Hot Chip share "Broken" video + remixes

Hot Chip share "Broken" video + remixes

August saw the release of Hot Chip’s acclaimed eighth album Freakout/Release whilst September saw the band play to nearly 20,000 fans in their hometown across their 4 night residency at London’s Brixton Academy. Today, Hot Chip are pleased to share the new video and several remixes for album cut “Broken”. Amidst a bright backdrop and a beaming chorus, “Broken” finds Taylor emotively exploring the feeling of defeat, as well as how the people around us help put ourselves back together. “Sometimes you see friends who are really struggling with things in their lives,” he explains, “and you feel empathy for what they’re going through. We can all relate to the feeling of being broken down by things.” 

The video, directed by Maxim Kelly of Caviar, is a take on the classic boy band video but one made by malfunctioning A.I. Kelly says: “I’m intrigued by A.I. machines doing artwork. In the future, robots and computers might make music videos too, this is what I imagine the first will look like. I referenced the boyband videos I grew up watching on MTV, overly sentimental with emotional and gut-wrenching performances. In this video, soulless androids run through all the motions and cliches of these videos with deadpan robotic precision. It’s a pop video with all the entertaining and watchable bits taken out.” 

On the remix front: Jacques Lu Cont, aka producer Stuart Price (Dua Lipa, Madonna, Pet Shop Boys, Rina Sawayama) offers a souped-up house version of “Broken” whilst Planningtorock’s “Planningtohope” remix plays on the themes of the song as it gradually opens up to reveal a hopeful and warmer dance edit. Closing the trio of remixes are DeeWee artist Each Other, aka Justin Strauss & Max Pask, who have created a bubbling epic, eight minutes of drawn out dancefloor deliciousness. 

Additionally, the band (Owen Clarke, Al Doyle, Joe Goddard, Felix Martin and Alexis Taylor) have been confirmed to headline next summer’s Kaleidoscope Festival at London’s Alexandra Palace.  

Upcoming live dates
3rd February – The Warehouse Project @ Depot Mayfield, Manchester
30th April – Warm Up Festival, Murcia
17th June – Beyond the Pale, Wicklow
15th July – Kaleidoscope Festival @ Alexandra Palace, London
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Hot Chip Freakout/Release

Album | 19th August 2022

Freakout/Release is another dizzying high in a multi-decade career that’s seen Hot Chip continuing to innovate and develop a rich, resonant songcraft. And while they continue to operate at peak form, the album also feels like a new chapter for the group—a collection of flesh-and-blood songs that finds the band reaching into the darkness to emerge as a true creative unit, their gazes fixed positively on the future ahead.

Tracklisting

  • 1Down
  • 2Eleanor
  • 3Freakout/Release
  • 4Broken
  • 5Not Alone
  • 6Hard To Be Funky feat. Lou Hayter
  • 7Time
  • 8Miss The Bliss
  • 9The Evil That Men Do feat. Cadence Weapon
  • 10Guilty
  • 11Out Of My Depth

Hot Chip Freakout/Release

Album | 19th August 2022

Freakout/Release is another dizzying high in a multi-decade career that’s seen Hot Chip continuing to innovate and develop a rich, resonant songcraft. And while they continue to operate at peak form, the album also feels like a new chapter for the group—a collection of flesh-and-blood songs that finds the band reaching into the darkness to emerge as a true creative unit, their gazes fixed positively on the future ahead.

Tracklisting

  • 1Down
  • 2Eleanor
  • 3Freakout/Release
  • 4Broken
  • 5Not Alone
  • 6Hard To Be Funky feat. Lou Hayter
  • 7Time
  • 8Miss The Bliss
  • 9The Evil That Men Do feat. Cadence Weapon
  • 10Guilty
  • 11Out Of My Depth
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