We’re still smitten with Father John Misty’s first offering from his upcoming sophomore LP I Love You, Honeybear – the sardonically beautiful “Bored in the USA”. Now, in anticipation of the next Josh Tillman release, we have a new video featuring another new song, ”Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins)”.
Shot on an iPad by Tillman and his wife Emma during an anniversary trip, the keyhold-kaleidoscope visuals depict a dreamily romantic experience between two lovers engaging in lazy-day behavior. But somehow, there’s an infectious gravity to it that makes you wish it wouldn’t end – possibly due to the fact that what we’re witnessing is real-life love between two people on their anniversary.
Tillman explains the video’s inception in a statement:
“A few months ago, I had an idea for a music video. I was going to rent a wedding chapel, get a dozen kittens and stage a kitten wedding, over which I would preside and intercut with performance footage of me lip-syncing the song which you’re hearing today, ‘Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins).’ Sounds great, right? It may have even gone viral because kittens. If a video goes viral, that means you’re reaching a wider audience, and you might even get on a chart. If you get on a chart that means you’re streaming more records, and the more records you’re streaming the more money you supposedly have for hiring kitten wranglers.
Aside from the fact that kitten wranglers are considerably more expensive than you may realize and that said-kitten wranglers all informed me there was no way we were going to be able get the outfits I had mocked up onto said-kittens, there was another extenuating factor involved in the decision to abort this music video concept and ruin the slim likelihood that I might ever get to see the Huffington Post entertainment headline ‘EX-FLEET FOXES DRUMMER WEDS CATS.’
That reason is that the song actually means a great a deal to me.
It’s got the #4 on it because this iteration Chateau Lobby was the 4th attempt at arranging and producing the song that did not turn out perversely sentimental. Sentimentality brutalizes emotion. Much like ironic music videos.
I don’t care all that much if you like the music video or not. The label isn’t crazy about it. Management isn’t crazy about it. I have been informed I’m basically kissing an MTV ‘Woodie’ award goodbye forever. I made it on an iPad on my wedding anniversary with the one I love. We ate pancakes.
I love you,
Josh.”
Watch below. I Love You, Honeybear comes out Feb. 10.
I Love You, Honeybear tracklist:
01 “I Love You, Honeybear”
02 “Chateau Lobby #4 (In C for Two Virgins)”
03 “True Affection”
04 “The Night Josh Tillman Came To Our Apt.”
05 “When You’re Smiling And Astride Me”
06 “Nothing Good Ever Happens At the Goddamn Thirsty Crow”
07 “Strange Encounter”
08 “The Ideal Husband”
09 “Bored In The USA”
10 “Holy Shit”
11 “I Went To The Store One Day”
