"I just think it's high time that, if we're going to think about what independence and what freedom really looks like, ours was never really acknowledged," he said

"I just think it's high time that, if we're going to think about what independence and what freedom really looks like, ours was never really acknowledged," he said during his visit to Jimmy Kimmel Live. "I mean, yeah, there's 47 states that observe it, but that's not a paid holiday. We deserve a paid holiday."

The "Happy" singer added, "But this is serious because this is for not only me, but this is for, like, my ancestors that absolutely came through on the hull of a ship in Virginia, you know, 400 years ago—over 401 years ago. So, for me, this was incredibly symbolic and it's necessary."