On the cusp of returning to North America for the wildly anticipated second leg of their universally acclaimed tour in support of Hyperdrama, French electronic standard-bearers Justice have released a new video for the album’s breakout hit ‘Neverender (starring Tame Impala)‘ as it continues its steady ascent on the Alternative Radio chart. Produced by Cekai and directed by Masanobu Hiraoka with Kota Iguchi (Tokyo 2020 Olympics) and Armand Beraud (IRIS, A Space Opera by Justice), the ‘Neverender’ music video is a fantasmagoric journey through the minds of Justice and Tame Impala as they explore the world of Hyperdrama via an animation style that seamlessly fuses classic Art Nouveau aesthetics with vintage Japanese anime.
“The Neverender music video gave us the perfect opportunity to channel many of our visual influences, all while making them more distinctive through Masanobu Hiraoka’s unique reinterpretation,” state Justice. “Together with longtime collaborators Pascal Teixeira and Armand Beraud, we drew initial inspiration from the title sequences of the 1980s anime we grew up on, which set the visual tone for the video. From there, other key images from our teenage years naturally came into play. Whether it was the work of Moebius, psychedelic art, graphic novels, or iconic film posters that fascinated us, Masanobu’s style seamlessly absorbed and unified them all.”
The video is accompanied by the announcement that a new ‘Neverender’ Remixes EP featuring two new edits by Justice alongside reworks by musical masterminds Kaytranada and Keinemusik’s Rampa is set for release this Friday. After kicking off with the album version, Justice provides two alternate glimpses of the song via a radio edit and a properly hypnotic extended mix that is likely to make listeners wish the song’s title were literal. These are followed by Kaytranda’s electronic escapism, spinning the song into a stripped-back, highly swung, and spaced-out harmonic trip of pure bliss. The EP closes with Rampa lifting the original into a state of steady groove, steady rhythm, and steadily uplifting energy. Check it out here.
The band will kick off the next US leg leg of their universally acclaimed tour this weekend, including a long sold out performance at Los Angeles’s iconic Hollywood Bowl, marking the band’s biggest US headlining show to date, marquee festival performances at Portola Festival, iii Points Festival, and Life is Beautiful Block Party, amid a nation spanning run of sold out headline concerts. After unveiling their dazzling new live show at Coachella, the band went into depth about the 18 month process behind putting the production together in a profile for New York Times and have gone on to yield rave reviews across the globe, including a five star review from Rolling Stone for their rapturously received Glastonbury set. Tickets for the tour here.
Hyperdrama, the duo’s first new album in eight years, features the new single ‘Neverender (starring Tame Impala)’ – one of two collaborations with Kevin Parker – and twelve additional songs that play host to a panoply of esteemed, handpicked collaborators including Thundercat, Miguel, The Flints, Rimon, and Connan Mockasin. Listen here.
