Following the success of single "We Are Young," Fun. return and hit the battlefield in their new video for "Some Nights," the second single and the title track from their sophomore studio album, which has been released since February and made its debut on Billboard Hot 200 at the third place. The clip very artfully showcases a battle between Union and Confederate soldiers, and "Some Nights" is a sure-fire contender for the sound and anthem of this summer!Fun. named their album after this track as they feel it best represents not only their entire record, but also where they're at as a band. "I think that the song 'Some Nights' just kind of sums up who we are as a band, and while it's über-personal, I think it gives people a lot of stuff to relate to. It's not a love song; it's a song about being an underdog and trying to figure out where you fall into that situation," lead vocals Nate Ruess told MTV News.
After all, "Some Nights" is very much about the inner battle he - and most of us, really - faces on a daily basis: the challenge of trying to find a balance between wildly different desires, of giving in to basic instincts one moment, then attempting to walk the moral tightrope the next. There is genuine guilt and frustration and even actual anger, he can't believe he acts the way he does, and yet, he cannot imagine acting any other way. And above all else, he truly can't comprehend how one person can be this complex, this hell-bent on destruction.
The Anthony Mandler-directed clip, takes place on a battlefield that evokes the Civil War, is more like a short film than actual music video, with 5:41 minutes needed to have this story truly come to life. With Ruess and his bandmates performing on a makeshift stage in the middle of the firefight, fans see a glimpse of a young man and older gentleman who both happen to be soldiers in their respective separate lives. It concludes in the aforementioned gun battle, where the two coincidentally face off. You never see your enemy as more than just that, and Fun. delve right into that notion with this one. But really, "Some Nights" is a video about war and its tragic outcomes.
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