Anybody can give flowers and chocolate, Avicii's gift this Valentine's Day is much more unique. Just in time for February 14, the Swedish hitmaker has released the official music video exclusive on Us Weekly for his new single, "Addicted to You," the fourth single off of Swedish producer and deejay's debut hit album "True," which reached number two in the UK and five in the US upon its release back in September. Like a movie trailer, the video is packed with nudity, gun violence and romance between two women.
The 24-year-old Avicii wrote this song with the 71-year-old songwriter Mac Davis, who is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame thanks to his Elvis Presley compositions, which include "In The Ghetto" and "A Little Less Conversation." Davis lent a timeless story to the song, comparing his unconditional love for a girl to a drug addiction. It's a storyline that has permeated many hits, including '80s classics by Robert Palmer and Huey Lewis & the News. Davis said that he wrote this song the way he always does: sitting for hours with his guitar on his lap. He said in Rolling Stone that Avicii is like "a mad scientist, with his computer and his focus," adding, "I may be an old fart, but I love EDM."
The song, which features uncredited vocals by the Adele-esque American folk singer Audra Mae from Oklahoma, is a foot-stomping anthem about passionate, obsessive love and Avicii's sexy, action-packed video reflects that. Conceived and directed by Sebastian Ringler and filmed over six days in December and January, taking winter as the backdrop, the clip plays like a movie trailer for a Bonnie and Clyde-inspired period piece, but with the crime life of two girls as the trouble-making lovebirds. Armed with both guns and sex appeal, the femme fatales wreak havoc all over the country to a soulful, synth melody.
The video begins with a waitress, played by Swedish actress Madeleine Martin, waiting for her partner, played by fellow Swedish actress Hedda Stiernstedt, to give the cue. The couple then robbed the diner, and at night time, they intend to steal the cash stored in the vault of a bank. The girls are about to nail the mission until the police comes in. A sniper shoots down one of the girls. The surviving lover holds her girlfriend until she bleeds out to her death. In a shocking ending, the brunette puts a bomb in her bag, runs towards the police and makes it explode killing everyone in the scene, including her. Revenge was served!
The 24-year-old Avicii wrote this song with the 71-year-old songwriter Mac Davis, who is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame thanks to his Elvis Presley compositions, which include "In The Ghetto" and "A Little Less Conversation." Davis lent a timeless story to the song, comparing his unconditional love for a girl to a drug addiction. It's a storyline that has permeated many hits, including '80s classics by Robert Palmer and Huey Lewis & the News. Davis said that he wrote this song the way he always does: sitting for hours with his guitar on his lap. He said in Rolling Stone that Avicii is like "a mad scientist, with his computer and his focus," adding, "I may be an old fart, but I love EDM."
The song, which features uncredited vocals by the Adele-esque American folk singer Audra Mae from Oklahoma, is a foot-stomping anthem about passionate, obsessive love and Avicii's sexy, action-packed video reflects that. Conceived and directed by Sebastian Ringler and filmed over six days in December and January, taking winter as the backdrop, the clip plays like a movie trailer for a Bonnie and Clyde-inspired period piece, but with the crime life of two girls as the trouble-making lovebirds. Armed with both guns and sex appeal, the femme fatales wreak havoc all over the country to a soulful, synth melody.
The video begins with a waitress, played by Swedish actress Madeleine Martin, waiting for her partner, played by fellow Swedish actress Hedda Stiernstedt, to give the cue. The couple then robbed the diner, and at night time, they intend to steal the cash stored in the vault of a bank. The girls are about to nail the mission until the police comes in. A sniper shoots down one of the girls. The surviving lover holds her girlfriend until she bleeds out to her death. In a shocking ending, the brunette puts a bomb in her bag, runs towards the police and makes it explode killing everyone in the scene, including her. Revenge was served!
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