16 May 2023

Band: YEAH YEAH YEAHS
Song/clip: MAPS
More than 80 million views on YouTube,
more than 152 million streams on Spotify

From YYY’s grand debut album FeverTo Tell released 20 years ago (29 April 2003).

Album artwork

Video: “The clip shows the band playing in an audition in a high school gymnasium, with different light filters changing the color of the room. Karen O’s crying in the video was not staged. She explains: “They were real tears. My boyfriend at the time (Angus Andrew) was supposed to come to the shoot – he was three hours late and I was just about to leave for tour. I didn’t think he was even going to come and this was the song that was written for him. He eventually showed up and I got myself in a real emotional state.”

Watch/listen.

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