Trivia

• “Untouchable” was released a promotional single via Youtube on December 8, 2017. It peaked at No. 86 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 73 on the UK Singles Chart.
• The song addresses racial injustice in America, presenting a white perspective in the first two verses before shifting to a Black perspective in the final verse.

Words from Eminem

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About two years ago, it felt like every other day you would wake up and see the news that another black man is getting shot by the police, and killed for basically nothing. Seeing the thing that happened with Michael Slager and Walter Scott, being shot in the back... and then walks up and places the taser on the side of the guy, like he’s already got his story of what he’s gonna say.

And then Philando Castile, when he’s reaching for his wallet, trying to tell you, “I have a gun, but I have a license to carry it,” and gets shot and killed... It was one of those things that kept building up and building up and I wanted to say something about it for the longest time, but I needed to make sure that — I wanted to word it correctly. I want to make sure I make all my points, you know, the right way.

I’m not talking about, “All police are bad.” I’m saying that this is the perspective from the racist white cop. This is what got me infuriated, and two years ago got me so flustered I couldn’t even write about it because my thoughts would get too scattered. When I get flustered sometimes I just get mad and I can’t think clear. I needed to be able to calm down a second, and put the thoughts to the page because, like I said, I wanted to make sure that I worded it the right way. But if people don’t feel like I worded it the right way, I don’t know.