As the longtime band leader for “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and a Louisiana native, Jon Batiste has musical unification in his veins. Last month, Batiste garnered praise for his musical contributions to Pixar’s “Soul,” the animation juggernaut’s first film with a Black lead. It's a form of getting us all on the same page.” Leading by example on the first verse of “I NEED YOU,” he sings, “I couldn’t wait to blow my own horn / It ain’t wrong for you to play along / Playing this song ’til you die, come on.” It’s a warm invitation for the listener to join in as the beat drops, spinning into a musical fervor. In a 2019 interview with Forbes, Batiste said: “All experiences of music at the highest connect us to something greater than ourselves, that is transcendent. Batiste opens the song with a testament to “the new normal” and its tiring effects: “We done a lot of living / We working overtime.” The song is a dizzying and jubilant anthem of defiant joy, evocative of Batiste’s community-based musicianship. 22 and is the second single off of his upcoming album, “WE ARE,” which is set to release on Mar. The artist’s latest single, “I NEED YOU,” dropped on Jan. Still, that hasn’t been able to stop Jon Batiste, whose soulful, synergistic energy is matched by few other artists it has actually invigorated him to push forward. Faced with a global pandemic, a mass reckoning with racist government institutions, and Zoom fatigue - a sense of emotional exhaustion has collectively settled over society.
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