Английская Википедия:Hollywood (Car Seat Headrest song)
"Hollywood" is a song by American indie rock band Car Seat Headrest. It was released on April 16, 2020, by Matador Records, as the third single from their twelfth studio album, Making a Door Less Open (2020). The song was written and produced by bandleader Will Toledo and drummer Andrew Katz.[1]
Composition and lyrics
The song was described by Spin as Car Seat Headrest's "aim to make a big leap into alternative rock". The staff further described the song to feature "familiar heavy riffs", "a big hook" and "heavy grooves".[2] Toledo commented that the song was "about Hollywood as a place where people go to make their fantasies come to life, and they end up exploiting other people and doing terrible things to maintain their fantasy".[3] In Pitchfork's review of the associated album, critic Ian Cohen described the lyrics as "Eephus pitch" and called it "something that destabilizes through counter-intuitive simplicity".[4]
Critical reception
Writing for Pitchfork, Ian Cohen compared the song as Toledo's "version of Weezer's 'Beverly Hills'" and described the concept as "catchy" and "banal".[4] Upon reviewing the associated album, Jon Blistein of Rolling Stone called the track as one of the most "divisive".[5] Writing for The Observer, Emily Mackay wrote that the song is "pleasingly punchy, but brought down by facile lyrics".[6]
In a less positive review, Alexis Petridis of The Guardian described the track as Making a Door Less Open's "dead thud". Petridis stated: "a conflation of guitar and raw-throated rapping in which the spirit of 1 Trait Danger seems rather too evident, self-consciously wacky shrieked vocals and all."[7]
Music video
The release of the track was accompanied by an animated music video. It was directed by Sabrina Nichols.[8] In the animated music video, Toledo appears as his alter ego, Trait, wearing a gas mask, as he takes a journey through Hollywood.[9][10]
Personnel
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- Car Seat Headrest
- Will Toledo – vocals, synths, keyboards, organ, guitar, piano, drum programming
- Andrew Katz – vocals, drums, drum programming
- Ethan Ives – guitars
- Seth Dalby – bass guitar
- Additional musician
- Gianni Aiello – guitar
- Technical
- Will Toledo – production, engineering, mixing
- Andrew Katz – production, mixing, mastering
Charts
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References
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