Eminem Reappears with Single + Music Video, “Houdini”

Guess who’s back? Eminem returns with “Houdini,” a hard-hitting new single with a fitting video. Eminem teased the drop earlier this week in a FaceTime with David Blaine — the clip ended with the magician eating a wine glass and the rapper declaring, “Well, for my last trick, I’m gonna make my career disappear.” “Houdini” gives fans the first taste of Eminem’s 12th album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce), due this summer. “Houdini” is produced by Eminem himself and, continuing the theme, features a sample and interpolation of Steve Miller Band’s 1982 hit, “Abracadabra.” The accompanying clip imagines Eminem’s antagonist character, Slim Shady, emerging in the present day via a “portal”—and finds himself confused and unsettled by what he sees in 2024. Determined to mould the modern er...

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