“Danse Macabre” music video animated using AI

Duran Duran have released the title song “Danse Macabre” from their album, which will be released on October 27th – and show a monster party in the accompanying music video. In keeping with the release date of their latest work, which is scheduled to appear a few days before Halloween, animated horror characters can be seen dancing to the new track. The band members also appear as skeleton-like figures.

Creative director Linc Gasking used AI technology to create the animated clip. In addition to Dracula, Pennywise, Nosferatu and the undead version of the Duran Duran band members, the song also adapts to the dark mood of the video: “Get dirty up on a danse macabre.” The band line-up in the video also reveals the return of former guitarist Warren Cuccurullo, who left the group in 2001. The keyboardist Nick Rhodes explained in a statement about the video that artificial intelligence helped to bring one’s own ideas and ideas to life:

“We started by thinking about who would be on the ultimate Halloween party guest list, then quickly developed a selection of witches, mythical beasts, vampires and demons using the latest AI animation techniques.”

The band unveiled the 13 songs from their new album “Danse Macabre” in August and explained that the concept came about after the group’s Halloween concert last year. In addition to reworked Duran Duran tracks, the track list also contains several gothic cover versions of songs such as “Bury a Friend” by Billie Eilish, “Paint It, Black” by the Rolling Stones and “Spellbound” by Siouxsie and the Banshees . Duran Duran also collaborated with Måneskin bassist Victoria De Angelis to reinterpret the Talking Heads song “Psycho Killer”. In addition to De Angelis, Nile Rodgers, Mr. Hudson and the band’s original guitarist Andy Taylor will also be featured on the record.

Duran Duran most recently released their fifteenth album “Future Past” in 2021, which featured guest contributions from Chai, Ivorian Doll, Mike Garson and Tove Lo.