Billie Eilish, Phoebe Bridgers and more star in My Chemical Romance’s short film ‘Prelude To The End’

My Chemical Romance have released *Prelude To The End*, a nine-minute animated short made with artist Lauren Tsai. Combining the world of Tsai’s *The Dying World* with the opening track from *The Black Parade*, it is part of the band’s celebrations marking the album’s 20th anniversary.

The story follows Astrid, a student who enters a surreal world of forgotten ideas after her sketchbook is discarded at her rubbish-strewn boarding school. Tsai voices Astrid, with Billie Eilish as her friend, Phoebe Bridgers as her sister, and Hideo Kojima and John C. McGinley also among the voice cast. The film is due to screen before the band’s final two Hollywood Bowl shows on 30 and 31 October, which conclude the US leg of their anniversary tour.