Where all of us can meet on the dance floor, forget the outside and lose ourselves in the healing waters of music and love eternal.”Ī post shared by DUA LIPA Your Song artist also released a statement about the record and opened up about his bond with Lipa. “ take them into our world, the psychedelic lazer black lit club. “Setting a stage for the two greatest performers in the world today Sir Elton John and Dua Lipa, we knew we had to go in deep,” they explained. Speaking on the track’s infectious production, electronic producers PNAU said they wanted to take Lipa and John into their “psychedelic” world. To make this release even more iconic, the two pop legends also unveiled a stunning accompanying video for the track.ĭirected and animated by Raman Djafari, the visual showcases animated versions of John and Lipa as they traverse a dynamic and euphoric universe.įrom stop motion characters and intricate dance routines to extraterrestrial fantasy lands and trippy animation, the video for Cold Heart is a fun and mind-blowing experience. Throughout the hypnotic song, Lipa and John deliver incredible vocals that are sure to leave fans yearning for their own trip to the dance floor. “This video wouldn’t be what it is without each one of them.Sir Elton John and Dua Lipa have dropped their brand new collaboration Cold Heart (PNAU Remix), and it’s everything.īacked by a modern disco sound, the dance record was created using a combination of four classic Elton John tracks – Kiss the Bride, Rocketman, Where’s the Shoorah, and Sacrifice. “I knew that this would bring a lot of attention but it’s nonetheless a bit overwhelming… Seeing how great it has been received was a wonderful feeling though.” He also sings the praises of his “amazing” team who he urges people to follow. “Just the thought of having a project of mine be seen by millions of people made me really anxious,” he writes. On Instagram, Djafari simply says the project was “really fun to make” and, despite the pressures of working for two of the biggest pop stars in the world, has been gratifying. He’s no newbie to the music video genre, with music videos for Lucky Chops and Fjaak winning major animation awards at La Guarimba and Animattikon, respectively. This latest short however is pure sugary delight. Known for his bizarrely brilliant characters and worlds, this project also shows another tone to the director’s work, whose previous films for Adult Swim and band Squid are more sinister and unnerving. There is also a trippy countryside scene where flowers with juicy lips bop and the clouds are shaped like unicorns and castles. Then animated versions of Dua and Elton, hand-drawn by Seo Young, invite the characters to explore more of Djafari’s vivid landscapes: an interplanetary one where each gets their own planet to dance atop. Created over lockdown, Djafari and his team wanted to encapsulate “a post-lockdown feeling to get back to a place where we can once again enjoy and feel music together in a fresh 2021-kind-of-way”.
According to producers Blinkink, the video aimed to create a galaxy “full of celebration, dance and joy”. One dancer draws a shooting star in the sky, while flying fish seem to effervesce from the souls of their shimmying shoes while giant flowers with eyes grow and surround them with nature. As the characters strut their stuff, 2D hand-drawn elements adorn the frames, adding an ethereal energy. The video sees a gang of four claymation-like 3D characters dressed to the nines in disco gear – platforms, flares, waistcoats and Elton-esque flamboyant glasses to boot – arrive via escalators through a portal in space, to a camp, glittering party. For what is poised to be the biggest pop star collaboration this year, Djafari has directed the video for Dua Lipa and Elton John’s Cold Heart (PNAU remix), bringing his signature surrealism and mixed media techniques in bounds. Raman Djafari has a firmly established following for his wildly imaginative music videos and films, but this latest commission sees the animator leap to the big leagues.
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