The Killers' tour may be temporarily sidelined by Brandon Flowers' laryngitis, but they're certainly not suffering from a lack of exposure. The Las Vegas rock band follow their animated love story of "Miss Atomic Bomb" with the slightly creepier fare of "Here With Me," appears on The Killers' latest fourth studio album, "Battle Born." The American rock band clearly are trying to flush their video vaults before the new year, as they have spoiled us with their third music video release in two weeks.
Flowers penned this windswept cinematic ballad with the lead singer of Scottish band Travis, Fran Healy. The Killers frontman also penned three Battle Born tracks with producer Daniel Lanois, marking the first instances of someone other than a member of the group receiving a writing credit on a Killers studio album. "Here With Me" encapsulates the '80s tinged stadium rock vibe that permeates through "Battle Born," as the third single. A huge power ballad, made to be played live, "Here With Me" is one of album's anthems.
The video was filmed in Blackpool on a break in The Killers' recent U.K. arena tour, and re-teams legendary director Tim Burton and starring actress Winona Ryder, the pair, who worked together on the iconic film "Edward Scissorhands," for a tale of love, obsession and, naturally, insanity. Fans of old school Burton, who've grown tired of his more Disney flair, will no doubt revel over the throwback trademarks of wax mannequins and startling dark deco themes. Catch the clip and don’t let this chummy holiday season stop you from getting spooked. That clearly hasn't thwarted this director.
Inspired by the 1935 film, "Mad Love," this eerie clip features all of the expected dark, artistic Burton twists and sees director at his creepiest, most Gothic best, with a cruel twist in the last minute that elevates things to a whole new level of creepiness. While the rock band performing in an entirely empty, ostentatiously grand performance hall, and pale guy with bug eyes caught in a Mannequin-like romance. That is, he's in love with a wax Winona Ryder, which occasionally comes to life to love him back. As we learn in the end, mannequins are great to love because they can be your date at dinner and also your candle. Every story has a moral. Watch.
Flowers penned this windswept cinematic ballad with the lead singer of Scottish band Travis, Fran Healy. The Killers frontman also penned three Battle Born tracks with producer Daniel Lanois, marking the first instances of someone other than a member of the group receiving a writing credit on a Killers studio album. "Here With Me" encapsulates the '80s tinged stadium rock vibe that permeates through "Battle Born," as the third single. A huge power ballad, made to be played live, "Here With Me" is one of album's anthems.
The video was filmed in Blackpool on a break in The Killers' recent U.K. arena tour, and re-teams legendary director Tim Burton and starring actress Winona Ryder, the pair, who worked together on the iconic film "Edward Scissorhands," for a tale of love, obsession and, naturally, insanity. Fans of old school Burton, who've grown tired of his more Disney flair, will no doubt revel over the throwback trademarks of wax mannequins and startling dark deco themes. Catch the clip and don’t let this chummy holiday season stop you from getting spooked. That clearly hasn't thwarted this director.
Inspired by the 1935 film, "Mad Love," this eerie clip features all of the expected dark, artistic Burton twists and sees director at his creepiest, most Gothic best, with a cruel twist in the last minute that elevates things to a whole new level of creepiness. While the rock band performing in an entirely empty, ostentatiously grand performance hall, and pale guy with bug eyes caught in a Mannequin-like romance. That is, he's in love with a wax Winona Ryder, which occasionally comes to life to love him back. As we learn in the end, mannequins are great to love because they can be your date at dinner and also your candle. Every story has a moral. Watch.
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