Gay men were actually having sex in St. Vincent’s video for ‘Fast Slow Disco’

gay-men-were-actually-having-sex-in-st.-vincent’s-video-for-‘fast-slow-disco’
Gay men were actually having sex in St. Vincent’s video for ‘Fast Slow Disco’

St. Vincent took part in a new interview for the Queer The Music With Jake Shears podcast, where she discussed the making of the video for her 2018 track “Fast Slow Disco.” The song was a new version of “Slow Disco” from her 2017 album Masseduction and was inspired by Madonna’s “Like a Prayer.” The video featured 50 men and turned St. Vitus, a Brooklyn metal club, into a raunchy gay leather bar. St. Vincent explained that the casting call was for “gay men who want to have a really good time” and that everyone on the set was having a good time.

Clark added that the actors in the video were actually having sex during the shoot. “People were full on f–king. It was two in the afternoon. We had vodka going. It was a bar. People were full on f–king on the set. It was cool,” she said. The video was set in a gay leather bar, and Clark said that she was the only woman on set. “Everyone is on the ground making out, and I’m on top of them singing. I was wearing heels and I had to be like ‘Hey, babe, I’m not stepping on your balls, am I?'” she said.

St. Vincent praised Taylor Swift, saying that the pop rework of “Slow Disco” was her idea. Producer Jack Antonoff, who is friends with Swift, encouraged the move. “I know that she wholeheartedly supported that idea, and I think the genesis of the idea was her,” she said. St. Vincent is set to release her new album “All Born Screaming” on April 26, featuring Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl on drums. Her tour with Heartworms begins in November, with tickets available for purchase now.

Clark discussed the album in another interview, saying that it was a “heavier record” than her previous work. She explained that it had “all the colours in a fire,” adding that she felt lucky to have worked with several of her friends on the project, including Grohl. Justin Meldal-Johnsen and Mark Guiliana also played drums on the record, and Cate Le Bon worked as a producer, along with being one of Clark’s favourite artists

Read the full article on NME here: Read More