{"id":2219,"date":"2017-05-22T16:50:36","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T23:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=2219"},"modified":"2024-06-26T09:13:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T16:13:41","slug":"michael-kiwanuka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/michael-kiwanuka","title":{"rendered":"Episode 106: Michael Kiwanuka"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Black Man in a White World&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/SongExploder106-MichaelKiwanuka-600x420.png\" alt=\"SongExploder106-MichaelKiwanuka\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/SongExploder106-MichaelKiwanuka.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/SongExploder106-MichaelKiwanuka-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"monetization\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 300px\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?ge=prx_93_529f6159-9614-4e92-9dae-7a201240d9f9&#038;uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">DOWNLOAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.com\/songexploder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTUNES<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/2cb5db44-cfb7-497c-aed2-6dc23b79b9bf\/SongExploder106-MichaelKiwanuka-DT.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelkiwanuka.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Kiwanuka<\/a> is a singer\/songwriter from London. His second album, <em>Love and Hate<\/em>, came out in 2016, and was named one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Love_%26_Hate_(Michael_Kiwanuka_album)#Accolades\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Best Albums of the Year<\/a> from the BBC, NME, The Guardian, GQ, and more. One of the songs on the album was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rF_1iPFr6Dw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">used as the theme for the hit HBO series <em>Big Little Lies<\/em><\/a>. In this episode, Michael breaks down the song &#8220;Black Man in a White World.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>You can get <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/black-man-in-a-white-world\/id1096977699?i=1096977938&#038;uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Black Man in a White World&#8221; on iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-TYlcVNI2AM\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlos Lerma<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/michael-kiwanuka-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gx1OFl_y-ic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Son House &#8211; Grinnin&#8217; in Your Face<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6Z66wVo7uNw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Curtis Mayfield &#8211; Move On Up<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Black Man in a White World&#8221; DOWNLOAD: iTUNES \u00b7 MP3 Michael Kiwanuka is a singer\/songwriter from London. His second album, Love and Hate, came out in 2016, and was named one of the Best Albums of the Year from the BBC, NME, The Guardian, GQ, and more. 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