big black cock.
El’s (self-proclaimed) Dad, put it this way: The El is God — not a god, but God, who existed before the earth was created. I visit this earth every few thousand years or so. This time, instead of walking around and preaching and doing miracles and shit, The El just decided to govern the earth quietly as an obscure internet rapper whose work, nonetheless, shits on most rappers’ catalogues. The El never said He was the best rapper, but He just quietly zones out to His own albums since, of course, “in the beginning, there was the word.” He comfortably shitted on your favorite rapper on 2010’s “No Apologies,” and is just one of those dudes who gets a kick out of sonning dickheads like you politely. Now, keep it up, and I might just send you to he’ll on judgment day.
Did we say hell*? Forgive us! We meant sheol. Peace, dirtbag.
I’m seriously hyped for this new Em project, and I think I have every reason to be when you consider his outstanding body of work across his entire career apart from every year since 2002.
Hilarious. Not.
the goat
This site used to jump before white boys came in here ruining everything with these white comments that are so far from being appreciative of our culture. FUCK BOTH OF YOU. Go find another site to ruin. Give us our site back.
Racist gtfo. You’re part of the reason black youth don’t aspire to do anything but rap or sports because you tell smart black kids that do well academically to stop acting white.
it shouldn’t matter that black ppl mostly do sports or rap now… wtf?
It used to Jump?? Jump what idiot
Guys, i was right all along! This man is balding. I knew there was a reason why he covers his head in public (except for music vids etc where he uses some hair system or concealer etc) Heres the proof: 1. Go to YouTube 2. Find the “No Love” music video 3. Around 53s into the video you see the light hit the top of his head – He is soooo thinning in top and this was like 2009-2010, he must be like Dr Phil in 2017!!! Share!!!
What a loser you are! Balding?! Who the fuck cares! This ain’t no fashion show! It’s incredible how retarded hhdx’s visitors became! Funny and disappointing at the same time!
Hahaha You are right he is thinning badly xD
‘’Man, I know sometimes
These thoughts can be harsh and cold as ice
To me they’re just ink blots
I just fling ’em like slingshots and so precise
So you might wanna think it over twice (yeah)
When you retards can roll the dice
But beef will at least cost you your career
‘Cause even my cheap shots are overpriced
But this middle finger’s free as a bird’’ Eminem
For all y’all millenniald wondering. That is a typewriter Ems working on…Y’all welcome!
*millenials
We know what a typewriter is. We also know how to spell.
kill yourself please.
Don’t make me remind you of the theater again
You played yourself
RiP Proof but Eminem needs to move on
Proof was Em’s blood sacrifice for the JWO.
Why do you dick heads feel its okay to lie on people like that? How would you feel if someone made up that rumor about your child or someone you cared about. If I ask you for solid proof now in regards to what you are saying you can’t do it. You didn’t see shit but your saying it like you were right next to him when he was doing it.
Yes sir. Just like Chinx was French’s sacrifice, Biggie was Puffy’s etc.. The list goes on. Talmudic jevvs demand blood for shekels.
ya except eminem was a mega star for 7 years before proof got killed. conspiracy retard.
2002 the last time he dropped a good album. Everything after TES been guhbage.
Agreed.
You too hate the hebrews? #MeToo
I want DMX.
Man I heard the song for the first time this morning…it’s a real powerful song. I liked it
Proof were alive he woulda smacked the shit outa eminem over his collab list on revival
Y’all some wack ass motherf*ckers for hating on Eminem, hate it or love it, he released the best album of 2017… hate it?! Go listen to some ass shaking Drake and his likes or the pop pillies and drink syrup youngsters! If you call his supporters Stans what do you want to call yourself?! That Eminem BELIEVE track replies to your punch asses!!! Word up!
Best album of 2017? LMAO! I can name ten albums this year ( that are not made by Drake or pill popping/syrup drinking youngsters) that are better than Revival: Kendrick Lamar- DAMN, Jay-Z- 4:44, Big KRIT- 4eva Is A Mighty Long Time, Joey Badass- All Amerikkkan Badass, Wu-Tang- The Saga Continues, Raekwon- The Wild, Cyhi the Prynce- No Dope on Sundays, Sean Price- Imperius Rex, Vince Staples- Big Fish Theory (yes, the one that said Em’s BET freestyle was weak made a better album than Em), Yelawolf- Trials By Fire. Shady’s last great album was the Eminem Show.
You’re high with that list.
Jay Z absolutely. Kendrick, no doubt. Joey BA – damn good. The rest of your list is full of albums no better than Recovery. Certainly more hip-hop than Recovery, but not better.
Recovery? We talking about Revival. You sure I’m the high one? Lol. And yes, those albums are better than Revival. I stand by my list. How you gonna deny albums by Big KRIT, Raekwon, Cyhi, even Sean P!?
Overrated Beyonce again was too much of a diva to even shoot the video after being a no show on SNL. He should have waited on Adele.
Eminem made a brave move making an album where he disrespected Trump and the Republican party..considering his fan base was mostly white trash trailer park rednecks inbreds.
He doesn’t need white trash tho to sell records. Revival already went Gold in a week. His album will go platinum next month.
Intern (slave) deleting my comments, duck my sick.
Hip hop fans must kill rap music. M’s album is straight garbage but yet this trash still charts well. Rap music will overtake hip hop if we don’t ban together and stop the madness. There are a ton of hip hop albums that would beat the hell out of M’s album. Can you say rock n roll and smooth jazz instead of black rock and real jazz? We must learn from history otherwise rap will be an all white music genre. I like white hip-hop artists because they have talent and they are not trying to sell out the music.
Lol. You are delusional. Hip-Hop has already lost to rap, and will never make a comeback. Take a 16 year old kid. Play him LiL Pump then play him Wu, Pac, OutKast or B.I.G.. Then ask which he liked better. Do this out of a crowd of 1000 Millenials to younger. See what happens. Gay ass Drake every time. It’s done. Enjoy the Sub genre already. Rock and Jazz? You’ve made that argument several times already in these forums. Music styles have their time and sail away. That’s it. There is no more cool rock bands, a couple of good jazz Ava but no one fucks with Jazz. Em can rap but chose wack beats and Pop features. Had he used his shady records features and producers of mainly East Cost shit (Daringer, Premier, Harry Fraud), a mix of old a new. Fuck it, if rather hear him over a DJ Mustard beat better than everything on this album. Quik would hook him up with some west coast shit. Strong Arm Steady. Battlecat. He just doesn’t want to do it. He is a pop tart now. Kendrick is one of the last hopes, I imagine he will sell out soon enough as well…
Damn that’s too true. Hate how on point that is.
Your generation is crazy! I have a millenial and he listens to hip hop and not rap. He understands that poetry is suppose to good not hot. The rest of you clowns like gay rappers. Lil wayne is a perfect example of so called rappers being hot but not good. You 16 year olds know nothing about style unless the corporations tell you. Look how you lil kids dress. You look like your going to a gay party. The lil kids have been suckered into gay trends that must be really embarrassing. My era wouldn’t allow the radio to dress us up in loud ass colors, blouses, dresses, pocketbooks and skinny jeans. If thats not gay, i don’t know what is. You think your winning by listening to gay pop rappers like lil pump, drake, g-easy, lil Wayne, gucci bag and m then your generation has some serious problems. I’m not even talking about music right now. In 20 years people will look back and laugh because you lil kids acted, looked and sounded like a bunch of idiots. The corporations will even laugh because they made you look stupid just to sell gay men’s wear. Gays look better wearing those clothes than a bunch of lil kids with no style of their own. DEATH TO THE RAP YEARS AND THE CORPORATIONS THAT TURNED YOU GUYS INTO HOMOSEXUALS. By the way, i do not hate gay people their human beings too.
They hyped the hell out of that Proof hologram scene smh. Anything to generate traffic i guess. Well, Em should humbly pass the baton to NF or get it snatched. NF is what Em should’ve been today. Facts
The fuck is a NF?
NF is a white christian rapper who spreads the good word through his rhymes. And then he spreads his butt cheeks and gets banged in the asshole for a piece of cherry Hubba Bubba. As opposed to Eminem who quits drugs and signs good MCs to his label only to bury them in the Shady graveyard. Proof was smart he didn’t rely on Em or Shady he had his own thing going with IF. RiP Big Proof though
Well I guess Proof was as smart as a guy that caught 2 in the wig piece over a pool game can be…
You can not compare these two. Em is leagues ahead of this NF kid. For you to say NF is what Em should have been is insane. NF is nowhere near the same caliber or bread of MC. He’s good but he ain’t seeing eminem. Come on brother!
Nice hairpiece, Em.
Em told the patriots in this country to f’ off so we ain’t listen to this trash! MMLP still slaps tho!!!!
Good video…
Anybody know what jacket he is wearing on the stage plz tell asap