{"id":6943,"date":"2025-06-12T15:00:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T15:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/news-gabe-bc-itp-faculty-directs-david-byrne-s-new-music-video-for\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T15:00:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T15:00:30","slug":"news-gabe-bc-itp-faculty-directs-david-byrne-s-new-music-video-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/news-gabe-bc-itp-faculty-directs-david-byrne-s-new-music-video-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabe BC, ITP Faculty, Directs David Byrne’s New Music Video for “Everybody Laughs”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On June 10th, David Byrne released his new single, ‘Everybody Laughs’, with an accompanying music video directed by ITP faculty member Gabe BC. The song is taken from ‘Who Is The Sky?’, the new album from David Byrne out September 5th on Matador Records. Below is an excerpt from a KLOF Mag article about the new song<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The track is a burst of orchestral pop, propelled by a jaunty groove and the lush, cinematic arrangements of the New York-based chamber ensemble. It finds Byrne cataloguing the shared, often unspoken, truths of existence. \u201cEverybody lives, dies, laughs, cries, sleeps and stares at the ceiling,\u201d he intones, his delivery poised between sincere observation and wry commentary. It\u2019s a litany that could feel like a platitude, but in Byrne\u2019s hands, it becomes a unifying mantra. The song builds into a joyous cacophony, with Byrne and guest vocalist St. Vincent \u201cdoing a lot of hollering and singing together,\u201d transforming the litany into a cathartic release.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomeone I know said, \u2018David, you use the word \u201ceverybody\u201d a lot.\u2019 I suppose I do that to give an anthropological view of life in New York as we know it,\u201d Byrne states in a press release. He describes a conscious effort to balance life\u2019s negatives with a countervailing musical uplift. \u201cMusic can do that \u2013 hold opposites simultaneously,\u201d he reflects. \u201cI realized that when singing with Robyn earlier this year. Her songs are often sad, but the music is joyous.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pre-save \/ pre-order the album here: https:\/\/davidbyrne.mat-r.co\/whoisthesky<\/a><\/p>\n

Stream "Everybody Laughs": https:\/\/davidbyrne.mat-r.co\/everybody…<\/a><\/p>\n

Director – Gabriel Barcia-Colombo<\/b><\/p>\n

Producer & Production Designer – Sam Bader
\nProducer & 1st AD – Maddie Browning
\nProduction Coordinator & Casting – Christina Leonardi
\nDirector of Photography – William Rexer
\nChoreographer – Celia Rowlson-Hall
\nHMU for David Byrne – Olivia Ruiz
\n2nd AD – Natalie Shinnick
\nEditors – Gabriel Barcia-Colombo & Patrick Koitzsch
\nColorist – Dan Edwards
\nTitle Design – Shira Inbar
\nLabel Creative Manager – Kalliopi Magnis
\nTodomundo Manager – Salwa Benloubane<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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