Billie Eilish, Phoebe Bridgers and more star in My Chemical Romance’s short film ‘Prelude To The End’

My Chemical Romance have released a new animated short film, ‘Prelude To The End’, featuring voice contributions from Billie Eilish, Phoebe Bridgers and others – watch below.

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O filme foi produzido em colaboração com a artista visual Lauren Tsai e chega enquanto a banda continua celebrando o 20º aniversário de seu álbum marcante de 2006, ‘The Black Parade’.

Produced by Tsai’s independent studio UNREAL INC., the project combines the visual world of her animated film The Dying World with ‘The End.’, the opening track from the album.

O filme de nove minutos acompanha Astrid, uma estudante de uma misteriosa escola interna de New England que se tornou infestada de lixo.

When the school’s authorities throw away her cherished sketchbook, she follows it down a rubbish chute and finds herself transported into a surreal world inhabited by forgotten ideas.

Tsai voices Astrid herself, while Eilish plays her friend and Bridgers voices her sister. Japanese video game designer Hideo Kojima plays a character known as The Teacher, while Scrubs actor John C.

The project marks a full-circle moment for Tsai, who grew up creating animated fan videos set to My Chemical Romance’s music.

Ela acrescentou que respeitava profundamente o legado criativo do vocalista Gerard Way e que se sentia honrada por ele ter se inspirado em seu próprio trabalho, tendo passado anos admirando os mundos que ele criou.

Tsai previously worked with Bridgers in 2023, when she directed the animated music video for Boygenius’ ‘Cool About It’.

Speaking to NME about that project, she said: “‘Cool About It’ is a beautifully melancholic and piercing song that puts words to feelings often unexplained. It is an absolute dream to collaborate with the genius that is Boygenius.”.

Bridgers também é uma admiradora de longa data do My Chemical Romance, tendo interpretado 'Welcome To The Black Parade' ao lado da Sloppy Jane no SXSW em 2022.

Meanwhile, Eilish and Bridgers have previously performed together, with the latter joining her alongside Boygenius bandmates Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker for a rendition of ‘When The Party’s Over’ at London’s Electric Ballroom in 2023.

The shows will conclude the US leg of their ‘Long Live The Black Parade’ anniversary tour, which has seen the band perform the 2006 record in full alongside selections from the rest of their catalogue.

As apresentações fizeram manchetes depois que a empresa responsável pelos Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders entrou com ação judicial contra a banda pelo uso de uniformes semelhantes durante uma luta de armas simulada.

Meanwhile, MCR released an expanded 20th anniversary edition of ‘The Black Parade’ last Friday (October 23), featuring six bonus tracks, including previously unreleased recordings from a 2007 show in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Em sua avaliação original de 9/10, o NME elogiou a ambição teatral do disco, escrevendo que ele pertence ao lado de “American Idiot”, “Doolittle” e “Nevermind” entre os maiores álbuns de rock americano.

Elsewhere, Way recently told fans that the group hope to record another album, although no plans have been confirmed.

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