As the U.S. election results poured in Tuesday night, Lin-Manuel Miranda took to Twitter to voice his reaction to the unexpected lead of Donald Trump. And when it became apparent that Trump would indeed become our next president-elect, the âHamiltonâ creator gave his fans a small, but much-needed ray of hope:
After announcing that he was dropping more tracks from his highly anticipated âHamilton Mixtapeâ album (being released Dec. 2), he revealed that the two songs would be Siaâs âSatisfied,â featuring Miguel and Queen Latifah, and âImmigrants,â featuring Kânaan, Snow Tha Product, Riz MC and Residente.
Just as important as the songs dropping themselves is this video of Jonathan Groff â aka Groffsauce â hearing Siaâs cover for the first time. Pure joy.
The tracks were released at midnight across time zones from Nov. 10 to 11. Throughout the day and night, Miranda shared details about the songs, noting in particular his neighborâs powerful reaction to âSatisfiedâ: âSia WEAPONIZES vowels.â
âI can tell you that the people covering âSatisfiedâ â and itâs more than one person â thatâs when we realized how special this was going to be,â Miranda told People magazine back in October. âThey turned it in nine months ago and, like, our hair blew backwards. I have footage of playing it for Jonathan Groff for the first time backstage and him just crying in our dressing room.â
Before the release, Miranda also emphasized how âtimelyâ the song âImmigrantsâ is, no doubt referencing Trumpâs history of malice toward immigrant communities.
You can listen to two other songs from the record â Kelly Clarksonâs version of âItâs Quiet Uptownâ and The Rootsâ âMy Shot (Rise Up Remix),â featuring Busta Rhymes, Joell Ortiz and Nate Ruess â on YouTube.
