Kevin Morby has partnered with Lonnie Holley to release a new standalone track titled 'Nursery Rhyme' to raise funds for gun violence prevention.
According to Pitchfork, all proceeds from the track are designated for Everytown for Gun Safety, recognized as the largest gun safety organization in the United States. The collaborative single was issued exclusively through Bandcamp rather than traditional streaming platforms.
Morby revealed that he deliberately avoided algorithm-driven platforms to control how audiences encounter the release. In a public statement, the songwriter described the track as the darkest and most violent piece of music he has ever written.
The songwriter originally drafted 'Nursery Rhyme' during the summer of 2025. The eventual release followed weeks after a fatal school shooting occurred in Bend, Oregon, prompting Morby to speak out against weapons violence and commercial greed.
The charity single arrives a decade after Morby released 'Beautiful Strangers', an earlier track addressing gun violence and systemic tragedy that touched on the Pulse nightclub shooting and the death of Freddie Gray.