WENN, Vimeo
Either Tyrese is trolling us or he just doesn’t care what people think.
Tuesday, the singer released a trailer for his short film Shame, which was produced by Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington and directed by video producer Paul Hunter. The movie was inspired by the singer’s latest single by the same name, which has maintained a number two spot on the Billboard charts for nearly six weeks.
Tyrese plays a conflicted family man who apparently wants to do right by his wife, played by Jennifer Hudson, but ends up doing wrong.
“Father God, thank you. Thank you for my wife,” he says in one scene as his family is gathered around the dinner table, “the most patient and beautiful woman in the world.”
Tyrese’s character is part of a musical act that includes two women, but the life he has built with the fellow singer isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. In one scene, a nasty verbal spat between the couple quickly becomes physical when the singer’s character jumps out of his chair and proceeds to slam Hudson’s character against a wall.
Vimeo, Voltron Pictures
“Shame” is among the tracks included on Tyrese’s upcoming album, which is said to be his last solo project, Black Rose. He insists that it’s his most honest album to date.
“I struggled to get this album done everything imaginable was thrown at me and with God and my team I got through….. #BlackRose is my most intimate and vulnerable album to date,” he wrote on Instagram.
Judging by the brief trailer, it appears that the cast and crew put a lot of work into the project. It’s also pretty brave and even ballsy of him to include a domestic violence element in the film considering that his real-life ex-wife Norma Mitchell Gibson has accused him of abusing her in the past. Maybe he really is preparing to air out some dirty laundry on his final solo album.
Black Rose is slated for release on July 10. Check out the Shame trailer below.
Follow Jazmine on Twitter @JazmineDenise
