{"id":1995464,"date":"2025-09-03T21:09:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T21:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1995464"},"modified":"2025-09-03T21:09:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T21:09:22","slug":"tame-impala-drop-new-single-loser-music-video-starring-djo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/tame-impala-drop-new-single-loser-music-video-starring-djo\/","title":{"rendered":"Tame Impala Drop New Single &#8216;Loser&#8217;, Music Video Starring Djo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Tame Impala\u2019s second single of the year is here.<\/p>\n<p>Teased last week with street posters confirming its release date, \u201cLoser\u201d is most notable for its accompanying music video. Directed by Sam Kristofski, the clip stars <em>Stranger Things<\/em> actor Joe Keery, otherwise known as musician Djo.<\/p>\n<p>Kerry looks forlorn in the music video, seemingly dumped by a love interest who drives off in a huff, and hangs out at a Los Angeles convenience store called Bob\u2019s Market. He grabs a drink, sits outside, and wonders where it all went wrong. For a brief moment, Kerry is replaced by Kevin Parker, wearing the same clothes and facial expression. Watch in full below.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"op-interactive\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tame Impala - Loser (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s3a4OQR-10M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cLoser\u201d follows comeback single <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/tame-impala-release-new-single-end-of-summer-80523\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cEnd of Summer\u201d<\/a>, which dropped at the end of July after a similar period of teasers across socials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnd of Summer\u201d was Parker\u2019s band\u2019s first new music since 2020 album <em>The Slow Rush<\/em>. It was also Tame Impala\u2019s first recording <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/themusicnetwork.com\/tame-impala-release-first-single-on-new-label-columbia-records\/\" target=\"_blank\">for new label Columbia Records.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whereas \u201cLoser\u201d is funk-laden psych-pop, \u201cEnd of Summer\u201d pushed Tame Impala\u2019s sound into deeper dance territory than ever before, harkening back to the acid house of the late \u201980s and early \u201990s.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s currently unclear if \u201cLoser\u201d and \u201cEnd of Summer\u201d will lead a new Tame Impala album, although it\u2019s more than likely. Another recent social media post, with the simple caption \u201cbeen busy,\u201d teased as much, showing Parker in a variety of recording spaces, DJ sets, and more. The most teasing part, though, was the final image in the carousel, which showed a recording progress chart.<\/p>\n<div class=\"observer-sub-form justify-content-center my-3 p-0 d-flex align-items-stretch bg-dark text-white\">\n<div class=\"observer-sub-form-info p-3\" style=\"justify-content: start;\">\n<h2 class=\"h5 mb-0 observer-title\">Love Music?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"observer-desc mb-2\"> Get your daily dose of everything happening in Australian\/New Zealand music and globally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"spinner d-none\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"op-interactive\"><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Loser\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"400\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/3xIGAElZCxV44QtMvXrPMa?si=9XshHezVRHePdP6PJ2bZ_g&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s been five years since their last record, <em>The Slow Rush<\/em>, won five ARIA Awards and earned multiple Grammy nominations.<\/p>\n<p>In other band news,\u00a0Tame Impala will <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/justice-announce-supports-for-australian-arena-tour-79650\/\" target=\"_blank\">perform a DJ set<\/a> at Justice\u2019s upcoming Australian arena shows this December.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"937\" data-end=\"1356\">The French duo recently took home the Grammy Award for Best Dance\/Electronic Recording for \u201cNeverender\u201d, which featured Parker \u2014 though their creative relationship stretches back much further than that.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1358\" data-end=\"1816\">\u201cWe found out about Tame Impala in the late 2000s,\u201d Justice told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/justice-grammy-tame-impala-interview-76459\/l\/love-music\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Rolling Stone AU\/NZ<\/em><\/a> recently. \u201cWhen we were coming to Australia, we used to hang with the people at Modular.\u201d A pre-release copy of \u201cElephant\u201d landed in their inboxes ahead of <em data-start=\"1586\" data-end=\"1596\">Lonerism<\/em>\u2019s 2012 release, with an offer to remix the track. \u201cWithout exaggeration, we were blown away,\u201d they added. \u201cIt was such a perfect track that we told the label, \u2018Sorry we can\u2019t do this, we\u2019re only going to make it worse.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2847\" data-end=\"3161\"><em>Tame Impala\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/3xIGAElZCxV44QtMvXrPMa?si=9XshHezVRHePdP6PJ2bZ_g\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cLoser\u201d<\/a> is out now.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');fbq('init','243859349395737');fbq('track','PageView');fbq.disablePushState=true;<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source au.rollingstone.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tame Impala\u2019s second single of the year is here. Teased last week with street posters confirming its release date, \u201cLoser\u201d is most notable for its accompanying music video. Directed by Sam Kristofski, the clip stars Stranger Things actor Joe Keery, otherwise known as musician Djo. 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