{"id":2338084,"date":"2026-03-20T04:32:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T04:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2338084"},"modified":"2026-03-20T04:32:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T04:32:28","slug":"cage-fight-urge-you-to-pick-your-fighter-with-a-new-retro-8-bit-music-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/cage-fight-urge-you-to-pick-your-fighter-with-a-new-retro-8-bit-music-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Cage Fight Urge You to &#8220;Pick Your Fighter&#8221; with a New Retro 8-Bit Music Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>London-based female-fronted hardcore\/crossover band\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.metalsucks.net\/?s=cage+fight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cage Fight<\/a>\u00a0channel those old school fighting games of yore in the music video for their new single \u201cPick Your Fighter\u201d. And when I say old school games, I mean more <em>Mortal Kombat<\/em> than <em>Pong<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Featuring Benighted\u2019s Julien Truchan with a guest vocal spot, the track is a heavy, groovy hardcore tune that\u2019s sure to get you banging your head. Vocalist Rachel Aspe said the feel of the song was deliberate.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to write a fun, sing-along party song with themes of determination and fighting spirit, and the result is \u2018Pick Your Fighter.\u2019 I also wanted to pay tribute to a French artist who marked my teenage years, and my dad suggested N\u00e2diya, an R&amp;B singer who is huge back home. Musical and lyrical motifs in \u2018Pick Your Fighter\u2019 nod to Nadiya\u2019s hit \u2018Et C\u2019est Parti\u2019, a motivational party song that was a huge hit. The crowning touch is some very heavy guest vocals from my French friend Julien Truchan of the band Benighted. And there are pig squeals, many pig squeals!\u201d\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Inspired also by the \u201cEt C\u2019est Parti\u201d video, the clip below was created in collaboration with Enemy of Boredom (EOB) Academy, which helps neurodivergent young people find their career as media professionals. That collab came about because Cage Fight\u2019s drummer Nick Plews works for EOB Academy and had the idea to let the video game design students take a crack at making the video.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThat lightbulb moment, which came in the back of the van after a gig, was so exciting. I couldn\u2019t wait to get back and rally the troops to get this looking awesome! On a personal note, this is definitely a special moment for me, and I am beyond impressed with what the students have achieved.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>You can check out the music video below to see what the kids came up with. It\u2019s pretty damn good, for something some students whipped up.<\/p>\n<p><em>Exuvia<\/em>\u00a0will be released on May 1 via Spinefarm, but you can\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cagefight.lnk.to\/Exuvia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pre-save your copy today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cage Fight - Pick Your Fighter (feat. 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And when I say old school games, I mean more Mortal Kombat than Pong. Featuring Benighted\u2019s Julien Truchan with a guest vocal spot, the track is a heavy, groovy hardcore tune that\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2338085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[341183],"class_list":["post-2338084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-cage-fight"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cage-Fight-Urge-You-to-Pick-Your-Fighter-with-a.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2338084"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2338086,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338084\/revisions\/2338086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2338085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2338084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2338084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2338084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}