Grace Carter releases brand new single "Riot"

Earlier this year, Grace Carter returned after a two-year hiatus with "Pick Your Tears Up". Today, she returns with "Riot", which is the latest release to be taken from her forthcoming new EP A Little Lost, A Little Found.

The song was originally written in response to the murder of Eric Garner in 2014 at the hands of the police, as Carter explains: “Riot is a song about injustice and specifically the emotional and physical injustices that black people face daily. It’s a song that touches on the literal meaning of the word but more for me, it is about the emotional turmoil and the internal riot so many black people experience.

It was written in 2014 about the murder of Eric Garner but the sad reality is that the lyrics of the song have constantly been reinforced and made relevant time and time again by systemic racism and police brutality; the horrific incident surrounding the murder of George Floyd further illustrates this. The song is about something very painful and traumatising but it’s also really important to me to represent black joy, power and community. Music has always been a vehicle for me to speak about things that are important to me and this song is me using my voice and doing what I can do to spread a message”.