Christina Aguilera Releases New Song in Honor of Orlando Shooting Victims
“I want to help be part of the change this world needs to make it a beautiful inclusive place,” singer writes
Beatrice Verhoeven | June 17, 2016 @ 8:19 AM
Last Updated: June 17, 2016 @ 8:20 AM
Christina Aguilera has released a new song to honor the victims of the Orlando mass shooting.
“The horrific tragedy that occurred in Orlando continues to weigh heavily on my mind,” the singer wrote on her website. “I am sending so much love and so many prayers to the victims and their families. Like so many, I want to help be part of the change this world needs to make it a beautiful inclusive place where humanity can love each other freely and passionately.”
The new song, titled “Change,” was written by Aguilera, Fancy Hagood and Flo Reutter, who also produced the track.
Aguilera added, “Though there is such heavy sadness I believe that there is much more love in the world than we know. We need to learn to love again, we need to learn that one person does make a difference; we need to keep love in our hearts. As Nelson Mandela once said, ‘No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.'”
All proceeds from each U.S. download of “Change” on iTunes from June 17 to September 14 will be donated to the National Compassion Fund, which provides people a way to donate directly to victims of a mass crime.
Every Late-Night Host's Reaction to Orlando Shooting (Video)
Jimmy Fallon:
"Maybe there's a lesson from all this. A lesson in tolerance. We need to support each other's differences and worry less about our own opinions. Get back to debate and away from believing or supporting the idea that if someone doesn't live the way you want them to live, you just buy a gun and kill them. Bomb them up. That is not OK."
Seth Meyers:
"So much, though, of the news right now is dominated by the horrific events in Orlando, the attack on the LGBTQ community there. And so, we decided we would try to address that and, in addressing it, maybe help us all process it a little bit more, because I don't know if we can ever fully understand it."
John Oliver:
“As I’m sure you know by now, at least 50 people were killed by a gunman at a gay nightclub in what is being described as a terrorist attack. And look, it’s still early and details are still emerging, and right now, this just hurts. And the worst thing is this pain is so familiar.”
Stephen Colbert:
"You know what a president, whoever it is, will probably say. You know what both sides of the political aisle will say. You know what gun manufacturers will say. Even me, with a silly show like this, you have some idea of what I will say. Because even I have talked about this when it has happened before. It's as if there's a national script that we have learned."
Samantha Bee:
“What Paul Giamatti is to biopics, the highly profitable AR-15 is deadly mass shooting. Yes, I do want to take those guns away.”
Trevor Noah:
"The saddest part is every time this happens, it feels like America has already decided. This is exactly the kind of country it wants to be. Because we know how this always plays out: We're shocked, we mourn, we change our profile pics, and we move on. It's become normal. I'm sorry. Maybe it's because I'm new, but it's not normal."
Conan O'Brien:
“I am not a pundit, I am not an expert, and I’ve always made it my policy to stick to my job and keep my opinions to myself. I simply do not understand why anybody in this country is allowed to purchase and own a semiautomatic assault rifle, it makes no sense to me. These are weapons of war and they have no place in civilian life.”
James Corden:
"On behalf of the whole theater community and every person in this room, our hearts go out to all of those affected by this atrocity. All we can say is that you’re not on your own right now. Your tragedy is our tragedy. Theater is a place where every race, creed, sexuality and gender is equal, is embraced, and is loved. Hate will never win. Together we have to make sure of that. "
Larry Wilmore:
"Yeah, Donald, you were really ahead of the curve on the whole, 'terrorism is bad' thing. I mean, honestly, who brags about this?... It’s like your doctor saying, 'Yo, dude, I totally called it, you do have cancer.'"
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Jimmy Fallon:
"Maybe there's a lesson from all this. A lesson in tolerance. We need to support each other's differences and worry less about our own opinions. Get back to debate and away from believing or supporting the idea that if someone doesn't live the way you want them to live, you just buy a gun and kill them. Bomb them up. That is not OK."
