Thirty Seconds To Mars Talk 'Up In The Air'
Thirty Seconds To Mars reveal the video's artistic influences and some special acrobatic cameos from McKayla Maroney and Jordyn Wieber.
20 mar 2013
Inside @NASA_Johnson Mission Control
March 20th, 2013
Inside Mission Control at NASA’s Johnson Space Center before our chat with Astronaut Thomas Marshburn.
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Thirty Seconds to Mars debuts single in space
Mon, Mar 18, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — Rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars wanted the announcement for their latest studio album to be out of this world. And that's where the album's first single debuted.
"Up in the Air" was sent to the International Space Station for an exclusive listening Monday. It will be released Tuesday on Earth.
The new album, "Love Lust Faith + Dreams," will be available May 21.
A compact disc containing the song was launched on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on March 1. The band got to watch the rocket blast into space.
"It was amazing to feel it take off," frontman Jared Leto said in a recent interview. "The noise and the brightness was overwhelming, and you're still a mile away."
Leto said the challenge of sending a song into space paled in comparison to being sued for $30 million by EMI when the band was working on "This Is War," released in 2009, which sold over 500,000 copies. The band also launched an aggressive world tour to promote the CD.
"The last album was about closure. There was a battle and a war that we fought. This one is a new beginning," the 41-year-old singer-actor said.
The new single "has to do with getting to a point in your life where you're ready to let go of the past, embrace change and become more of who you really are," Leto said.
The lawsuit was eventually resolved, and the band has continued working with EMI. Leto said the out-of-this-world debut for the new album was fitting after the enormous weight of the lawsuit was lifted, although sending a CD into space was no easy task.
"Most worthy things are not easy to get done. I think a lot of great things have a tremendous amount of challenge, a tremendous amount of difficulty, and I think this was one of those things," he said.
Leto said he wrote and recorded more than 70 songs before determining the final 12 for the new album.
"My songs must feel like discarded lovers because I'm continuously abandoning time," he said. "But that feels better than being sued."
EMI sued the band in 2008 for breach of contract.
"That $30 million lawsuit in that battle was very real. It wasn't a headline. It was something we thought about every single moment of the day that was there, weighing on us. And not just the fact that we would lose and owe a corporation $30 million, but we would have our creative lives stamped out," Leto said.
Their documentary, "Artifact," chronicles the production of the band's third album.
"The film is highly critical of the record business, but I'm not anti-record label, at all. I'm anti-greed. I'm anti-corruption," Leto said. "I'm pro-artist. I believe that everybody can win. You don't have to steal from one another to do it, or to treat one another unfairly."
"Artifact" won the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival and was recently shown at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas.
While things are back to normal, Leto feels the "cuts are still fresh."
"I think they're healing. But they're definitely not healed yet. It takes some time. The good news is that there's an entirely new group that's running things. It's essentially a new record company," Leto said.
The band, which also includes Shannon Leto and Tomo Milicivic, will begin a world tour in June to support the new album.
Meanwhile, Leto will return to the big screen this year, starring opposite Matthew McConaughey in the AIDS drama, "Dallas Buyers Club."
"I hadn't made a film for five years, and this role came along to play a transsexual in a film about the birth of this horrible plague. I wasn't looking to make a film, or to take five years off, either," Leto said.
A conversation between astronaut Tom Marshburn from the International Space Station and Leto will be available on both the band's and NASA's websites.
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Thirty Seconds To Mars Creating Art With Damien Hirst And The F-Bomb
March 19, 2013
Every word in the title of Thirty Seconds To Mars new album, LOVE LUST FAITH + DREAMS, is mentioned throughout each of its 12 songs. In the case of the band’s first single, “Up In The Air,” two of the words were used: love and lust. Along with another word that is not so safe for work.
Leto, who whispered the obscenity, explained toRadio.com that the context of this particular four-lettered word is used “more as just an expression than an act,” but helps explore the sexuality that is expressed throughout their fourth album, out May 21.
But as for why they picked these four words in particular, Leto said, “[they] really sum up the record in a really pointed way. It’s a new beginning for us. It’s an entirely new chapter of our lives.”
The singer and his brother Shannon, along with guitarist Tomo Miličević, found that this new chapter left them pleasantly confused.
“Making art is interesting, sometimes you have no idea what you’re doing, or where you’re going,” Leto said. “You’re just putting one foot in front of the other and you end up somewhere, just wandering around in the wilderness blindfolded.”
Leto explained that he thought of the four-word title as the four quadrants of the album and that the inside artwork of the record will include a graph that shows how the songs are connected to each of the quarters.
The album’s cover on the other hand–Damien Hirst’s painting Isonicotinic Acid Ethyl Ester 2010 – 2011–represents the record as a whole. The British artist’s piece from his Spot series manages, with its Technicolor sensibilities, to incorporate every shade of the band’s new record.
“It’s alive with lush colors,” Leto said of the music. “It’s vibrant and full of energy.”
Thirty Seconds teased that the video for “Up In The Air” will feature more work from Hirst, but did not reveal when fans will actually get a chance to see it.
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Thirty Seconds To Mars' 'Up In The Air' Is About 'Power'
"It's about getting to a point in your life where you're ready to let go and move on and become the better version of yourself," Jared Leto says.
Thirty Seconds To Mars Say 'Up In The Air' Isn't Just About Sex
Mar 20 2013
Earlier this month, Thirty Seconds To Mars blasted the first copy of their new single "Up In The Air" into orbit, on board a SpaceX rocket bound for the International Space Station. And, then, on Monday (March 18), not content to let astronauts have all the fun, they premiered the song for therest of us.
And now, with the single on terrestrial airwaves, frontman Jared Leto is speaking about "Up In The Air," which he considers to be one of the "most important" in Mars's history, because it helps usher in the brand new chapter of their career, not to mention their upcoming album, LOVE LUST FAITH + DREAMS.
"I think it's an appropriate beginning of conversation, and that's really what you want your first song to be; a conversation starter between you and your audience," Leto told MTV News. "It's a song that's really passionate, it's really energetic, in some ways it feels really free, and in other ways, there's something about constraint and tension in the song as well."
And that concept of constraint it evident throughout, though perhaps nowhere quite as much as in the line "I'll wrap my hands around your neck so tight/With love, love, love," which Leto said isn't just about the idea of erotic asphyxiation. At least, not entirely.
"It does play on two different levels; there's an obvious sexual connotation to the line. ... But it's also about power, it's about control, and the song is about that," he said. "It's about getting to a point in your life where you're ready to let go and move on and become the better version of yourself, the self-actualized version of yourself. So I'm curious to see what responses to that are going to be; it's interesting to be asked about it.
"Music is weird, you write it and sometimes it comes from a very conscious place, other times it comes from a subconscious place, and sometimes you don't know what the f--- you're doing and you do it anyway, you make a lot of bad choices," he continued. "I say a lot in the studio 'Let's try and fail,' because through the failure you learn, and it can lead you to the next solution."
Of course, in the days since "Up In The Air" premiered, folks have been focusing on the lyric, and Leto doesn't necessarily have a problem with that, either. After all, Thirty Seconds To Mars have continued to push the boundaries, and exploring concepts that some might find taboo is a central theme to both their new record, and their new single.
"I think that lyric is really important for us as a band, because it's a conversation that started with 'Hurricane,' a song that had a very strong sexual component to it," he said. "I think that's a very worthy conversation to have. Songs don't just have to be about your dad or your girlfriend; there are other avenues to explore, and we certainly did that with 'Up In The Air.'"
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First Listen: New Thirty Seconds to Mars Album 'Love Lust Faith + Dreams'
March 20, 2013
Jared Leto and Co. played Fuse six songs from their much-anticipated fourth release. Here's what they sound like.
On Monday, Jared Leto's Thirty Seconds to Mars debuted “Up in the Air,” the first single from their upcoming fourth album Love Lust Faith + Dreams, from the International Space Station. Tuesday night, the Los Angeles trio unveiled six new songs from a less celestial (though still cosmic) locale: Jimi Hendrix's iconic Electric Lady Studios in New York City.
In the dimly lit basement studio (where classic albums from the Strokes, Weezer and others were recorded), music execs, journalists and a reclusive Olsen twin (most likely Leto's exe Ashley, but who can really tell...) gathered to sample the LP. Beer and wine were sipped and soon the lights were cut for a video clip that was, essentially, a self-congratulating tour through the band's career highlights. Then we heard the band's first new material in three years.
What did we learn? Well, that vocalist Jared Leto, guitarist Tomo Miličević and drummer Shannon Leto (Jared's brother) are sticking to their anthemic alt-rock guns, but exploring new, more contemporary sounds. The band add electronica production and dance beats to support their hard-hitting rock.
Specific album details are yet to be confirmed, so the LP's track list and song titles weren't available at press time. Read about the six songs below and stay tuned to Fuse for updates.
Song 1:
From the track's opening tribal drum beats at least one thing was clear: This isn’t your typical 30STM. The band open the session with a statement, channeling "Bohemian Rhapsody" on a multi-movement epic. Combined with an electric buzz—think the sound of a hospital's EKG machine—an eerie, powerful and cinematic tone was set... then self-detonated with the band’s recognizable alt-rock bombast, complete with soaring violins. “This is a fight to the death!” Leto roared. The track closed with a massive, stadium-filling chorus, delivered in his famous screamo vocal.
From the track's opening tribal drum beats at least one thing was clear: This isn’t your typical 30STM. The band open the session with a statement, channeling "Bohemian Rhapsody" on a multi-movement epic. Combined with an electric buzz—think the sound of a hospital's EKG machine—an eerie, powerful and cinematic tone was set... then self-detonated with the band’s recognizable alt-rock bombast, complete with soaring violins. “This is a fight to the death!” Leto roared. The track closed with a massive, stadium-filling chorus, delivered in his famous screamo vocal.
Song 2 / "Up in the Air":
With its four-on-the-floor beat, dance-y synth and trance effects, 30 Seconds to Mars' comeback single “Up in the Air" is crafted for 2013's EDM-obsessed music world. It's piano drama and Leto's melodramatic vocals about "portraits of a tortured you" will satisfy their core fan base, but should find a home on the dance floor, too.
With its four-on-the-floor beat, dance-y synth and trance effects, 30 Seconds to Mars' comeback single “Up in the Air" is crafted for 2013's EDM-obsessed music world. It's piano drama and Leto's melodramatic vocals about "portraits of a tortured you" will satisfy their core fan base, but should find a home on the dance floor, too.
Song 3 / Possibly titled "City of Angels":
Forget Ben Gibbard—perhaps Jared Leto should've won those rehearsals and landed the gig as Postal Service frontman. 30STM channel Gibbard's electronic side-project on this track, possibly titled "City of Angeles," with gliding, '80s-inspired synthesizers. But soon hard rock guitars and percussion come crashing in on the chorus as Leto sings, “Lost in the City of Angels / Down in the comfort of strangers / I found myself.”
Forget Ben Gibbard—perhaps Jared Leto should've won those rehearsals and landed the gig as Postal Service frontman. 30STM channel Gibbard's electronic side-project on this track, possibly titled "City of Angeles," with gliding, '80s-inspired synthesizers. But soon hard rock guitars and percussion come crashing in on the chorus as Leto sings, “Lost in the City of Angels / Down in the comfort of strangers / I found myself.”
Song 4:
30STM again go the synthy dance route on the track's intro before fire-alarm guitars and pummeling drums roar in and smash the Korg keyboards to bits. Like "Up in the Air," the raging rock sound is paired with a pulsing EDM beat, which takes over for a few bars before the final anthemic chorus arrives with Leto shouting, "And the story goes on," repeating the final syllable. It's so catchy it could've been a contender for the LP's first single.
30STM again go the synthy dance route on the track's intro before fire-alarm guitars and pummeling drums roar in and smash the Korg keyboards to bits. Like "Up in the Air," the raging rock sound is paired with a pulsing EDM beat, which takes over for a few bars before the final anthemic chorus arrives with Leto shouting, "And the story goes on," repeating the final syllable. It's so catchy it could've been a contender for the LP's first single.
Song 5:
The fifth track, an interlude of sorts, opens with the pastoral sound of birds chirping. The ominous thrum of cellos and chill-inducing chanting enter, hinting at some impending doom. It's an epic swell, sans crashing guitars, drums or even English lyrics.
The fifth track, an interlude of sorts, opens with the pastoral sound of birds chirping. The ominous thrum of cellos and chill-inducing chanting enter, hinting at some impending doom. It's an epic swell, sans crashing guitars, drums or even English lyrics.
Song 6 / Possibly titled "Bright Lights":
The sixth and final song played during the listening session was a soft, piano-led tune with soaring yet gentle electric guitars and synths. “Bright lights, big city / She dreams of love / Bright lights, big city / She lives to run,” Leto coos with a raw, strained delivery. He sounds vulnerable and it's touching closure.
The sixth and final song played during the listening session was a soft, piano-led tune with soaring yet gentle electric guitars and synths. “Bright lights, big city / She dreams of love / Bright lights, big city / She lives to run,” Leto coos with a raw, strained delivery. He sounds vulnerable and it's touching closure.
After a round of applause the members of Thirty Seconds to Mars–all sporting a new look with longer hair 'dos; Leto's was pulled back into a ponytail–delivered a short and vague speech about the album, which the boys called “a new beginning.” In a candid moment Leto called himself a "control freak" and thanked his record label team for letting him “annoy the living sh-t out of you” with his constant e-mails.
Finally, the band previewed the opening 60 seconds of their music video for “Up in the Air,” which flashed pics of different animals (including the baby zebra on the single’s cover) and ended with the band’s shiny new logo—yet another sign that 30STM are shooting for the stars with their ambitious new album.
♪ My Daily Song!!! ♥
Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter
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Official video for Damien Rice's song "The Blower's Daughter," from his album O. The song was featured in the film "Closer." The video features scenes from the film.
30 Seconds to Mars' 'Up in the Air' - Listen Now!
TUE, 19 MARCH 2013
Check out this first listen of 30 Seconds to Mars‘ “Up in the Air”!
The band – Jared Leto, Shannon Leto, and Tomo Milicevic – released the song off of their upcoming albumLove Lust Faith + Dreams, due out in stores on May 21!
“What do you think of #UpInTheAir? Celebrate its release with us + change your avatar to the single art” Jared tweeted earlier in the day. “THANK YOU for making LOVE LUST FAITH + DREAMS #13 on the iTunes chart + #4 in Alternative!” he added.
Check out “Up in the Air” on iTunes now!
Last MARS pics of the day!
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| JARED pic: "The Orion capsule at NASA's Johnson Space Center. #ISS" |
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