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Lenny Kravitz’s ‘Rustin’ Song “Road To Freedom” Is “A Call To Action”; The Story Behind ‘Let Love Rule’ & “Surprises” On New Album ‘Blue Electric Light’


Lenny Kravitz usually waits for music to come to him, like the way he wrote his iconic 1991 song, “It Ain’t Over ‘til It’s Over”. “[I was] in the hotel room after my breakup with Zoe’s mom, w…

But when producer Bruce Cohen called Kravitz, he needed a song right now for the George C. Wolfe-directed Rustin —the story of Civil Rights activist Bayard Rustin ( Colman Domingo), whose work with Martin Luther King Jr. was vital in organizing the 1963 March on Washington. Here, Kravitz describes that songwriting process and what we can expect from his upcoming album Blue Electric Light, set for release in March. KRAVITZ: I had trombones, and I had the work, and I just walked around my house and meditated on this, watched the film a couple of times, and I was waiting for the inspiration.

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