• Desert Music Channelled through the Las Vegas Strip! The Awesome Aesthetic Beauty of Shot at the Night by The Killers!

  • Jun 10 2024
  • Length: 20 mins
  • Podcast

Desert Music Channelled through the Las Vegas Strip! The Awesome Aesthetic Beauty of Shot at the Night by The Killers!

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  • "Shot at the Night" is a song by American rock band The Killers. The song serves as the lead single from the band's second compilation album, Direct Hits. The song was produced by M83's Anthony Gonzalez, who had supported the band on their Day & Age World Tour. The song has received positive reviews from music critics. NME listed it top of their "10 tracks you have to hear this week 18/09/13", noting "it's a fittingly triumphant mix of Gonzalez's glittering synth-pop and The Killers' own huge-hearted bombast", adding "it has a euphoric chorus that's as reminiscent of '80s power-pop as the anthemic indie that Nevada's finest have become renowned for.


    The video features Dark Shadows actress Bella Heathcote, and The Social Network star Max Minghella. Heathcote portrays a hotel maid at the Cosmpolitan Hotel in Las Vegas, clearly unsatisfied with her mundane lifestyle, matching the song's melancholic lyrical yearning "Give me a shot at the night...". She accidentally encounters a handsome hotel guest, portrayed by Minghella, and his friends. The two form an instant connection, leading Heathcote's character to abandon her shift and explore Vegas by night with her new found love interest, thus getting her very own "shot at the night".


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