Thanks to the successful inaugural season of Youtube Premium series, ‘Step Up: High Water,’ the Hip Hop dance show was green lit for a season 2 (due for a March 20 premiere). Ahead of its return, Grammy-winning singer Ne-Y0 – who stars as “Sage” on the show – has lent his talent to its accompanying soundtrack with three high energy tunes.
The first, titled ‘Genesis,’ has been tapped to kick off the highly anticipated collection. A New Jack Swing-inspired affair, Ne-Yo recently took to our friends at Billboard to discuss the motivation behind the song’s creation:
“My inspiration for the song was my character Sage’s arc and going back to his beginnings. The music and feel that inspired him to choose music over the streets. He loses his way and has to go back to his roots to find it,” he said.
Hear it inside:
Step Up: High Water is based off the 2006 blockbuster flick of the same name.