French electronic powerhouse duo Justice have just this morning released a new music video for their song “Pleasure (Live),” a version of a track from their 2016 record Woman.
Taking its song title quite literally, the video features sexually explicit scenes, visually focusing on two people in the act of, *ahem*, consummating their love. Directed by Alexandre Courtès, the visuals highlight how their bodies and surroundings shift and morph as they continue to get hot and heavy. Drab, shadowy concrete becomes an interstellar sex oasis as the two characters continue in their love-making.
Things take a turn for the dramatic, however, when literal beams of light, representing the duo’s passion, start streaming out of their bodies.
Courtès himself explains the video here:
“[Justice’s] Xavier [de Rosnay] and Gaspard [Augé] had a concept in mind of a supernatural love scene: an extrapolation of feelings during sex, a symbiosis. I fell in love with the idea, as I had something similar in mind for a while. So to combine their ideas with mine was great. For a long time, I’ve wanted to play with strong vivid colors and bright tubes that travel through the bodies of characters… and they liked the idea too. We ended up shooting a bold, sensual sex scene, with lavish colors.
Nicolas Loir’s lighting really made the scene look amazing and helped the film come together brilliantly. I knew we had to be in the action: to be as close as we could to their faces and skin. Thanks to Nicolas’ work, the shoot was less raw, making the end result truly exciting.
My goal in the project was to achieve a sensual film that deals with emotions, a film that goes beyond the crude aspect of the situation. I hope we got close to it.”
The original song from the album featured vocals from Morgan Phalen of the power pop/hard rock act Diamond Nights. This new “Live” edit heard in the video is a version that was recorded live, and even contains samples from another Justice track: “Phantom Pt. 2,” taken from their 2007 Ed Banger records debut, Cross, or †.
The last time Courtès had worked with Justice, he had created a similarly spaced out world of flesh in their video for “On’n’on,” off of their 2011 record Audio, Video, Disco.
Courtès had also previously directed music videos for Air, Phoenix, Jamiroquai, Kylie Minogue and the White Stripes. Most recently, he directed the treatment for Cassius’ “Go Up” featuring Cat Power and Pharrell Williams.
In addition to being a director, Courtès is known for having designed Daft Punk’s iconic helmets.
Unless you’re in a public area, check out the raunchy video below.
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