“When I’m Gone” hit a new streaming milestone in the same month as the music video for this song earned 1 billion views on Spotify.
It was released in 2005 as the lead single to “Curtain Call: The Hits” and received mixed to negative reviews from music critics. But time proved them wrong.
The success of this heart-wrenching song about parenting, responsibility, and mortality shows how misguided some biased views about Marshall’s music are. This song is loved not because he’s rapping fast, goofing, or making controversial statements with high shock value. This song is near and dear to the hearts of many because of its honesty, open vulnerability and humanity. Listeners can recognise themselves in this song and find the strength to turn their lives around, to keep going, and to become a better person, just like the main character of the song did. Like Marshall did.
“When I’m Gone” has become Eminem’s 23rd song to reach 500 million streams on Spotify.
