Damn, they've got the mooooooves.
You Me At Six have unveiled some truly heroic dance moves in their brand-new video.
The clip for 3AM – which is taken from the band's forthcoming VI album, due out on October 5 via Underdog Records/AWAL – is cleverly split into two very different segments: (Act 1: Expectation) and (Act 2: Reality).
Frontman Josh Franceschi explains more: “The idea came from watching Wolf Of Wall Street. In the film there is a scene where the main protagonist [Leonardo DiCaprio] has a split reality when under the influence of what he believes to be true and what is actually true. That just resonated with us. I worked quite closely with Dan Broadley [director] as I found myself doing a lot of 'acting' in this video. It was new, and a challenge, but he gave me the confidence to embrace it and also have the freedom to go off script.”
Director Dan adds: “I remember really early on in the process, we had this unhinged creative conversation about what we all wanted this video to be and how we wanted to push the boundaries of what people expected of You Me At Six. I recalled this amazing scene in The Wolf Of Wall Street where it shows Leo making it back home in his Lamborghini whilst totally off his head on drugs, however it later reveals what really happened… and the journey didn't go as well as he remembered. I loved that idea and wanted to adapt it to a 'night out' scenario where Josh plays this bouncy alter-ego of himself. I think a highlight was persuading the guys to learn a full dance routine to perform at the climax of the song…”
Check it out below! And be sure to pick up this week's issue of Kerrang! for an exclusive behind-the-scenes peek on the set of the video.
Excellent.
Catch YMA6 on tour – supported by the mighty Marmozets and The Xcerts – at the following:
November
21 Leeds O2 Academy (performing Take Off Your Colours)
22 Birmingham O2 Academy
23 Manchester Victoria Warehouse
24 Manchester Victoria Warehouse (performing Take Off Your Colours)
26 Newcastle O2 Academy (performing Take Off Your Colours)
27 Glasgow Barrowland
28 Glasgow Barrowland (performing Take Off Your Colours)
30 London O2 Academy Brixton
December
1 Cardiff University Great Hall
2 London O2 Academy Brixton (performing Take Off Your Colours)
3 London O2 Academy Brixton (performing Take Off Your Colours)
6 Bournemouth O2 Academy (performing Take Off Your Colours)
7 Sheffield O2 Academy (performing Take Off Your Colours)
8 Norwich UEA (performing Take Off Your Colours)
9 Nottingham Rock City (performing Take Off Your Colours)
