Talking Heads premiered the first music video of his iconic success “Psycho Killer”starring Saose ronan to celebrate the 50th anniversary of your live debut.
The band had been hinting at an ad through a brief clip of the moon at night and the sun emerging behind the clouds, which they said would arrive today (June 5). The fans hoped they were hinting at a meeting, but it turned out to be different from what they anticipated.
The video coincides with the 50th anniversary of the live debut of the band, where they opened for the Ramones in CBGB on June 5, 1975.
Directed by Mike Millsthe video shows a young woman (Ronan) in her daily routine: her bedroom, kitchen, office and car, transforming every day into a different version of herself. In some moments, it ranges between satisfaction, fury and insensitivity, falling sudden outbursts or silences.
“This video makes the song better. We love what this video is not: it is not literal, spooky, bloody, physically violent or obvious,” the band said in a press release. “
Mills added: “This album literally changed what was possible in life for me, so being able to play with the subversive and uncertainty beauty of Talking Heads, and play with Saoarse, who brought so much surprise, power, vulnerability and mischief to the party, is one of the best things that I could have been part; I still cannot believe that it really happened.”
Meanwhile, Ronan said: “Simply be mentioned along with Talking Heads is, without a doubt, one of the most great things that happened to me, and even more to make a video with the singular Mike Mills to accompany one of his most iconic songs: ‘Psycho killer’. I grew up listening to his music, so this is really a dream of my childhood, adolescence and life come true. Doing it, and I’m looking forward to Talking Heads fans see! “
“Psycho Killer” was first launched in 1977 and remains one of the best known songs of Talking Heads. It also became the first single from the band to enter the success lists.
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Talking Heads has not acted together since 1984 and was officially dissolved in 1991. Although the formation ads have been scarce since then, the four founding members (David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Jerry Harrison and Chris Frantz) They met in 2023 for their first complete meeting in 20 years.
That meeting was held on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of its iconic concert film, Stop Making Senseand had numerous appearances in the press and a question and answers session with the director Spike Lee. This was followed by a tribute album with versions of the band’s most famous songs, played by The National, Miley Cyrus, Paramore and he killed a motorized policemanamong other artists.
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