Pray for Me (song)

For other songs with the same name, see Pray for Me.

"Pray for Me"
Single by the Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar
from the album Black Panther: The Album
ReleasedFebruary 2, 2018 (2018-02-02)
GenrePop rap[1]
Length3:31
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
The Weeknd singles chronology
"Secrets"
(2017) 		"Pray for Me"
(2018) 		"Call Out My Name"
(2018)
Kendrick Lamar singles chronology
"King's Dead"
(2018) 		"Pray for Me"
(2018) 		"Dedication"
(2018)
Music video
"Pray for Me (Lyric Video)" on YouTube

"Pray for Me" is a song by the Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd and the American rapper Kendrick Lamar from the soundtrack album of the Marvel Studios superhero film Black Panther. The song was released by Top Dawg Entertainment, Aftermath Entertainment, and Interscope Records on February 2, 2018, as the album's third and final single. It serves as the second overall collaboration between the two artists.[3] The song appears in the movie during the scene where the titular hero along with his allies, Nakia and Okoye, enter a secret casino in Busan.[4]

  1. ^ Pearce, Sheldon (February 2, 2018). ""Pray for Me" [ft. The Weeknd] by Kendrick Lamar / The Weeknd Review". Pitchork. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  2. ^ "Black Panther OST #prayforme #seasons". February 1, 2018. Archived from the original on December 26, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2018 – via Instagram.
  3. ^ Madden, Sidney (February 2, 2018). "Kendrick Lamar produced the soundtrack for Black Panther". npr.org. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  4. ^ Alexander, Julia (March 14, 2018). "Modern culture paradoxes can be explained by a popular Friends question". Polygon. Retrieved March 25, 2018.