Usher and Nas have teamed for an interactive music video for Usher's politically charged "Chains," which debuted exclusively on Tidal. "Chains" literally forces the viewer to confront the issue of racial profiling and police brutality head-on: By utilizing the webcam on the viewer's computer as well as facial recognition technology, "Chains" will pause mid-song whenever the viewer's eyes deviate from the video. "Don't look away," the video demands, only resuming when the viewers' eyes lock back on the screen. "While racial injustice keeps killing, society keeps looking away," the video prefaces before fading onto a photo of Trayvon Martin. "Walking home from a store, Trayvon was profiled as a potential criminal by a neighbor armed with a gun, The man shot Trayvon dead. He was found not guilty."
Usher's eerily sparse, powerful "Chains" accompany the images. "We're still in chains / You put the shame on us," he sings on the track that also tackles our nation's gun problem. "Moment of silence / American school and we in church too / Shooting, shooting, shooting, we the prey."
With eyes affixed on the screen, "Chains" examines more lives lost from inexcusable racial profiling, including Rekia Boyd, Marlon Brown, Ramarley Graham and Caesar Cruz. In the latter case, "Innocent of any crime, Caesar was cornered in his car by five police officers and fatally shot 15 times. He was still strapped in his seatbelt. No one has been charged."
"I'm the modern one yelling at senators, presidents, congressmen / Saying we have a problem in need of acknowledging," Nas rhymes. "I am no prison commodity / Not just a body you throw in a cell / For any reason, just to bother me." Nas' verse also pays tribute to Sean Bell, Eric Garner and Tamir Rice, three unarmed black men who were killed by the police.
Usher will debut "Chains" live at the all-star Tidal X: 1020 concert on October 20th at Brooklyn's Barclays Arena. The charity gig, which will benefit the New World Foundation, also features Beyoncé, Jay Z, Prince, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, Meek Mill and many more.

Click here to view this interactive video: http://chains.tidal.com

NEW YORK, Oct. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- As global superstar Justin Bieber breaks chart records around the world with his #1 global hit "What Do You Mean," it has now been announced that his upcoming new studio album PURPOSE, arriving November 13th on RBMG/Def Jam Recordings, is available for pre-order with digital retailers and Justin's exclusive online store.
Preorders of PURPOSE include the smash singles "What Do You Mean" and "Where R U Now," and will unlock a special, preorder-only exclusive track featuring Ariana Grande. Justin's highly anticipated next smash "Sorry," produced by Skrillex and Blood, is set to unlock next Friday, October 23. 
As reported by Billboard this week, "What Do You Mean" (released August 28th) has officially earned Justin his first #1 on Billboard's top 40 radio-based Pop Songs airplay chart, with over 135 million/radio listeners per week.  The week of its release, "What Do You Mean" was crowned Justin's first #1 on Billboard's all-format airplay/sales/stream­ing-based Hot 100.  It also went to #1 in Justin's native Canada, and became his first #1 UK national chart hit. "What Do You Mean," which hit #1 at iTunes within five minutes of its worldwide release last month, and went on to reach #1 at iTunes in more than 90 countries, sold over 335,000 units digitally in the U.S. in its first week out. On the streaming side, "What Do You Mean" handily broke the Weekly Global Spotify streaming record with over 41 million streams, and went on to reach 100 million Global streams in less than one month out.  As of this writing, it has surpassed the 167 million mark. 
It was also revealed last week that the artwork for PURPOSE was created by Retna, the world renowned graffiti artist from Los Angeles, acclaimed for the distinctive constructed script he has developed.  26-year old Retna (aka Marquis Lewis), who has been exhibited around the world, has also done branding work for clients including Nike and Louis Vuitton.
Pre-orders are available now for PURPOSE signed CDs, vinyl and other limited edition items, exclusively via Justin's new online store.  Go to: http://smarturl.it/JustinShop.
The lyric video for "What Do You Mean," featuring professional skater Ryan Sheckler (view it here), and the music video for "What Do You Mean" (view it here) have amassed total combined YouTube views in excess of 214 million to date.
The success of "What Do You Mean" benefited from an aggressively viral 30 day Instagram countdown and Twitter lyric reveal campaign, garnering over 100 million impressions.  Justin supported the release early last month with a return to the MTV VMAs, followed by an appearance on NBC's The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, and a week-long takeover of The Today Show that climaxed with live perform­ances on Thursday and Friday.