Singer, poet, songwriter, visual artist, film producer, activist, and author Serj Tankian – widely known as the frontman for System of A Down – has released the official music video for his new solo single “Justice Will Shine On”. The song is taken from his upcoming solo EP, “Foundations”, which is due on September 27 via Gibson Records. Check out the video below.
Over potent riffs and pummeling rhythms, Tankian grapples with the atrocities of the Armenian Genocide, experienced by his grandparents firsthand. He addresses their suffering in jarringly personal and direct terms, singing, “Can you tell me dear grandfather of your childhood so far away/You can see the death of laughter in his teared eyes disarray/Can you tell me dear grandmother of your childhood from hunger and pain /Of the orphans you called brothers in her teared eyes disarray.”
As the song launches into its soaring chorus, Tankian declares that the torment and anguish experienced by all victims of the Armenian Genocide will not be in vain. “We are the children of all the survivors/Justice will shine on!”
The new single and forthcoming EP continue a massive year for Serj, who released his exhilarating debut memoir, “Down With The System”, on Hachette Books in May.
