Singer-songwriter Alex Warren doesn’t seem to think so — and neither do the streaming listeners and radio programmers who have made his sweeping love song “Ordinary” an unlikely pick for 2025’s song ...

“When I was writing ‘It’ll Be Alright’ I was thinking about all the parts of myself I have killed to appease other people,” Siggelkow said in a statement.

With “Alright,” Lamar reminds black Americans that yes, we’ve been hurt and down before and yes, the struggle against structural racism and the problems it has produced continues.