5 Seconds of Summer launched a artistic new video for “Valentine,” and it makes use of the lyrics to point out the boys in a brooding, intense sort of love.
The clip exhibits the band as disembodied heads in opposition to a black background, and the digital camera focuses on their mouths singing the phrases or their arms taking part in devices. Images of cherry pie interweaves into the scene in keeping with the lyrics, “It do not matter, be combative or be candy cherry pie,” and a balloon pops as much as the refrain’ line: “Throw balloons, teddy bears and the chocolate eclairs away/Got nothing however love for you.”
The darkish, androgynous aesthetic of the video was precisely what drummer Ashton Irwin meant, as he directed the clip alongside photographer Andy DeLuca. “Collaboration has always been one of the key most important things about 5 Seconds Of Summer since day one and co-directing the video with Andy was an incredible and very fluid experience,” Irwin said of the video in a statement. “There are a few things we wanted to capture; the androgyny and the feminine element of the way Luke performs as well as the dark romance of the song. This video is us taking something into our own hands and attempting to be a part of every single detail of what we create. We hope you enjoy it and I’m looking forward to making many more.”
5SOS is presently within the midst of their North American Meet You There tour in help of their current album Youngblood. Watch the “Valentine” video beneath.
