i can’t get over how good the new black veil song is but the VIDEO? THE PRODUCTION VALUE? they’ve always had good and interesting music videos especially with andy’s artistic vision and the world-building he’s so dedicated to, but this is an insane jump to the next level. imo the phantom tomorrow was a new chapter in the quality and depth of their music videos but i’ve never seen a video of theirs that’s as… elaborate? detailed? high-quality? as this one HOLY SHIT!
i saw some people saying they were disappointed that there was no album announcement to accompany the new song and i understand that because i can’t remember a time that they’ve dropped a single that wasn’t from an already-announced upcoming album (save for temple of love but that was a) a cover and b) a collab), but considering the depth of the music video, the sweeney todd concept being a realization of one of andy’s defining artistic influences, the robustness of this project that we’ve seen just from the music video and the rollout leading up to it, AND the fact that andy posted a picture of his notebook for the new album a few months back, i can’t imagine that this is a standalone release. it feels way too big to just be for a single… but i could be wrong! we shall see! all i currently care about is that this video gave me andy covered in blood and killing a cop. he did this for me specifically <3