![]() ![]() You can check out “Don’t Touch My Hair” above and “Crane in the Sky” below. ![]() 'Cranes in the Sky' and 'Dont Touch My Hair' were. Both videos were co-directed by Solange and her husband, Alan Ferguson. After releasing A Seat at the Table on Friday, Solange Knowles has come out with two videos for tracks on her highly anticipated album today. The stunning video begins with a montage of the singer staring defiantly into the camera in various outfits. “Crane in the Sky” offers equally striking imagery, using beautiful dance and a wide range of natural and manmade backdrops throughout. Solanges 'Cranes in the Sky' clip, in contrast, offers a more luxe, high-fashion feel. “You and your friends have been called the N word, been approached as prostitutes, and have had your hair touched in a predominately white bar just around the corner from the same venue,” Solange wrote in a recent essay titled “And Do You Belong? I Do.” The track addresses the politics of black hair, and how the question of “Can I touch it?” underscores the uneasiness minorities feel in white spaces. The former is a four-and-half-minute visual that begins with a close-up shot of Solange shaking her braids back and forth, and then shows the 30-year-old performing striking choreography in various settings. On Sunday, just days after ASATT was digitally released, the singer/songwriter delivered a music video for two of the project’s standout tracks: “Don’t Touch My Hair” featuring Sampha and “Cranes in the Sky.” ![]() Solange’s third studio album, A Seat at the Table, was praised by critics for its honest and empowering messages regarding the African American experience. ![]()
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