The Killers offer a brief, but beautiful modern-day Cindrella story in their starry video for the gleaming new single "Shot At The Night" as the first single off of American rock band's upcoming 10th anniversary first greatest hits compilation, "Direct Hits," due out November 11. As the cautionary adage goes, what happens in Vegas stays in The Killers' new video and Sin City is their home base after all, and what better way to continue immortalizing their city than with lots of shots of the Strip, an unlikely dalliance between two attractive actors, and a maze of reflective glass surfaces.
Produced by the French electronic musician Anthony Gonzalez of M83, this glitzy synth opera "Shot At The Night," is a soaring synth-pop song and one of two new tracks that feature on their best-of collection "Direct Hits." The other fresh cut, "Just Another Girl," was produced by longtime collaborator Stuart Price. The album also include singles from the band's four studio albums to date Regarding the album's release, vocalist Brandon Flowers noted, "This record feels like a great way to clean everything up and move onto the next thing."
A neon-lit love story comes to life and Las Vegas romance blooms in the Roboshobo-directed clip, which begins with scenes of daily drudgery as a hotel maid (played by Bella Heathcote, Dark Shadows) makes beds and vacuums casino carpets inside the palace-like Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, mindlessly going through the motions of what appears to be a daily routine. She goes home alone where she rests before returning to work the following day, and nearly hits a cute pedestrian (Max Minghella, Ides of March) with her car at a crosswalk while daydreaming.
She goes about her housekeeping duties, when fate once again brings them together and Minghella and his friends convince the dutiful Heathcote to blow off work for a night on the town. Interspersed are reflected profile shots of Flowers singing the dreamy song from a high rise hotel, the two enjoy Vegas, riding a motorcycle down the Strip, watching a poker game, holding hands and kissing against the wall of a building, and just like any Las Vegas love story. The video ends after the enamored couple watches others get married at a typical Vegas wedding chapel. It's well after midnight, and he kisses her tenderly as the sun rises before she rushes back to work.
Produced by the French electronic musician Anthony Gonzalez of M83, this glitzy synth opera "Shot At The Night," is a soaring synth-pop song and one of two new tracks that feature on their best-of collection "Direct Hits." The other fresh cut, "Just Another Girl," was produced by longtime collaborator Stuart Price. The album also include singles from the band's four studio albums to date Regarding the album's release, vocalist Brandon Flowers noted, "This record feels like a great way to clean everything up and move onto the next thing."
A neon-lit love story comes to life and Las Vegas romance blooms in the Roboshobo-directed clip, which begins with scenes of daily drudgery as a hotel maid (played by Bella Heathcote, Dark Shadows) makes beds and vacuums casino carpets inside the palace-like Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, mindlessly going through the motions of what appears to be a daily routine. She goes home alone where she rests before returning to work the following day, and nearly hits a cute pedestrian (Max Minghella, Ides of March) with her car at a crosswalk while daydreaming.
She goes about her housekeeping duties, when fate once again brings them together and Minghella and his friends convince the dutiful Heathcote to blow off work for a night on the town. Interspersed are reflected profile shots of Flowers singing the dreamy song from a high rise hotel, the two enjoy Vegas, riding a motorcycle down the Strip, watching a poker game, holding hands and kissing against the wall of a building, and just like any Las Vegas love story. The video ends after the enamored couple watches others get married at a typical Vegas wedding chapel. It's well after midnight, and he kisses her tenderly as the sun rises before she rushes back to work.
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