{"id":18445,"date":"2013-09-09T14:27:14","date_gmt":"2013-09-09T22:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=18445"},"modified":"2013-09-11T16:28:08","modified_gmt":"2013-09-12T00:28:08","slug":"watch-arcade-fires-official-video-for-the-title-song-off-their-new-album-reflektor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2013-09\/watch-arcade-fires-official-video-for-the-title-song-off-their-new-album-reflektor\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Arcade Fire&#8217;s Official Video for the Title Song Off Their New Album &#8220;Reflektor&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/arcade-fire-reflektor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-18448\" alt=\"arcade-fire-reflektor\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/arcade-fire-reflektor-650x487.jpg\" width=\"635\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/arcade-fire-reflektor-650x487.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/arcade-fire-reflektor-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/arcade-fire-reflektor-450x337.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/arcade-fire-reflektor.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After all sorts of traumatic tease, <a href=\"http:\/\/reflektor.arcadefire.com\/\"><strong>Arcade Fire<\/strong><\/a> today released the title song and official video from their new album entitled <em><strong>Reflektor<\/strong><\/em> scheduled to be released on<strong> October 29th<\/strong>.\u00a0 At 7:42 long, the song continues to grow on you as it plays out.\u00a0\u00a0 In addition to the usual winning vocals by <strong>Win Butler<\/strong>, the song features <strong>Regine Butler<\/strong> singing in French and added vocals of <strong>David Bowie<\/strong> (which can be heard most prominently from the 4:56 mark on).\u00a0 We&#8217;ll get back to you on the meaning of the video&#8217;s visuals, although we&#8217;re pretty sure the above graphic represents some kind of anagram homage to this website.\u00a0 Check out the full lyrics of the song at bottom, which seem to be a timely indictment of life and human-relationships in the devolving &#8220;smart&#8221;-phone gestalt.<\/p>\n<p>The new album was produced by <strong>LCD Soundsystem&#8217;s James Murphy,<\/strong> and the new song bears his strong imprimatur.\u00a0 After the official video, check out the <strong>Behind the Scenes<\/strong> video behind the video, which was directed by<strong> Anton Corbijn<\/strong> (<strong>Tom Waits<\/strong>, etc.).\u00a0 All bodes well for the new album.\u00a0 Word has also arrived that <strong>Arcade Fire<\/strong> will appear on the season opener of <strong>Saturday Night Live<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7E0fVfectDo\" height=\"425\" width=\"625\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_3D8hYIfpqg\" height=\"425\" width=\"625\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[Verse 1]<br \/>\nTrapped in a prism, in a prism of light<br \/>\nAlone in the darkness, darkness of white<br \/>\nWe fell in love, alone on a stage<br \/>\nIn the reflective age<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus &#8211; R\u00e9gine Chassagne]<br \/>\nEntre la nuit, la nuit et l\u2019aurore.<br \/>\nEntre le royaume des vivants et des morts.<br \/>\nIf this is heaven<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t know what it\u2019s for<br \/>\nIf I can\u2019t find you there<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t care<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nI thought I found a way to enter<br \/>\nIt\u2019s just a Reflektor (It&#8217;s just a Reflektor)<br \/>\nI thought I found the connector<br \/>\nIt\u2019s just a Reflektor (It&#8217;s just a Reflektor)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nNow, the signals we send, are deflected again<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re still connected, but are we even friends?<br \/>\nWe fell in love when I was nineteen<br \/>\nAnd now we&#8217;re staring at a screen.<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus &#8211; Variation &#8211; R\u00e9gine Chassagne]<br \/>\nEntre la nuit, la nuit et l&#8217;aurore.<br \/>\nEntre le royaume des vivants et des morts.<br \/>\nIf this is heaven<br \/>\nI need something more<br \/>\nJust a place to be alone<br \/>\nCause you&#8217;re my home<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge 1]<br \/>\nIt\u2019s just a reflection of a reflection<br \/>\nOf a reflection of a reflection<br \/>\nWill I see you on the other side?<br \/>\nWe all got things to hide<br \/>\nIt\u2019s just a reflection of a reflection<br \/>\nOf a reflection of a reflection<br \/>\nWill I see you on the other side?<br \/>\nWe all got things to hide<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 3]<br \/>\nAlright, let&#8217;s go back<br \/>\nOur song escapes, on neon silver discs<br \/>\nOur love is plastic, we&#8217;ll break it to bits<br \/>\nI want to break free, but will they break me?<br \/>\nDown, down, down<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t mess around<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge 2]<br \/>\nThought you would bring me to the resurrector<br \/>\nTurns out it was just a Reflektor (It\u2019s just a Reflektor)<br \/>\nThought you would bring to me the resurrector<br \/>\nTurns out it was just a Reflektor (It\u2019s just a Reflektor)<br \/>\nThought you would bring to me the resurrector<br \/>\nTurns out it was just a Reflektor (It\u2019s just a Reflektor)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a Reflektor<br \/>\nIt\u2019s just a Reflektor<br \/>\nJust a Reflektor<br \/>\nWill I see you on the other side?<br \/>\nIt\u2019s just a Reflektor<br \/>\nWill I see you on the other side?<br \/>\nWe all got things to hide<br \/>\nIt\u2019s just a Reflektor<br \/>\nWill I see you on the other side?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After all sorts of traumatic tease, Arcade Fire today released the title song and official video from their new album entitled Reflektor scheduled to be released on October 29th.\u00a0 At 7:42 long, the song continues to grow on you as it plays out.\u00a0\u00a0 In addition to the usual winning vocals by Win Butler, the song [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18445\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}