The Black Eyed Peas Reunite For Powerful Update Of Where Is the Love?

The Black Eyed Peas have revamped their 2003 track Where Is the Love? with an all-star cast and a

Fergie, Will.I.Am., Taboo and apl.de.ap said the new track was in response to terrorism and violence. 

powerful message on the refugee crisis and the Black Lives Matter movement.

The updated version was released unannounced on Facebook on Thursday and had already been shared 1.6 million times and viewed nearly 40 million times on the platform.

The American pop group has re-recorded their 2003 hit Where is the Love? as a social commentary on events in the US and abroad.

With vocals from Justin Timberlake, Usher, The Game, Jessie J, Jaden Smith, Jamie Foxx, Nicole Scherzinger​ and P. Diddy, the track about race divisions and hatred is no less relevant that what is was 13 years ago.

An all-star cast of celebrities also lend their names to the cause such as Kendall Jenner, Rosario Dawson, Olivia Munn and DJ Khaled, while the families of Alton Sterling and Philando​ Castile, both victims of police shootings, are front and centre.

Former Dallas Police Department chief David O. Brown also appears on the politically-charged clip alongside individuals in different religious dress.

The updated version is a powerful statement on the refugee crisis as much as it is on race and the Black Lives Matter cause, with images of Syria flashing on the screen alongside protests in the United States.

The Black Eyed Peas have not released an album since 2010 but decided the world "needed" the song when re-recording the track.

"We started remaking Where Is the Love? this year right after being bombarded by all the things the media were showing—the wickedness of the world, the conflict in Syria, the Paris terrorist attack, the Brussels bombing, the Turkey violence and the Orlando shooting," lead singer Will.I.Am told Genius.

"Every time I looked up there was severe hate and not enough love, so I wanted to get all of my friends together and re-imagine what we did after 9/11 with Where Is the Love?"

All proceeds from the single will go to the singer's I.Am.Angel foundation which provides scholarships and educational programs to low-income neighbourhoods.

Darker and more emotional than the original version, the new track also includes verses about the US election and police shootings.

Rapper The Game asks "Where is the love when a child gets murdered or a cop gets shot down?". Rapper A$AP Rocky calls the American election a joke.

"My mumma ask me why I never vote/ because the police man wants me dead and gone/ that election looking likes a joke," he ruminates with Will Smith's son, Jaden Smith.

The song is being praised by fans online, who say the song is even more powerful and relevant now.