American indie rockers The National are set to pour their hearts and souls into their headline set at Worthy Farm this year. The band will be closing the Other Stage on Sunday.
20.06.2024 - 08:25 / nme.com
Ghost frontman Tobias Forge and filmmaker Alex Ross Perry have spoken to NME about the band’s debut feature film, RITE HERE RITE NOW.Out today (June 20), RITE HERE RITE NOW sees the band combine a typical concert film with an intricate narrative surrounding the band’s mysterious lore – one that’s been told since 2018. The film comes at the tail-end of Ghost’s touring cycle behind 2022’s ‘Impera’ as fans are left wondering where the band goes from here.RITE HERE RITE NOW‘s mashing of the band’s fictional backstory and their music is the next step in band’s evolution.
While the two elements have largely remained separate from one another – the band’s narrative has mostly played out through YouTube chapters over the last six years – for director Alex Ross Perry, the film’s a chance for fans to enjoy the band’s music and their lore all in one place.As he puts it: “Ghost as a band is like a planet and the story is like the moon. The moon is not part of the planet, but it orbits the planet.”Forge and Perry spoke to us about what it was like working together, why fans are so drawn to the band’s fictional story, a few surprises the film holds and more.
Read the full interview below.NME: Hello guys. Tobias, the story of Ghost has been evolving since 2018, when you first started releasing webisodes. Just how long has RITE HERE RITE NOW been in the works?Tobias Forge: “Initially, there was a concept of the band that was supposed to be theatrical, anonymous and I originally said we were not going to do interviews.
Back when I said that the first time, we were on a UK indie label who aren’t exactly known for wanting to push any band into mainstream success. That’s not an insult in any way; they’re an indie label and they wanted to
.American indie rockers The National are set to pour their hearts and souls into their headline set at Worthy Farm this year. The band will be closing the Other Stage on Sunday.
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