© 2026 ABC News

\"Here I am alone again/Can't get out of this hole I'm in/It's like the walls are closin' in/You can't help me, no one can,\" Eminem raps over sparse, moody instrumentation.

\"PHOTO:
Pierre Andrieu/AFP via Getty Images, FILE
PHOTO: Rapper Eminem performs during a concert at the Stade de France in Saints-Denis, near Paris, Aug. 22, 2013.
>

The video immediately reveals itself to be a stark statement about gun violence, with Eminem putting himself in the place of the gunman who killed 58 people in 2017 at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas.

\"I don't wanna be alone in the darkness anymore,\" Eminem sings over and over in the chorus.

The video ends with a wall of video monitors revealing news of mass shootings from around America, and the words, \"When will it end? When enough people care.\" There's also a call to register to vote \"and help change gun laws in America.\"

","canonicalUrl":"https://abcnews.com/GMA/Culture/eminem-drops-brand-surprise-album-music-murdered/story?id=68356339","legacySlug":"/culture/story/eminem-drops-brand-surprise-album-music-murdered-68356339","noIndexNoFollow":false},"publishTime":"20:09","publishDate":"01-17-2020","updatedTime":"11:47","updatedDate":"01-18-2020","socialImage":{"alt":"Rapper Eminem performs during a concert at the Stade de France in Saints-Denis, near Paris, Aug. 22, 2013.","credit":"Pierre Andrieu/AFP via Getty Images, FILE","ratio":"16x9","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/eminem-file-gty-jef-200117_hpMain_16x9_1600.jpg","width":992,"height":558},"datePublished":"1/17/2020 20:09:36 GMT","video":{"live":false,"id":68356339,"headline":"Eminem drops brand-new surprise album","mediaAssetTitle":"EMINEM NEW ALBUM","description":"New music from Eminem is here.","duration":"2:16","posterImg":{"url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/default-img-undefined.png","width":608,"height":342},"video":{"feed":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2019/11/191125_gma_robach_817_fix_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8"},"playlist":["67812514","68352280","68352208"]},"relatedItems":[{"contentType":"story","date":"December 26, 2019","headline":"50 of the best albums of 2019","section":"culture","slug":"/culture/story/50-best-albums-2019-67812514","id":67812514,"image":{"alt":"50 of the best albums of 2019","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/lizzo-gty-aa-191221_hpMain_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"Rich Fury/Getty Images, FILE","ratio":"1x1"}},{"contentType":"story","date":"January 17, 2020","headline":"Recording Academy president placed on leave 10 days before Grammys","section":"culture","slug":"/culture/story/recording-academy-president-administrative-leave-10-days-grammys-68352280","id":68352280,"image":{"alt":"Recording Academy president placed on leave 10 days before Grammys","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/deborah-dugan-ap-file-ml-200117_hpMain_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"Amy Sussman/Invision/AP","ratio":"1x1"}},{"contentType":"story","date":"January 17, 2020","headline":"Jonas Brothers hilariously woo their wives in new 'What A Man Gotta Do' music video","section":"culture","slug":"/culture/story/jonas-brothers-hilariously-woo-wives-man-gotta-music-68352208","id":68352208,"image":{"alt":"Jonas Brothers hilariously woo their wives in new 'What A Man Gotta Do' music video","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/jonas-brothers-video-03-ht-rc-200117_hpMain_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"Music video What A Man Gotta Do","ratio":"1x1"}}],"relatedContentSection":"news","schemaContent":{"name":"Eminem drops brand-new surprise album","description":"New music from Eminem is here.","duration":"2:16","uploadDate":"01-17-2020","publication":"01-17-2020","images":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/default-img-undefined.png","url":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2019/11/191125_gma_robach_817_fix_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8","contentUrl":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2019/11/191125_gma_robach_817_fix_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8","link":"https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/eminem-drops-brand-surprise-album-music-murdered-68356339"}},"playlist":[{"id":"133810954","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133779647","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133810835","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133749799","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133777519","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133748258","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133730535","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133712423","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133694181","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133688738","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133616358","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133616342","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133522899","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133584123","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133579397","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133482839","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133390157","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133415361","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133414032","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133380485","contentType":"story","section":"news"}],"kvps":{"pgtyp":"article","lang":"en","sp":"goodmorningamerica","programmatic":"true","bundleId":"com.abcnews"}},"analytics":{"accountID":"wdgnewwdgnewgmaweb","ns":"gma","pageName":"gma:culture:video","pageType":"video","globalSpecVersion":"v1.08","siteDifferentiator":"gma:site","tagID":"g_page01","userABCookie":"0","section":"culture","title":"Eminem drops brand-new surprise album","pubTime":"15:09","pubDate":"01-17-2020","modTime":"06:47","modDate":"01-18-2020","taxonomyTags":"none","id":68356339,"editorialOtherSubjects":"","wordCount":"none","columns":"none","authors":"","authorsUnit":"none","authorsBureau":"none","subBrand":"Good Morning America","provider":"Good Morning America","videoName":"Eminem drops brand-new surprise album","mediaAssetTitle":"EMINEM NEW ALBUM","videoId":68356339,"mediaOnPage":"video","legacySlug":"/culture/story/eminem-drops-brand-surprise-album-music-murdered-68356339"},"taboola":{}},"request":{"headers":{},"httpVersion":"1.1","method":"GET","url":"/video/68356339","vary":{"host":"www.goodmorningamerica.com","cached":true,"path":"/video/68356339","forwarded-proto":"https","device":"desktop","userab":"0"}},"viewport":{"width":1260,"height":0},"user":{}};