On June 10th, David Byrne released his new single, 'Everybody Laughs', with an accompanying music video directed by ITP faculty member Gabe BC. The song is taken from 'Who Is The Sky?', the new album from David Byrne out September 5th on Matador Records. Below is an excerpt from a KLOF Mag article about the new song:
The track is a burst of orchestral pop, propelled by a jaunty groove and the lush, cinematic arrangements of the New York-based chamber ensemble. It finds Byrne cataloguing the shared, often unspoken, truths of existence. “Everybody lives, dies, laughs, cries, sleeps and stares at the ceiling,” he intones, his delivery poised between sincere observation and wry commentary. It’s a litany that could feel like a platitude, but in Byrne’s hands, it becomes a unifying mantra. The song builds into a joyous cacophony, with Byrne and guest vocalist St. Vincent “doing a lot of hollering and singing together,” transforming the litany into a cathartic release.
“Someone I know said, ‘David, you use the word “everybody” a lot.’ I suppose I do that to give an anthropological view of life in New York as we know it,” Byrne states in a press release. He describes a conscious effort to balance life’s negatives with a countervailing musical uplift. “Music can do that – hold opposites simultaneously,” he reflects. “I realized that when singing with Robyn earlier this year. Her songs are often sad, but the music is joyous.”
Pre-save / pre-order the album here: https://davidbyrne.mat-r.co/whoisthesky
Stream "Everybody Laughs": https://davidbyrne.mat-r.co/everybody...
Director - Gabriel Barcia-Colombo
Producer & Production Designer - Sam Bader
Producer & 1st AD - Maddie Browning
Production Coordinator & Casting - Christina Leonardi
Director of Photography - William Rexer
Choreographer - Celia Rowlson-Hall
HMU for David Byrne - Olivia Ruiz
2nd AD - Natalie Shinnick
Editors - Gabriel Barcia-Colombo & Patrick Koitzsch
Colorist - Dan Edwards
Title Design - Shira Inbar
Label Creative Manager - Kalliopi Magnis
Todomundo Manager - Salwa Benloubane
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