Kendrick Lamar's newest single follows an Instagram post with the Roman numeral “IV” on Thursday, which he shared after wiping his prior posts.

In a recent interview with T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Kendrick talked about the content of the upcoming album, saying: “My focus is ultimately going back to my community and the other communities around the world where they’re doing the groundwork. To Pimp a Butterfly was addressing the problem. I’m in a space now where I’m not addressing the problem anymore.”

The track itself is a journey into Kendrick's socially-conscious, zeitgeist-epitomising, no-punches-punches-pulling style of hip-hop. He rails on the President with the lines: “Donald Trump is a chump, know how we feel punk/Tell em that God comin', and Russia need a replay button, yall up to something” and takes to task an unnamed rapper (most likely everyone's favourite punching bag Drake).

Closing the song with the lines “Y’all got ’til April 7 to get y’all shit together,” the Compton rapper suggests that big things are in store two weeks from now...

Listen to the full track here:

The Heart Part 4

The Heart Part 4, a song by Kendrick Lamar on Spotify