Watch: Moby’s New Video for “The Perfect Life” Featuring Wayne Coyne
Watch Moby’s new video for “The Perfect Life” featuring The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne.
“The Perfect Life” is the first single off of his upcoming album, Innocents. The song is a blend of electronic and soul the culminates into an uplifting and melodic anthem. The video features both musicians parading through the streets of Los Angeles with a cast of eccentric characters in tow, including an “S&M gimp rhythmic gymnast”, “eight roller-skating ghosts”, “12 goth choir members”, “2 obese bearded bikers in red speedos”, “a punk rock brass band” and “a drunk king.”
Here is what Moby had to say about working with Coyne:
“Wayne Coyne and I ended up doing a duet on ‘The Perfect Life’: we sing the choruses together, and then go back and forth on the verses. Wayne and I first met in 1995, when The Flaming Lips and I were both opening up for a Red Hot Chili Peppers’ European tour. We became friends, shared a dressing room and the same bad craft services, and watched the Chili Peppers from the side of the stage. I thought of Wayne for this song because The Flaming Lips have evolved in this very open, celebratory band when they play live, and that was the perfect vibe for what I was imagining for ‘The Perfect Life.’ I texted Wayne and said, ‘Hey, I have a song – want to sing on it?’ Thirty seconds later, he texted me back: ‘Yes, send it to me, it will be great.”
Watch “The Perfect Life” video below:
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Moby has announced only three live shows in support of Innocents at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles on October 2nd, 3rd, and 4th.
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