Game of Thrones and Peaky Blinders star Aidan Gillen stars in the surreal new video for Fontaines D.C.’s A Hero’s Death.
Gillen, who plays Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish in the hit HBO show, takes the role of a chat show host called Georgie Barnes on the fictional Tonight Tonight Tonight.
He goes backstage to meet the band before things take a turn for the sinister, complete with hand puppets and melting faces.
Gillan, who also appeared in The Wire, jumped at the chance to star in the video after catching the band’s very first shows in Dublin.
The track and accompanying video marks the return of the Dublin five-piece since 2019’s Mercury Prize-nominated Dogrel, which was named as one of the Daily Star writers’ albums of the year.
The new album, also named A Hero’s Death, will be released on July 31 via Partisan Records.
It was recorded with Speedy Wunderground super producer Dan Carey at his London studio, who also produced their stunning debut.
Fontaines D.C.’s Grain Chatten, centre, said A Hero’s Death is “about the battle between happiness and depression” (Image: Richard Dumas)
Speaking about the song and video, Fontaines D.C. frontman Grian Chatten said: “The song is a list of rules for the self, they’re principles for self-prescribed happiness that can often hang by a thread.
“It’s ostensibly a positive message, but with repetition comes different meanings, that’s what happens to mantras when you test them over and over. There’s this balance between sincerity and insincerity as the song goes on and you see that in the music video as well.
“That’s why there’s a lot of shifting from major key to minor key. The idea was influenced by a lot of the advertising I was seeing – the repetitive nature of these uplifting messages that take on a surreal and scary feel the more you see them.
“The title came from a line in a play by Brendan Behan, and I wrote the lyrics during a time where I felt consumed by the need to write something else to alleviate the fear that I would never be able follow up ‘Dogrel.’
“But more broadly it’s about the battle between happiness and depression, and the trust issues that can form tied to both of those feelings.”
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
