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The “Count Me Out” music video has been released by Kendrick Lamar.
Helen Mirren, an Oscar winner, plays the rapper’s therapist in the Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers album cut’s accompanying video, which shows the two of them in session. She questions him about a meeting he had in a parking lot with a lady who claimed Lamar had taken her spot. Before the therapist asks him any questions, such as why he texted her at 2 a.m. with the words “I feel like I’m fallen,” Kendrick cracks a joke about the situation. The two of them laugh about it.
He then tries to respond to her query while the “Count Me Out” video, which was directed by Dave Free and Lamar, cuts to various scenes. Kendrick can be seen in a variety of locations, including the desert, a herd of goats, a car, out for drinks with friends—among them Jack Dorsey—and more.
Sampha, Blxst, Summer Walker, Baby Keem, Kodak Black, and other artists were featured on Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, which debuted in May. It also gave rise to the likely Oscar candidate short film “We Cry Together.”