UK band The Vamps are "survivors" in the newly-premiered music video for "Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart)," the fifth single from their debut album "Meet the Vamps." On this track, The Vamps borrowed the chorus from Simon and Garfunkel's 1970 hit tune "Cecilia." Just like they did with their previous single "Somebody to You," which featured Demi Lovato on the official single edit, The Vamps have asked a US artist to feature on the single edit of "Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart)." This time it wasn't a popular artist like Lovato, but a Canadian newcomer: Shawn Mendes.
They have been tipped as the pretenders to One Direction's pop throne but The Vamps insist that they are completely different to the boy band. Although they admire their chart rivals and would love to emulate their success, lead singer James McVey insists there are very few similarities between the two groups. Speaking to MailOnline ahead of the exclusive premiere of their new video "Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart)," he said: "We don't really care about the comparisons but our music is very different. We play instruments and write. However, they are probably the most successful band in the world so we wouldn't say no to their success."
The video for "Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart)" was shot in Malaga by director Frank Borin and the band loved every minute of it. McVey said: "We shot it in Malaga and we'd never done a video abroad before and it's kind of like a desert island style thing and we're stranded on the island. We meet the natives and don't want to leave. They were quite long days but we loved it. The song has been the song on our songlist from day one so it's always been one of our favorites 'When we play it live, the fans love it and so we wanted it to be a single.'"
The clip has a "Survivor" theme. After being shipwrecked, The Vamps find themselves on a lonely tropical island and learn to fend for themselves. They build a place to live, search for water and food, and make a "Vamps Help" sign with palm tree leaves placed on the sand. While on a recon mission of the island, the British band is ambushed by a group of females who inhabited the island before them. They take them to their camp, and thankfully for our singing friends, the girls are peaceful and rather friendly. They hang out until one day a plane flies over the island and The Vamps have to chase it as it is their only chance of going back to civilization.
They have been tipped as the pretenders to One Direction's pop throne but The Vamps insist that they are completely different to the boy band. Although they admire their chart rivals and would love to emulate their success, lead singer James McVey insists there are very few similarities between the two groups. Speaking to MailOnline ahead of the exclusive premiere of their new video "Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart)," he said: "We don't really care about the comparisons but our music is very different. We play instruments and write. However, they are probably the most successful band in the world so we wouldn't say no to their success."
The video for "Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart)" was shot in Malaga by director Frank Borin and the band loved every minute of it. McVey said: "We shot it in Malaga and we'd never done a video abroad before and it's kind of like a desert island style thing and we're stranded on the island. We meet the natives and don't want to leave. They were quite long days but we loved it. The song has been the song on our songlist from day one so it's always been one of our favorites 'When we play it live, the fans love it and so we wanted it to be a single.'"
The clip has a "Survivor" theme. After being shipwrecked, The Vamps find themselves on a lonely tropical island and learn to fend for themselves. They build a place to live, search for water and food, and make a "Vamps Help" sign with palm tree leaves placed on the sand. While on a recon mission of the island, the British band is ambushed by a group of females who inhabited the island before them. They take them to their camp, and thankfully for our singing friends, the girls are peaceful and rather friendly. They hang out until one day a plane flies over the island and The Vamps have to chase it as it is their only chance of going back to civilization.
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