22-year-old rapper-singer-songwriter Joseph Black has dropped his music video for his hit record “(i hope you) miss me” via Untold Stories / Electric Feel / Capitol Records. In the video, Joseph Black is in feelings reminiscing about his ex who he loved as he smokes the pain away. The raw breakup anthem fuses visceral emotive rhymes over trap drums and a simplistic melancholic piano.
“I was kind of mid anxiety attack when I recorded my vocals for “(i hope you) miss me.”” says Joseph Black, “I missed her & I wanted her to feel the pain I was going through. Recording was my only way of turning my negative situation into something positive.”
The song became a TikTok trend organically -ironically started by his ex who the song is about- and it holds over 10 million global streams. Plus “(i hope you) miss me” charted in the top 5 on Spotify’s US Viral 50 chart.
Joseph Black is creating emotional and raw music derived straight from his life and chaotic upbringing. His sound is melodic rap music narrated through his youthful eyes. Joseph Black is on the verge of a breakout and has many more stories to tell through his music.