{"id":724284,"date":"2026-04-28T02:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T23:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/you-are-the-mass-shooter-in-vince-stapless-black-marmalade-music-video\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T02:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T23:20:14","slug":"you-are-the-mass-shooter-in-vince-stapless-black-marmalade-music-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/you-are-the-mass-shooter-in-vince-stapless-black-marmalade-music-video\/","title":{"rendered":"You are the mass shooter in Vince Staples&#039;s \u201cBlack Marmalade\u201d music video"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22fe4acf350\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" 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1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-1392091144_zrcfi3\/vince-staples-black-marmalade-mass-shooter-independent-single.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"60vw\" alt=\"You are the mass shooter in Vince Staples's \u201cBlack Marmalade\u201d music video\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Matt Winkelmeyer \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-279872\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Vince Staples might be independent, but he doesn\u2019t quite feel free, at least judging off \u201cBlackberry Marmalade.\u201d In the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bradleyjcalder.com\">Bradley J. Calder<\/a>-directed video for Staples\u2019s latest single, which is shot first-person shooter style, &#8220;we&#8221; shoot the r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er outside of a diner before heading inside to kill approximately two dozen Black people. Watch the clip below.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            An acerbic edge has always marked Staples\u2019s music, but \u201cBlackberry Marmalade\u201d is surprisingly straightforward, opening on \u201cempires built on bloodstained ground&#8221; and toying with racial epithets throughout. These concerns remain exceedingly personal \u2014 a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ted_Joans\">Ted Joans<\/a>-channeling third verse sees Staples carefully dissecting the myriad facets of his public image \u2014 but there\u2019s a clear political intent to \u201cBlackberry Marmalade,\u201d his first solo release since 2024&#8217;s <i>Dark Times<\/i> (his last album on Def Jam). From its brash, hard rock instrumental to the choice to end the video on a quote from Martin Luther King Jr.&#8217;s &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.learningforjustice.org\/sites\/default\/files\/general\/Letter%20from%20Birmingham%20Jail%20MLK.pdf\">Letter from Birmingham Jail<\/a>&#8221;  on becoming \u201cextremists,\u201d it\u2019s clear Staples wants to make a bigger statement than his major label work.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-279873\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vince Staples - Blackberry Marmalade\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qdcD99Pd0oo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-279874\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Naturally, the video will bring to mind \u201cThis is America\u201d by Childish Gambino, but that Hiro Murai-directed video had a far more surreal spin to its violence. By comparison, \u201cBlackberry Marmalade\u201d plays things almost entirely straight, save for a bumbling, phone-immersed security guard; when the gunman flashes peace signs at the only diner-goer to survive, it\u2019s sickening rather than humorous. When &#8220;we&#8221; finally turn the trigger on ourselves, it almost feels like relief.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Vivian Medithi<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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