Edmonton artist Cadence Weapon calls on Oilers fans to participate in music video shoot – Edmonton

Edmonton rap artist Cadence Weapon is calling on all Oilers fans to join him Monday afternoon as he shoots a music video for the reworked version of his Connor McDavid tribute song.

The born and raised Edmontonian wrote the original song in 2017 to honor the Oilers superstar and the entire team.

The artist has been fielding calls for years to update the song's lyrics. With the Oilers reaching the Stanley Cup Final, he felt it was the perfect time to rework the hit.

“I’m really, really proud of the team. I’m really happy that they got to this point,” the musician said in an interview with Global News on Friday.

“I really feel like we could be a team of destiny.”

During what he calls one of the craziest weeks of his life, Cadence Weapon got to work. After rewriting the song in one day last Monday, he went into the studio on Tuesday and sent the reworked version to his label on Wednesday. The song is already available for download.

“It’s been a pretty crazy experience,” he said.

“I have a lot of nostalgia for this last run to the Stanley Cup. I lived right off Whyte Ave and I remember the craziness and energy of the city. I wanted to kind of bring people back to that. Where were you in 2006? »

The updated version of the song includes references to the 2006 Cup run, the Whyte Avenue Black Dog bar and players on the current roster.

The former poet laureate of the city of Edmonton said the reworked song is about hockey, but he also wanted to make it an ode to his hometown.

“I really just wanted to create music to make people feel some local pride in Edmonton.”

In a social media post from Toronto's Pearson Airport on Sunday, Cadence Weapon called on Oilers fans to meet him at the Bob and Doug McKenzie statue outside Edmonton's Rogers Place at 3:30 p.m. Monday for filming the video.

“If you want to be a part of the video, if you're currently based in Edmonton, come see us,” he said. “We arrive, we have a good time. It will be a celebration of Edmontonia.

“Let’s go, Oilers.”

The statue is located at 103^rd Street and 103^rd Avenue, south of Rogers Place.

Cadence Weapon hopes to attend Game 3 of the playoff series while he is in Edmonton. He also hopes to hear his song everywhere he goes while he's in town.

“I want you to play it in your truck, I want you to play it in your car, at your party, at Moss Pit.”

Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals will take place Monday night in Sunrise, Florida. The puck will drop just after 6 p.m. MT.

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