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New Katy Perry Music Video Is Chock Full Of Horror References
Katy Perry is really hit or miss with me. Wait, let me amend that last statement: Katy Perry is pretty much always a miss with me but occasionally has the rare hit (I won’t lie, I really enjoy “Part Of Me”). I guess I just don’t see what her appeal is anymore. So she had a hit with “You’re So Gay” followed by “I Kissed A Girl”. So what? What else has she done that is so exciting or exhilarating? Pretty much every other song she has released is really generic and/or boring. Plus she somehow manages to use the most annoying phrases and words in pop lyric history. Want examples? Just listen to any song and you’re golden.
Whatever, I’m obviously showing my distaste and I try to remain impartial (coughBULLSH*Tcough). So, that being said, let’s talk about the new Katy Perry video for “Wide Awake”, which is, as the headline states, chock full of horror imagery.
Here are some films that I caught elements of in the video: Labyrinth, Pan’s Labyrinth, A Nightmare On Elm St. 3: Dream Warriors, The Ring, Alice In Wonderland, Orphan, and Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Yeah, all of those in one video. The problem is that for as visually polished and beautiful the video is, it isn’t exciting to watch. This is only hindered by the song itself being even more boring. Still, with all of these elements, I figured I’d bring it to your attention (watch it below) and ask what do you think of it?
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It’s a new day, and you’ve got new John Carpenter to listen to. John Carpenter, Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter have released the new track He Walks By Night this morning, the second single off their upcoming album Lost Themes IV: Noir, out May 3 on Sacred Bones Records.
Lost Themes IV: Noir is the latest installment in a series that sees Carpenter releasing new music for John Carpenter movies that don’t actually exist. The first Lost Themes was released in 2015, followed by Lost Themes II in 2016 and Lost Themes III: Alive After Death in 2021.
Sacred Bones previews, “It’s been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become Lost Themes, his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood’s great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. With Lost Themes IV: Noir, they’ve struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration.
“Since the first Lost Themes, John has referred to these compositions as “soundtracks for the movies in your mind.” On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs “noirish” is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone.
“The trio’s free-flowing chemistry means Lost Themes IV: Noir runs like a well-oiled machine—the 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster from Kiss Me Deadly, perhaps, or the 1958 Plymouth Fury from John’s own Christine. It’s a chemistry that’s helped power one of the most productive stretches of John’s creative life, and Noir proves that it’s nowhere near done yielding brilliant results.”
You can pre-save Lost Themes IV: Noir right now! And listen to the new track below…
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