“The Lion King: The Gift” album in 2019, crooning alongside Bey and daughter Blue Ivy on “Brown Skin Girl.” Now he’s making solo moves with his new album, “While the World Was Burning.”Here, he shares the story behind “Roses,” how he fulfilled his Beyoncé destiny, and why Kanye West flew him to Wyoming.A lot of people probably think “Roses” just came out this year, but this has been a long journey for the song.“Roses” started in 2015.
That’s when I wrote it. Someone told me Beyoncé was looking for ideas for her next project, and I was hustling as a songwriter at that time, so I wrote “Roses,” but … I guess they didn’t want the record.
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