Posted at 1:43 PM Mar 10, 2009
By Sharon SteelThe Yeah Yeah Yeahs' forthcoming third full-length album
It's Blitz! has already
leaked, so we're being treated to
an early, exclusive premiere of the video for lead single "Zero." Frontwoman and all-around-awesome-Brooklyn-girl Karen O gave AOL's Spinner blog
some background on the song and the trio's intentions for the video:
"It made sense that the visuals would take you on a journey and keep
you on the move -- no sitting still for too long in the city landscape
of bright lights, dark alleys and glittering streets. 'Zero''s
sentiment is to revel in being you -- you're a zero so screw it! It's
the underdogs, the rebels, the outsiders that have always captivated me
growing up so I decided why not flaunt that side of myself in the
video."
Karen O loves the underdogs, we love Karen O. As well as the bedazzled monogrammed leather jacket she's rocking. But did the bit with the shopping carts seem strongly reminiscent of
Radiohead's "Fake Plastic Trees" video? (The YYY's even shot a scene in a supermarket, though the carts were gone by the time they got there.) Karen O cites Bjork's "All Is Full Of Love" and "Thriller" as her two favorite videos, but there must have been a little Thom Yorke inspiration up in this piece.
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