YEARS & YEARS UNVEIL OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE, “SWEET TALKER”

Years & Years & Galantis have released a video for brand new single “Sweet Talker”. Years & Years’ highly-anticipated new album, ‘Night Call’, set for release January 7^th via Interscope Records, also features the pulsating queer anthem “Crave”, “Starstruck” and more. 
 
The video for “Sweet Talker,” directed by Sophia Ray, offers a surreal, playful twist on Olly Alexander’s latest anthem, transforming the ghosting behind the track into a modern, medieval fable. 

 
Speaking about the video, Ray reveals that the video was “inspired by iconic fantasy films like ‘Labyrinth’ and ‘Gretel & Hansel’: a sickly sweet but dark take on a fairytale, where superstar Olly Alexander finds himself trapped in an enchanted castle by a mysteriously sexy beast. The concept behind the video takes the Greek mythical tale of King Midas, and turns it on its head, where Olly finds a magic sword in his escape through this castle, that turns anyone he slays into candy. Olly had some amazing references and a real clear aesthetic style when it came to the brief for this video, full of whimsy, fashion and fantasy – it got me excited straight away to start coming up with ideas from his moodboards. Olly and I then developed the concept and creative for the video together to really bring it to its full fruition.”

The new track, which Billboard called “a romantic, glorious dancefloor anthem,” with Dancing Astronaut labeling it “a tour de force,” sees Olly teaming up with dance music giants Galantis in an ode to all the verbal virtuoso’s out there texting sweet nothings and promising the world but seeing none of it through. Ghosting is part of modern romance, but Olly won’t settle for it so decided to reclaim the narrative of his own encounters and relationships gone sour. Setting a new standard for songwriting in dance music since 2009, Galantis is a collaborative project led by Christian Karlsson aka Bloodshy (Little Mix, Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Katy Perry, and Britney Spears). 
 
The new track follows hot on the heels of news that Years & Years’ third album ‘Night Call’ will be released January 7^th. “Sweet Talker” serves as the follow up to “Crave,” released earlier this year alongside an incredible video featuring Olly and castmates from his Award-winning HBO Max drama ‘It’s A Sin’ (Omari Douglas, Nathaniel Hall, David Carlisle) plus the likes of Munroe Bergdorf. With its release, “Crave” received praise from the likes of E! Online who hailed the track for taking listeners “into a fantasy world with a dance floor,” with Vulture lauding the track as a “sensual yearning-on-the-dance-floor slow-burner.”

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