PUP release new music video for ‘Paranoid’

PUP have released a new music video!

The new music video, for the track Paranoid, is the brand new single from the Canadian punk rock band and marks their first new music since their debut album, THE UNRAVELING OF PUPTHEBAND, which was released back in April 2022.

Speaking about the new single, vocalist/guitarist Stefan Babcock says, “my favourite part of this song is the breakdown 1:45 in. Whenever we try and do a heavy breakdown with catchy vocals we end up sounding like the world’s worst melodic hardcore band. But somehow it worked on this song. I think because it’s so intense in that moment that it’s actually kind of funny and a bit hard to take seriously. There’s some humour in that and how it plays against what I’m yelling about in a way I really like. Plus Nestor [Chumak, bass] plays the melody from The Lion Sleeps Tonight on the bass at the heaviest moment in the song which really cracks me up every time I hear it.”

The new song is accompanied by an ingenious, whipsmart music video by long-time PUP collaborator Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux, who says, “what started out as a way to keep the bruising and heartbreaking lyrics to Paranoid front and centre turned into a little love letter for rock band merchandise and the unsung heroes who run the merch table. Special thanks to co-director Clem Hoeney and all the real PUP fans who came out and went so hard for a hundred takes!”

Watch the official music video for Paranoid here: 

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