Yeah Yeah Yeah's are asking their fans across the world to send in recordings of them performing to the band's new single for use in a new video.
"Cheated Hearts" will be the third single release from their new album, following "Turn Into" on June 19, and, according to the press release, the band 'want to see what you would do if you were playing us in our video'.
The Yeah Yeah Yeah's label ask the following to get yourself and your friends up in lights:
1) Send it on DV TAPE
2) Dress the part!
3) Blast the music in the background and play or sing over it...
4) Get lost in the song make it YOURS.
5) Got guitar? mic? drums? Use'em! Got no such things? Fake it, use what you
got around the house, be resourceful yeah!
6) Do as many performances as you need, we will edit it! Try and make them
different: FULL BODY, CLOSE-UP, MEDIUM, FROM THE SIDE, inside,
outside, etc. Do the Nick, do the Brian, do the Karen O.
7) IMPORTANT: AT LEAST HALF OF YOUR PERFORMANCE SHOULD BE AGAINST A WHITE WALL, or sheet. SO DO IT ONCE IN FRONT OF A WHITE WALL AND ONCE ANYWAY YOU WANT.
8) SEND IT TO US, DO IT QUICKLY....YOU WILL BE BIGGER THAN THE SOUND.
-Please address exactly like below to guarantee proper delivery.
*Send United States and Canada VIDEO contest submissions to:
YEAH YEAH YEAHS video contest
8033 Sunset Boulevard , # 2250
Hollywood, CA 90046
*Send INTERNATIONAL video contest submissions to:
YEAH YEAH YEAHS video contest
c/o Polydor Ltd
364-366 Kensington High Street
London W14 8 NS
** With your video submission , you must print out and include a signed, completed copy of the release form (http://www.yeahyeahyeahs.com/cheatedhearts/cheatedheartsvideorelease.doc).
Please have all entries postmarked by June 12, 2006.
