London - Damian Kulash, lead singer/guitarist for OK Go, gave leading luxury storytelling platform NOWNESS the lowdown on the contest and the new song "I'm Not Through" in an exclusive interview. Kulash also offered filmmakers a bit of inspiration - a montage of Instagram photos he shot, set to the new song. Check out the interview and photos here:
http://www.nowness.com/day/2013/4/1/2914/will-you-direct-ok-go-s-next-big-video
OK Go and Saatchi & Saatchi are challenging emerging filmmakers to create a music video for "I'm Not Through," a brand new song from the GRAMMY®-winning band's forthcoming fourth album. The OK Go Saatchi & Saatchi Music Video Challenge 2013 is in partnership with global creative platform Talenthouse, and renowned music video curators BUG, and is the third in a series of successful Saatchi & Saatchi competitions aimed at giving up-and-coming filmmakers the opportunity to create a video for a high profile musician or band. Full details of the challenge can be found here:
http://www.talenthouse.com/saatchi-and-saatchi-ok-go-video-challenge
A free download of "I'm Not Through" is being offered through the 12 Months of (Rare, Unreleased) OK Go program. Each month, fans who have subscribed to the band's mailing list receive a free, previously unheard track from OK Go. For details and to stream the new song, visit here.
OK Go has been called "the first post-internet band" and is at the forefront of an emerging class of independent creative entrepreneurs making art that is both digital and physical. The band's groundbreaking, multidisciplinary approach to music videos has netted numerous honors, including a GRAMMY, two WEBBY awards (including one for their collaboration with The Muppets and Sesame Street), a spot in a Guggenheim installation and a total of seven Lions from the 2012 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity - the advertising world's most prestigious competition.
In 2010, the band founded its own record label, Paracadute, which has since released OK Go's Of the Blue Colour of the Sky Extra Nice Edition and the live collection 180/365 - both produced by Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips, MGMT) - as well as recordings by PYYRAMIDS and Lavender Diamond. OK Go is currently recording a new studio album with Fridmann, which is due out in early 2014.