In our new weekly series, we’re revisiting some of our favorite music movies—from artist docs and concert films to biopics and fictional fantasies—that are available to stream or rent digitally.
Spoilers ahead. On Mary J. Blige’s “Seven Days,” the singer is having a conversation that takes every ounce of her energy to finish.
All at once, she is drenched in pain, indecision, love, and affection. It’s a classic Mary J. record—smoky vocals over warm neo-soul production that could just as easily be rapped over—but what sticks in the listener’s mind is the story: a platonic friendship that becomes something more. “I never thought that I would fall in love with you/But since the day we kissed I knew it had to be you/I never thought we would be
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