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But the story winds back decades in a sort of past-life regression, where Kendrick imagines other versions of himself in music history, including an evocative verse as “a Black woman in the Chitlin’ Circuit … My voice was angelic, straight from heaven, the crowd sobbed … Had everything I wanted, but I couldn’t escape addiction / Heroin needles had me in fetal position, restricted.”

“She is so kind, so angelic, everybody on set just adores her. She’s a bright light in this world, really.”

This virtuosic group also gave the first performance of Andrew Yee’s “Trees of Greenwood” in its full string orchestra version, with soprano Laurel Irene intoning the names of trees like an angelic voice from beyond, as though reminding us of members of a long-lost forest.

That edginess and anxiety keeps him perpetually on his toes, and “Noid” pivots restlessly between a series of stylistic shifts: angelic harmonies that give way to blown-out funk and spitfire rap verses that recall the bratty fury of Tyler’s early records.

At these gatherings, Christians who believe they can use faith to summon miracles and access supernatural gifts such as healing spoke in tongues while calling for God’s angelic forces to combat the evil propping up Trump’s enemies.