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David Bowie shares ‘Blackstar’ video
Track is taken from an album of the same name (‘★’).
David Bowie has revealed an ultra-ambitious, dramatic video for ‘Blackstar’, the lead single from his new album of the same name (stylised as ‘★’).
Bowie’s Johan Renck-directed video is intensely creepy. It builds from outer space simplicity into a crazed collection of religious references, dancing zombies, scarecrows coming back from the dead. Just a few dates late post-Halloween, one minute it shows Bowie in gospel chanting form, the next as a blindfolded attic-dweller. It’s very full-on.
The track runs close to ten minutes, journeying from rich balladry to creepy atmospherics to retro-fused rock. An epic in every form, then.
‘Blackstar’ consists of seven tracks, and it’s released on 8th January.
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David Bowie - Legacy - The Very Best of David Bowie
David Bowie - LIVEANDWELL.COM
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David Bowie - I Can’t Give Everything Away (2002 - 2016)
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