Yo-Yo Ma, Pattie Gonia and Quinn Christopherson made the music video for "Won't Give Up" at Kenai Fjords National Park.
"Won't Give Up" was originally conceived as a requiem — an act of remembrance — for a melting glacier in Alaska.
Ma's cello solo in the song even evokes the weeping glacier.
Despite the song's connection to melting glaciers, its lyrics don't specifically reference climate change. The "Won't Give Up" refrain could serve as a rallying cry for many social movements.
"There's a lot of potential for this song to be sung at climate rallies, to be sung as a part of the climate movement," said Gonia. "But also for the song to be what it needs to be and mean what it needs to mean to other people, no matter who they are. If a person hears it and thinks that it's not about climate but that it's about racial justice or that it's about queer rights, that's beautiful. Take it, go for it."
"Won't Give Up" was originally conceived as a requiem — an act of remembrance — for a melting glacier in Alaska.
Ma's cello solo in the song even evokes the weeping glacier.
Despite the song's connection to melting glaciers, its lyrics don't specifically reference climate change. The "Won't Give Up" refrain could serve as a rallying cry for many social movements.
"There's a lot of potential for this song to be sung at climate rallies, to be sung as a part of the climate movement," said Gonia. "But also for the song to be what it needs to be and mean what it needs to mean to other people, no matter who they are. If a person hears it and thinks that it's not about climate but that it's about racial justice or that it's about queer rights, that's beautiful. Take it, go for it."