Grammy winners La Santa Cecilia just published a music video for the band’s remake of “Strawberry Fields Forever.” The clip needs no explanation.
According to a report earlier this year, the band’s remake is “a psychedelic cumbia rendition of the Beatles’ iconic ’67 single.” The group “dedicated ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ to migrant agricultural workers. The recent Grammy winners cited the immigration and deportation of John Lennon as a touchstone to the struggle of migrant workers in the United States.
While we are at it, take it away, John.