The Grammy Award for Best Use of a Hall & Oates Sample goes to… British synthpoppers the XX. “On Hold” floats the idea of singers Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim as busted lovers stuck in a distant orbit around a wonderfully malfunctioning snippet of “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do).” The song was produced by band member Jamie XX as well as frequent collaborator Rodaidh McDonald. Vocals are sung back-and-forth between Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim.
“On Hold” is a song by English indie pop band the XX. It was released on 10th November 2016 as the lead single from their third studio album, I See You (2017).
We are so happy to share our new video for ‘I Dare You’. Our love letter to Los Angeles, a city close to our hearts, where we wrote and recorded parts of our album ‘I See You’. This is the third video, our friend, the wonderful Alasdair McLellan has directed for us. He collaborated with a hero of ours, Raf Simons on the creative concept and direction. It was amazing to work with both of them and such a pleasure to meet and work with Millie, Paris, Ashton, Lulu and Ernesto! Thank you to Calvin Klein and everyone involved. We hope you enjoy watching! xx The xx
The action starts when a daydreaming student (Brown) misses the bus for school, freeing her up for a day of adventure. Along with Jackson, Sanders and a few other lucky L.A. natives, Brown ends up at a tiny poolside concert by the xx where the trio of Jamie Smith, Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim work through “I DareYou,” a sleek, chugging new-wave cut.
“I See You” came out in January 2017 the band released a deluxe edition of the record containing three extra tracks only available on this vinyl collection,
Made in collaboration with Raf Simons for Calvin Klein
Directed by: Alasdair McLellan
Featuring Millie Bobby Brown Ernesto Cervantes Paris Jackson Lulu Ashton Sanders
and The xx
Official video for “I Dare You” from the album ‘I See You’ available now.
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