It's Mother's Day, so what better time for Eminem to release the touching short film for "Headlights," the fifteenth track on his latest eighth studio album, "The Marshall Mathers LP 2," which debuted at No.1 on the Billboard 200 last November. "Headlights," which features .Fun frontman Nate Ruess, is a long-awaited apology from Eminem to his mother Debbie Mathers after spending years negatively referencing and trashing her on his past albums, and this new video a surprising ode and appears to have an opportunity to repair their relationship.
Eminem opens up about his past on "Headlights," a really personal song with heartfelt message that addresses his relationship and appears to make amends his mother who he has skewered lyrically on previous offerings. Eminem has had a difficult relationship with his mother since childhood. In his music, Eminem has had a history of insulting his mother on various tracks. "Headlights" is an apology to his mother for the years of verbal abuse and "his plea for a united, or at least less dysfunctional, family." The title "Headlights" is a reference to their last meeting. As she drove away, he became fixated on the headlights of her car as he coped with feelings of "overwhelming sadness."
The pair remain estranged, although Eminem reaches out to her here offering the sincerest of apologies. Eminem specifically references the hurt caused by his The Eminem Show hit song "Cleanin Out My Closet," where he heavily criticized his mother for neglecting and mistreating him. The rapper explains it as an angry moment, adding that he no longer plays it at shows and he cringes every time it's on the radio. Eminem’s mother Mathers would like nothing more than to improve her estranged relationship with her son, and she believes "love will find a way home," two longtime friends of Mathers said. And that opportunity could present itself after a much-anticipated short film released on Mother's Day.
The heartfelt new video was directed by legendary filmmaker Spike Lee, which was shot in the rapper's hometown of Detroit. Shot mostly from the first-person perspective of Eminem's mother Matters, the four-minute video explores the troubled relationship between the rapper and his mom and eventually finds the two reconnecting after years of fighting. It is essentially a four-minute plea for forgiveness to mother and a fairly extreme reversal for the rapper after all. Watch the video below.
Eminem opens up about his past on "Headlights," a really personal song with heartfelt message that addresses his relationship and appears to make amends his mother who he has skewered lyrically on previous offerings. Eminem has had a difficult relationship with his mother since childhood. In his music, Eminem has had a history of insulting his mother on various tracks. "Headlights" is an apology to his mother for the years of verbal abuse and "his plea for a united, or at least less dysfunctional, family." The title "Headlights" is a reference to their last meeting. As she drove away, he became fixated on the headlights of her car as he coped with feelings of "overwhelming sadness."
The pair remain estranged, although Eminem reaches out to her here offering the sincerest of apologies. Eminem specifically references the hurt caused by his The Eminem Show hit song "Cleanin Out My Closet," where he heavily criticized his mother for neglecting and mistreating him. The rapper explains it as an angry moment, adding that he no longer plays it at shows and he cringes every time it's on the radio. Eminem’s mother Mathers would like nothing more than to improve her estranged relationship with her son, and she believes "love will find a way home," two longtime friends of Mathers said. And that opportunity could present itself after a much-anticipated short film released on Mother's Day.
The heartfelt new video was directed by legendary filmmaker Spike Lee, which was shot in the rapper's hometown of Detroit. Shot mostly from the first-person perspective of Eminem's mother Matters, the four-minute video explores the troubled relationship between the rapper and his mom and eventually finds the two reconnecting after years of fighting. It is essentially a four-minute plea for forgiveness to mother and a fairly extreme reversal for the rapper after all. Watch the video below.
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