First music video directed by M Night Shyamalan.
"Rise Up" has been used in numerous media:
Serena Williams Beats ad campaign. (2015) The tenth and final episode in the Netflix series The Five (2016) The twenty-second episode "Mama Tried" in season 12 of the medical drama, Grey's Anatomy (2016) A trailer for the 2016 film The Birth of a Nation Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2016 as a theme song at campaigns and rallies. The ABC docudrama miniseries When We Rise, which chronicled the LGBT rights movement in America. During NBA player Paul Pierce's jersey number retirement ceremony with the Boston Celtics (2018) The episode "Rosa", in the science fiction television series Doctor Who (2018) The series finale of Big Brother (UK) (2018) The episode "Athena Begins" of 9-1-1 (2019)
Serena Williams Beats ad campaign. (2015) The tenth and final episode in the Netflix series The Five (2016) The twenty-second episode "Mama Tried" in season 12 of the medical drama, Grey's Anatomy (2016) A trailer for the 2016 film The Birth of a Nation Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2016 as a theme song at campaigns and rallies. The ABC docudrama miniseries When We Rise, which chronicled the LGBT rights movement in America. During NBA player Paul Pierce's jersey number retirement ceremony with the Boston Celtics (2018) The episode "Rosa", in the science fiction television series Doctor Who (2018) The series finale of Big Brother (UK) (2018) The episode "Athena Begins" of 9-1-1 (2019)
'Rise Up' became a protest anthem closely tied to the Black Lives Matter movement.