The iconic American band have shared the second single from their first album in nine years

Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ sizzling banger Burning, produced by Andrew Wyatt (Miike Snow), was influenced by the lyrical songwriting of The Four Seasons’ track, Beggin’, incorporating infectious piano, strings and disco beats. Including Yeah Yeah Yeah’s frontwoman, Karen O’s, backstory of an experience that led to the inspiring Burning track.

“Back when I was nineteen living in the East Village, one night a roommate dragged me out of the apartment for an impromptu drink across the street, I left a votive candle burning on a plastic Yaffa block which, in my absence, set flame to my room,” O broadcast on their Facebook page.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs announced their return back in June by releasing Spitting Off the Edge of the World, featuring Perfume Genius, alongside an accompanying music video. Their last album, Mosquito, was released in 2013, including some of their most well-known tracks: Despair, Wedding Song and Sacrilege. Nearly a decade later, they continue to pose their unique post-punk essence, enthusiastic high-energy, and experimental avant-garde music videos that set themselves apart from their peers.  

The cinematic and edgy music video for Burning, produced by Cody Critcheloe, is amazingly choreographed with visuals filmed in black and white; combining contrasting colour textures of blue and red, adding subtitled dialogue to characters. Near the ending scene, Karen O snaps open a black fan with a message: “Fuck off Karen”.

Cool It Down, the fifth studio album from Yeah Yeah Yeahs, is out on September 30th via Secretly Canadian.

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