KING KHAN & THE SHRINES – NEW VIDEO
King Khan & The Shrines are back with a new video for the title track “Born To Die” taken from their latest album “Idle No More”.
“Born To Die” is set in a mythical time, it tells of the ongoing plight of the upper class to exterminate the innocent while shining a light of hope in the strangest of places as King Khan explains…
“I was really inspired by this story I once read about Marie Laveau, the legendary voodoo priestess of New Orleans. They say that she was asked to help with a court case where an innocent Creole man was falsely accused for something and was supposed to be sentenced to death. She stood outside of the courtroom every day and put some very hot chili’s in her mouth and held them there for the entire time the court was in session for days, with tears rolling down her face constantly. The man was set free.
I wanted to show Louis the 14th ordering modern executions to show folks that things have really not changed much. The powers that be are still these royal families that call all the shots. I still believe there is a ray of hope that comes from some mysterious spiritual place. Ultimately I wanted to pay tribute to Alejandro Jodorowsky who is one of my spiritual gurus and one of the greatest film makers of all time.”
Get the new album
Their new album ‘Idle No More’ is out now on Merge Records on iTunes now.
