Big Sean - Lucky Me ⧸ Still I Rise

What this video is

Released on March 25, 2021 — Big Sean's 33rd birthday — this performance video functions as both a personal milestone document and a capstone to the Detroit 2 album video campaign. The tracks 'Lucky Me' and 'Still I Rise' represent the most autobiographically vulnerable material on the album, with Sean addressing a teenage heart condition diagnosis, public relationship difficulties, and broader themes of survival…

Why it matters

Represents a significant document in 2020s introspective hip-hop, demonstrating how artists of Big Sean's commercial stature were embracing raw, performance-first visual formats previously associated with independent or underground releases. The live-band integration — with producer Hit-Boy on…

The director

Topshelf Junior is a Los Angeles-based music video director with a long-standing creative relationship with R&B and hip-hop artists in the West Coast scene. Known for directing videos for Jhené Aiko — including 'Burning Man (3:16pm)' (2013), 'Stranger'…