The album was created across multiple locations in Greece, France, and Australia. It marks the beginning of a new chapter for the siblings, who have maintained a distinct style since the release of their debut EP Chocolates and Cigarettes and breakthrough album A Book Like This in 2007.<\/p>\n
Angus & Julia Stone shared the title track to mark their album announcement, and they\u2019ve now followed that up with one of their finest music videos to date.<\/p>\n
Directed by Julia and starring Hedlund, the clip was filmed against the stunning backdrop of wild Tasmania, expanding on the attached track\u2019s themes of human connection, vulnerability, and shared experience.<\/p>\n
Hedland\u2019s performance really brings the emotional heart of \u201cKaraoke Bar\u201d to life,\u00a0capturing the quiet longing and fleeting connections that exist between strangers.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was heading to Australia and Julia asked, \u2018Would you wanna fly to Tasmania and shoot this video for \u201cKaraoke Bar\u201d with me?\u2019 And I said, \u2018In a heartbeat,\u2019 because I knew it would not only be an adventure, but it would undoubtedly be poetry,\u201d Hedlund reveals. \u201cAny time I\u2019ve ever worked with Julia it\u2019s just always been the raw epitome of what one wishes the creative process to be.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cI admire Julia\u2019s instinct as a director. She has a deep understanding of storytelling, rhythm and emotion, and a rare ability to make the audience truly feel the tenderness in the work,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n
Julia was only too happy to direct her long-time friend.<\/p>\n
\u201cDirecting the music video for \u2018Karaoke Bar\u2019 was such a special experience,\u201d she says. \u201cAt its heart, the song is about connection and the way music can bring people together. Garrett\u2019s character starts out feeling separate from the world around him, like life is happening for everyone else but not quite for him. Then, through one small decision during the course of an ordinary day, he finds himself connected to a room full of strangers.<\/p>\n
\u201cWorking with Garrett is a dream. He\u2019s thoughtful, generous and brings a real honesty to everything he does. He brought so much depth and humanity to this character, and I couldn\u2019t imagine a better person to have at the centre of this story.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hedlund\u2019s versatility as an actor has shone through in roles in Friday Night Lights, Mudbound, Tulsa King, On the Road, and many more films and television shows. He can next be seen in the upcoming Unspeakable: The Murder of Jon Benet Ramsey.<\/p>\n
Angus & Julia Stone, meanwhile,\u00a0wrote their album\u2019s title track while travelling abroad, reflecting on the feeling of a night out on the Greek Island of Hydra, near the former home of iconic singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a magical time on one of the strangest and most beautiful islands we\u2019ve ever been to,\u201d Angus previously recalled.<\/p>\n
Angus & Julia Stone\u2019s \u201cKaraoke Bar\u201d<\/a> (title track) is out now. Karaoke Bar (album) is out September 4th via Virgin Music (pre-save\/pre-order here<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Angus & Julia Stone have released a special music video for the title track of their new album,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[225816,225817,225818,225819,146,225820,85,46,225821,107818,225822],"class_list":["post-488636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-angus-julia-stone","tag-angus-julia-stone-karaoke-bar","tag-angus-julia-stone-music-video","tag-angus-julia-stone-video","tag-entertainment","tag-garrett-hedlund","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-julia-stone","tag-karaoke-bar","tag-karaoke-bar-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}