‘I was trying to spend as much of the label’s money as possible,’ he tells MTV News of new live-action clip for ‘F—ing Best Song Everrr.’ By James Montgomery Wallpaper. You’re probably wondering why Bay Area party-meister Wallpaper. decided it was time to make a live-action video for his breakout track “F—ing Best Song Everrr,” especially since the animated version has already racked up millions of views. Well, it’s pretty simple, actually: Because he wanted to. “Why make a live-action video after the cartoon video was so dope?” he asked rhetorically. “The bottom line is, I was trying to spend as much of the label’s money as possible.” So, budgets be damned, on Thursday (April 26), we finally got the world premiere of said live-action clip, an avant-garde exploration of man’s deepest desires, a willfully difficult dissertation on the battle between the moralism of the super ego and the hedonism of the id. Not really. Actually, it’s mostly about people getting sh–faced and vomiting confetti. Margaritas are also served. And that’s basically what the self-proclaimed “virtual-media hustler and disco-ball-busting crowd destroyer” was looking for. After all, even though his song may come with a rather braggadocious title, it’s really about those moments of reckless abandon when the song you’re listening to takes on epic proportions and you lose yourself in the moment. Maybe margaritas have been served, and perhaps you actually will throw up some glitter. “The song isn’t necessarily the best song ever,” he explained. “It’s about having the kind of night or the kind of moment where any record feels like the best song ever.” And love him or hate him, you’ve got to give Wallpaper. some credit: It takes genuine smarts to create a track (and video) like “F—ing Best Song Everrr,” which delights in getting supremely, sublimely stoopid. What do you think of the Wallpaper. video? Share your reviews in the comments! Related Videos Wallpaper. Have The Best Night Everrr Related Artists Wallpaper.
‘I was trying to spend as much of the label’s money as possible,’ he tells MTV News of new live-action clip for ‘F—ing Best Song Everrr.’ By James Montgomery Wallpaper. You’re probably wondering why Bay Area party-meister Wallpaper. decided it was time to make a live-action video for his breakout track “F—ing Best Song Everrr,” especially since the animated version has already racked up millions of views. Well, it’s pretty simple, actually: Because he wanted to. “Why make a live-action video after the cartoon video was so dope?” he asked rhetorically. “The bottom line is, I was trying to spend as much of the label’s money as possible.” So, budgets be damned, on Thursday (April 26), we finally got the world premiere of said live-action clip, an avant-garde exploration of man’s deepest desires, a willfully difficult dissertation on the battle between the moralism of the super ego and the hedonism of the id. Not really. Actually, it’s mostly about people getting sh–faced and vomiting confetti. Margaritas are also served. And that’s basically what the self-proclaimed “virtual-media hustler and disco-ball-busting crowd destroyer” was looking for. After all, even though his song may come with a rather braggadocious title, it’s really about those moments of reckless abandon when the song you’re listening to takes on epic proportions and you lose yourself in the moment. Maybe margaritas have been served, and perhaps you actually will throw up some glitter. “The song isn’t necessarily the best song ever,” he explained. “It’s about having the kind of night or the kind of moment where any record feels like the best song ever.” And love him or hate him, you’ve got to give Wallpaper. some credit: It takes genuine smarts to create a track (and video) like “F—ing Best Song Everrr,” which delights in getting supremely, sublimely stoopid. What do you think of the Wallpaper. video? Share your reviews in the comments! Related Videos Wallpaper. Have The Best Night Everrr Related Artists Wallpaper.
Jared Leto says they’ll be ‘bringing the world inside our process’ in an ‘intimate’ broadcast on Friday. By James Montgomery 30 Seconds to Mars Photo: Ian Gavan/ Getty Images For most of 2011 — when they weren’t setting Guinness World Records or winning MTV awards — 30 Seconds To Mars repeatedly ducked questions about their future, getting glib when asked about reports that they were calling it quits. Of course, much to the relief of the Echelon, on Tuesday, the band put any and all speculation of a split to rest, announcing that they had begun work on the follow-up to their This Is War album … which sort of raises the question: Was 30 STM just messing with us all along? Well, no. Turns out, they were about as unsure of their future as anyone else, as Jared Leto explained to MTV News. “We weren’t playing coy; we were on the road for two years, four months or so, and people started to ask us about a new album, and we didn’t have any plans. We didn’t know what the future was,” he explained. “We had been working for a really long time. We went from A Beautiful Lie right into the studio, right onto the road, I hadn’t had a significant break in years. So, at that point, I don’t think we knew what was going to happen for the future, so rather than make something up, we just told the truth: We didn’t know.” That uncertainty began to change as soon as the band finally took time to decompress following their record-setting world tour. Leto — who admitted he’s “always writing songs … it’s basically become a habit at this point” — took a glance at his notebooks and realized that he was feeling recharged and excited about the possibilities a new album would present. Though, before the band started work on the new album, they had to make one thing clear: This time around, they’d try very hard to not try very hard. “We made a commitment not to tour for all of 2012 … and I think that helped provide a lot of clarity,” Leto laughed. “And we realized there’s no way this new record could be like [ This Is War, ] because the last record was so conceptual and wrapped around this idea of conflict, because we were battling a corporation and being sued for $30 million. That was our lives, being hunkered down in the studio for a couple years, fighting this conglomerate. Of course, now, different time, different state of mind, so this album is definitely a dramatic departure.” That said, there are still some things 30 STM will keep the same on the new album … namely, incorporating the voices of their worldwide fanbase (they held a series of collaborative recording sessions — so-called “Summits” — during the making of This Is War ) and crisscrossing the globe to find inspiration. In fact, Leto rang in 2012 by making a trek to India, where inspiration was definitely not in short supply. “I was recording in India, and had an amazing experience over there, and came back with some really great material. And not so much that this is a World Beat record, it’s more about the experiences and how they’re influencing me in creative terms, emotional terms,” he explained. “I recorded a tabla player and an Indian folk singer, and I’m hoping I’m able to utilize that on a song. There was one afternoon that we climbed up above a city called Jodhpur, we were on a cliff with a 2,000-year-old fortress behind us. And they call it the blue city; all of the roofs and buildings are painted blue, and when you climb up this mountain you can get a great view of all of it. “So it was about sunset, and I had a portable set up, so we started recording. I had an external speaker, and the kids started to hear this song I was working on,” he continued. “So they started climbing out onto the rooftops of the city, and soon they were scrambling up the side of this mountain, and before we knew it, we were surrounded by dozens of these amazing Indian kids, singing and dancing along to this recording process … it was really mind-blowing.” And on Friday, fans will be able to get a first listen to some of 30 STM’s new material when the band hosts their second It’s a way of welcoming their worldwide fanbase into their laboratory, and Leto is thrilled to pull back the curtain. Because though they may be making a “dramatic departure” on album #4, some things will remain the same. “There are a lot of people around the world who just can’t jump on a plane and be part of a show, and that’s what we provide [with VyRT]. The event on Friday is different, it’s not based around an existing show, it’s a show we created and designed, and it’s going to be a lot of fun for us,” he said. “There will be some music, there will be some mistakes. We’re bringing the world inside our process, it will be intimate. I’m going to play some songs, some old songs, some new songs and then maybe some newer songs I’ve been working on. I’ll play a piece of a song here or there — I doubt I’m going to play an entire song, but you never know. It’s new territory.” Related Videos Buzzworthy Exclusives
Jared Leto says they’ll be ‘bringing the world inside our process’ in an ‘intimate’ broadcast on Friday. By James Montgomery 30 Seconds to Mars Photo: Ian Gavan/ Getty Images For most of 2011 — when they weren’t setting Guinness World Records or winning MTV awards — 30 Seconds To Mars repeatedly ducked questions about their future, getting glib when asked about reports that they were calling it quits. Of course, much to the relief of the Echelon, on Tuesday, the band put any and all speculation of a split to rest, announcing that they had begun work on the follow-up to their This Is War album … which sort of raises the question: Was 30 STM just messing with us all along? Well, no. Turns out, they were about as unsure of their future as anyone else, as Jared Leto explained to MTV News. “We weren’t playing coy; we were on the road for two years, four months or so, and people started to ask us about a new album, and we didn’t have any plans. We didn’t know what the future was,” he explained. “We had been working for a really long time. We went from A Beautiful Lie right into the studio, right onto the road, I hadn’t had a significant break in years. So, at that point, I don’t think we knew what was going to happen for the future, so rather than make something up, we just told the truth: We didn’t know.” That uncertainty began to change as soon as the band finally took time to decompress following their record-setting world tour. Leto — who admitted he’s “always writing songs … it’s basically become a habit at this point” — took a glance at his notebooks and realized that he was feeling recharged and excited about the possibilities a new album would present. Though, before the band started work on the new album, they had to make one thing clear: This time around, they’d try very hard to not try very hard. “We made a commitment not to tour for all of 2012 … and I think that helped provide a lot of clarity,” Leto laughed. “And we realized there’s no way this new record could be like [ This Is War, ] because the last record was so conceptual and wrapped around this idea of conflict, because we were battling a corporation and being sued for $30 million. That was our lives, being hunkered down in the studio for a couple years, fighting this conglomerate. Of course, now, different time, different state of mind, so this album is definitely a dramatic departure.” That said, there are still some things 30 STM will keep the same on the new album … namely, incorporating the voices of their worldwide fanbase (they held a series of collaborative recording sessions — so-called “Summits” — during the making of This Is War ) and crisscrossing the globe to find inspiration. In fact, Leto rang in 2012 by making a trek to India, where inspiration was definitely not in short supply. “I was recording in India, and had an amazing experience over there, and came back with some really great material. And not so much that this is a World Beat record, it’s more about the experiences and how they’re influencing me in creative terms, emotional terms,” he explained. “I recorded a tabla player and an Indian folk singer, and I’m hoping I’m able to utilize that on a song. There was one afternoon that we climbed up above a city called Jodhpur, we were on a cliff with a 2,000-year-old fortress behind us. And they call it the blue city; all of the roofs and buildings are painted blue, and when you climb up this mountain you can get a great view of all of it. “So it was about sunset, and I had a portable set up, so we started recording. I had an external speaker, and the kids started to hear this song I was working on,” he continued. “So they started climbing out onto the rooftops of the city, and soon they were scrambling up the side of this mountain, and before we knew it, we were surrounded by dozens of these amazing Indian kids, singing and dancing along to this recording process … it was really mind-blowing.” And on Friday, fans will be able to get a first listen to some of 30 STM’s new material when the band hosts their second It’s a way of welcoming their worldwide fanbase into their laboratory, and Leto is thrilled to pull back the curtain. Because though they may be making a “dramatic departure” on album #4, some things will remain the same. “There are a lot of people around the world who just can’t jump on a plane and be part of a show, and that’s what we provide [with VyRT]. The event on Friday is different, it’s not based around an existing show, it’s a show we created and designed, and it’s going to be a lot of fun for us,” he said. “There will be some music, there will be some mistakes. We’re bringing the world inside our process, it will be intimate. I’m going to play some songs, some old songs, some new songs and then maybe some newer songs I’ve been working on. I’ll play a piece of a song here or there — I doubt I’m going to play an entire song, but you never know. It’s new territory.” Related Videos Buzzworthy Exclusives
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Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus debuted her new HBO series Veep over the weekend, and she — along with husband/director Brad Hall — appears eager to add independent filmmaking to her repertoire. The pair hit the Tribeca Film Festival with their new short Picture Paris , teasing the project at an Apple Store event and hinting that this will not be their last foray into the indie space. Starring Dreyfus, the film follows a woman with an extraordinary obsession with Paris and a surprising past. “It was a way to dip our toes into the independent film world,” Dreyfus said at the event co-hosted by Indiewire. “It was like being in our old theater days, so we called in favors from friends and it was a great experience.” “The short is based on true life,” Hall added. “We had a kid heading off to college and it’s a major life-changing event. So I wrote a script by chance and I showed it to Julia. It has a good amount of twists and turns, and Julia said, ‘maybe we should just make it.'” Hall and Dreyfus are used to working together, but noted that this project allowed them to call the shots, which they are hoping to replicate on a future feature. “I’ve written other shorts about Paris,” Hall said, “but then we realized that we can’t really recoup our money making shorts, so we are going to do an independent feature, but keep the same group together.” Hall also contributed a complimentary gush about the French capital where they shot their short over six days, calling it “the Buenos Aires of Europe.” As for Veep , Dreyfus apologized for the onslaught of posters around New York City at the moment promoting the new HBO comedy in which she plays a fictional vice president of the United States. She said the show’s tagline is that the “buck stops somewhere near here,” but noted also that it is decidedly non-partisan. “This is a show about political behavior,” she said. “You’ll never see the actual president, and you’ll never know which party I belong to.” Read all of Movieline’s Tribeca 2012 coverage here .
Don’t let the overseas Battleship hype fool you: “Allen’s Rome-set pic, consisting of four non-intersecting vignettes, one of which starring Roberto Benigni — making a rare appearance in a film not directed by himself — pulled more alone than the total weekend gross of the five titles that follow it in Italy’s weekend box office chart: Battleship , Titanic 3D , Street Dance 2 , Mirror Mirror and The Intouchables , which together totaled $3.54 million this weekend. ‘The combined effect of Allen and Benigni proved to be huge magnet,’ said one Italo exhibber.” Related: I am totally calling my next band Italo Exhibber. [ Variety
British actress Emily Blunt has traveled both the studio and indie route during her career, most recently appearing in Lasse Hallström’s specialty feature Salmon Fishing in the Yemen and starring this week opposite Jason Segel in Universal’s romantic comedy The Five-Year Engagement . Meanwhile, another project Blunt is promoting in New York, writer-director Lynn Shelton’s Your Sister’s Sister , joined Engagement as part of this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, still underway in Manhattan. The smaller of her two Tribeca titles, Sister proved something of career déjà vu for Blunt, who told an Apple Store audience that her experience working on the feature reminded her of her very first film feature role. “The whole time I was shooting my first film My Summer of Love [2004], I was terrified because it was all improvised,” Blunt said at the event, co-hosted this past weekend by Indiewire . “I hadn’t worked that way in years, so I was [eager] to do it again. It’s daunting, but I was excited.” Your Sister’s Sister co-stars Blunt as Iris, who sends her good friend Jack (Mark Duplass) to her family’s island following the death of his brother. After he arrives at the island getaway, he has a surprising encounter with Iris’s sister Hannah (Rosemarie DeWitt), which unleashes a revealing stretch of antics over the course of several days. While the film is intended to be dramatic, comedic elements surface even in surprising ways for the actors. “I almost felt sorry for my character because when I was playing her, I was thinking very seriously,” said DeWitt, commenting on audience laughter during some scenes with her character. “But I think that when people laugh, they’re seeing themselves in the character,” Blunt added. Filming Your Sister’s Sister , Shelton worked with Blunt, DeWitt and Duplass as collaborators, in a working style she calls “collaborative and improvisational” — reminiscent of Shelton’s more recent feature Humpday (which also starred Duplass) and her debut feature We Go Way Back (2006). “I like to attach the actors first and then get the script together,” Shelton said. “The studio way is to have a script first, then you get the actors.” Shelton added that her methodology for making a film is akin to a playdate: “My way is to get friends together and say, ‘Let’s make a film this summer.’ It’s hard to do that with the studio system.” Shelton will next put her approach to the test with her upcoming — and comparatively larger-budgeted — Touchy Feely . The film will have a 20-day shoot boasting an ensemble cast (including DeWitt and Ellen Page) and many story lines, a departure from the more streamlined plot in Sister . “I’ve made five features in my cheap way, so I think I deserve this,” Shelton said. As for Blunt, the rising star will continue to promote The Five-Year Engagement , in which she stars opposite Segel as a bride-to-be chasing a fleeting wedding day, and has a number of other projects waiting in the wings. “I love the variety and choices out there,” said Blunt. “I want to do all things. As an actor, you want to have a bag of tricks that you never get to the bottom of.” Your Sister’s Sister opens June 15 in limited release from IFC Films. Read all of Movieline’s Tribeca 2012 coverage here . [Top photo: Getty Images; middle photo of (L-R) Blunt, DeWett, and Shelton: Movieline]
Mary Harron ’s The Moth Diaries is appropriately titled in more ways than one: Groups of the fluttering, flittery creatures make a dramatic appearance in the story, which is adapted from Rachel Klein’s popular young adult novel about a possible vampire stalking unsuspecting adolescents at an all-girls boarding school. And the picture itself is wispy and translucent – it has no weight or body, and in some ways it feels more like a TV pilot than a feature film, barely substantial enough to fill up the big screen. Even so, it offers glancing pleasures of the atmospheric kind – the impact is the equivalent of a filmy cobweb brushing against your cheek. It tickles more than it bites. Sixteen-year-old Rebecca (Irish actress Sarah Bolger) has just returned to school for the semester. Her father, a poet, committed suicide not long ago, and Rebecca has been haunted by the event. But she’s ready for the new school year, and she’s looking forward to spending lots of time with her classmates, particularly her bestest best friend, Lucie (Sarah Gadon). Their school, formerly a turn-of-the-century luxury hotel, is the kind of place where the grounds are well-manicured and the bathtubs are long and deep – the girls take steamy, soft-focus baths and then shimmy into their long white cotton nighties before drifting off to sleep. Or perhaps not: The arrival of a mysterious new student named Ernessa (the ethereal-looking model Lily Cole , who appeared in Terry Gilliam’s Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus ) is unsettling enough to disturb their sleep patterns. She’s a tall, humorless girl who shimmers down the hallways like a Junior Morticia. She has the painted face of a stylized, porcelain doll, with two penciled-in arcs for eyebrows and a rosebud where her mouth should be. Her stare is especially glassy, though it also penetrates deeply. Rebecca takes an instant dislike to her, but Lucie is fascinated, and before long, Ernessa has the latter girl completely under her spell. Mysteriously, Lucie becomes pale and skinny and proceeds to waste away right before Rebecca’s eyes. Rebecca is worried sick about her friend; she’s also soothingly jealous that Ernessa has taken her place in Lucie’s affections. Who is this Ernessa person? And what does she want, other than to stir up semi-lesbian undertones (or overtones, depending on how you look at them) in the story? That’s the mystery Harron, along with crack DP Declan Quinn, works toward solving, in a misty, wispy, indirect sort of way. The movie’s conclusion is pat and disappointing, but Harron – whose last feature was the smart, sensitive Notorious Bettie Page – is good at laying down moody atmospherics along the way, including moonlit dream-terrors and a display of adolescent disaffection that’s like something out of a softer, gauzier Carrie . Also, Scott Speedman shows up, as a hunky poetry teacher, to keep things safely semi-hetero. The whole thing is rather silly, but it does offer the occasional elegant, gothic shiver. And if, for a possible vampire story, it doesn’t have much in the way of teeth – well, moths don’t either, do they? Follow Stephanie Zacharek on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
