Danny Elfman has released a new song from his forthcoming solo album Big Mess. It’s called ‘Insects’ and it arrives with an accompanying video directed by experimental artist duo Team Rolfes. Check it out below.
‘Insects’ is a reworking of an Oingo Boingo song. “In the beginning of 2020 I was preparing a live show for Coachella. I’d been looking for old Boingo songs that connected to the dystopian nightmare I found myself immersed in at that moment in time living in America,” Elfman explained in a press release. “As I played around with different songs it occurred to me that ‘Insects’ made sense. Who were the ‘Insects,’ the blood suckers of today? It was obvious to me – they all hived together in Washington and seemed to thrive on sucking the rational sense of reality out of our brains.”
Talking about the video, Sam Rolfes said: “Every microsecond of waking life, a relentless digital swarm of information and virtual noise slowly consumes our minds, rendering us like insects being driven by manic buzzing stimuli. That said, more legs means better dancing. The video for ‘Insects’ starts off very ordinarily, following Danny Elfman as he gets ready for the day, meets some friends for lunch, but then is slowly consumed by a ravenous swarm of online static.”
‘Insects’ is the sixth single to be released from Big Mess, following ‘Happy’, ‘Sorry’, ‘Love in the Time of Covid’, ‘Kick Me’, and ‘True’. The album is out June 11 via ANTI- and Epitaph.
