Barry Keoghan appears in the video for Fontaines D.C.'s new single, Bug, which was directed by Oscar-winning director Andrea Arnold.
The new video is a shortform reimagination of Arnold’s forthcoming film Bird, which stars Dublin actor Keoghan, and includes unseen footage.
Released this Friday, Bird also stars Franz Rogowski (Passages), and newcomer Nykiya Adams and also sees Fontaines D.C. guitarist Carlos O’Connell making his big screen debut while the band’s music features prominently in the film’s soundtrack.
Speaking about the video, Arnold, whose previous films include American Honey, Fish Tank, and Cow) says: "I’ve loved the Fontaines since I first heard them. Some music just sits in your bones like it always belonged, like you know it already, like it’s part of you.
"It’s why I asked to use Too Real and A Hero’s Death for my Bird film. Their music felt like it belonged there. In my world. They were immediately generous in letting me use those tracks which was just fucking brilliant.
"That generosity brought energy which gets poured into the life of the film. I am grateful for all the positive energy that comes when you make a film.
"Extending the images and my Bird world for the Bug track felt like the most natural thing in the world. Like part of the same thing. I wouldn’t have done it had I not felt that. And I would hardly do it for anyone."
O’Connell added, "Andrea Arnold was kind enough to cut up a sequence to our tune Bug featuring Barry Keoghan playing the character Bug in her new movie Bird. Bug’s a song that happened quickly and convinced everyone quicker.
"Big thanks to Andrea Arnold for letting us in so close to her visionary universe. She’ll be remembered how we remember Bacon or Goya."
Bug is the latest track to be lifted from Fontaines D.C.’s fourth album, Romance. The band play two sold-out shows at the 3Arena, Dublin on 6 and 7 December.
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