OneRepublic have just released the music video for their new single, "Counting Stars," the third single from American rock band's latest third studio album, "Native," which begins with "Counting Stars," a song of hope in big dreams with hypnotic yet extremely energetic vibe. It's incredibly catchy, driven at first by an acoustic guitar and followed by a figurative bass drop with synths. "Native" doesn't stray too far from this upbeat path and its songs all talk about feeling good through a relationship and doing everything to keep it alive.
The uplifting tunes, "Counting Stars," was written, and produced by frontman Ryan Tedder, who brought the high energy back with his hard-charging and countrified take on "Counting Stars," which is a song that sounds like OneRepublic's attempt at indie folk - acoustic guitars, shouted harmonies, Lumineers-inspired "heys" and Mumford-like builds, sure, but the soaring pop melodies, too. "Counting Stars" is definitely one of the best songs on "Native." At least Tedder recycles some of the bluesy swagger for "Counting Stars," easily their most interesting tune since "Apologize."
"We put 'Counting Stars' first because that was the song that consolidated and explained the eclectic nature of the album," said Tedder. "Obviously I love big pop melodies, but it's not that simple. If you don't like 'Counting Stars,' you won't likely be into the rest of the album. That song is my personal favorite, if not one of my two favorites." Sure enough, it's an extremely effective and infectious song with Tedder's polished pop hijacking a folk song, and a little R&B attitude in there as well. It's the new album's most instantly likable song, and is also the album's biggest departure from OneRepublic's previous work.
The video was shot in the basement of an old church in New Orleans and directed by James Lees. While the Colorado band performs downstairs in a run-down building, a therapy-cum-protestant-church-service is going on upstairs above them. As the epic new single reaches its climax, so does the ritualistic gathering upstairs, become ever more and more psychedelic through a combo of wild dancing and loud music. Well, it's all fun and ritualism until the wooden floorboards give way and some enthusiastic "gatherer" falls through the floor ceiling and lands butt first in front of a band of rockers just after they finish singing. It's epic though and just another day in the life of OneRepublic.
The uplifting tunes, "Counting Stars," was written, and produced by frontman Ryan Tedder, who brought the high energy back with his hard-charging and countrified take on "Counting Stars," which is a song that sounds like OneRepublic's attempt at indie folk - acoustic guitars, shouted harmonies, Lumineers-inspired "heys" and Mumford-like builds, sure, but the soaring pop melodies, too. "Counting Stars" is definitely one of the best songs on "Native." At least Tedder recycles some of the bluesy swagger for "Counting Stars," easily their most interesting tune since "Apologize."
"We put 'Counting Stars' first because that was the song that consolidated and explained the eclectic nature of the album," said Tedder. "Obviously I love big pop melodies, but it's not that simple. If you don't like 'Counting Stars,' you won't likely be into the rest of the album. That song is my personal favorite, if not one of my two favorites." Sure enough, it's an extremely effective and infectious song with Tedder's polished pop hijacking a folk song, and a little R&B attitude in there as well. It's the new album's most instantly likable song, and is also the album's biggest departure from OneRepublic's previous work.
The video was shot in the basement of an old church in New Orleans and directed by James Lees. While the Colorado band performs downstairs in a run-down building, a therapy-cum-protestant-church-service is going on upstairs above them. As the epic new single reaches its climax, so does the ritualistic gathering upstairs, become ever more and more psychedelic through a combo of wild dancing and loud music. Well, it's all fun and ritualism until the wooden floorboards give way and some enthusiastic "gatherer" falls through the floor ceiling and lands butt first in front of a band of rockers just after they finish singing. It's epic though and just another day in the life of OneRepublic.
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