Music / NewsMassive Attack release tense new video for ‘Come Near Me’The strange, stylish clip for the Ghostpoet-featuring single follows a couple adrift in a ‘painfully normal’ worldShareLink copied ✔️July 29, 2016MusicNewsText Selim Bulut Massive Attack’s “Come Near Me” Massive Attack have released a new song for their Ghostpoet-featuring “Come Near Me”. The song was released earlier this week via Fantom, the band’s reactive remix app, that plays songs in different configurations depending on a variety of environmental settings with your phone. Its tense, stylish new video, directed by Ed Morris, was shot in a day in Hove, and stars Kosovar actress Arta Dobroshi and British actor Jonathan Aris as a couple adrift in a destructive relationship. “The idea, everything I considered came from the track,” Morris tells us, “The notion of an emotional stand off, an impasse, came about quite early. I explored that visually.” “When you are going through something tough emotionally the world around you can seem so surreal. So pointless,” he continues, “The world we portray around them is a very normal one, almost painfully normal. It’s a complete contrast to their madness.” Morris describes the video as a “very singular, simple visual narrative”, but this simplicity is given a sudden jolt midway through when it’s interrupted by the unexpected use of Massive Attack’s own “Unfinished Sympathy”. “‘Unfinished Sympathy’ brings such nostalgia and love with it,” Morris says, “It’s basically the 90s showing up in a present day promo.” Watch the video above, and check out some behind-the-scenes shots too. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.TrendingNothing launches ‘Club Nothing’ nightlife series with a global fundAlongside its new global dance music event series, Nothing is awarding four independent creatives $10,000 each through the Club Nothing Fund to bring their biggest club nights, event series or festivals to lifeMusicMusicWhy everyone hates the FIFA World Cup halftime showPull&BearFashionSongs Worth Reading: Sophia Stel and PULL&BEAR find dark academia in ParisBeauty10 of the hottest Instagram accounts fusing art, sex and eroticaLife & CultureIs this the most corrupt World Cup ever?Escentric MoleculesBeautyJoin Dazed and Escentric Molecules for a night of scent and self-expressionFashionOpenAI is the latest tech giant threatening us with bad clothesDazed LeagueInside an intimate soccer watch party in New YorkBeautyWhy are women now talking like looksmaxxers?Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy