Dead Man’s Bones return with first song in 17 years and video
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Dead Man’s Bones, the duo of Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields, have returned with “Lost in the Night”, their first new song in 17 years. The release arrives with a music video starring Rain Spencer and Noah Jupe, bringing the band back during the Halloween season.
The video opens with Spencer walking through a graveyard in black and white, then cuts to Jupe lying on a bench. The duo’s only previous album was released in 2009 in collaboration with the Silverlake Conservatory Children’s Choir; their Instagram account first teased new music on 22 October, with Gosling’s partner Eva Mendes helping promote it.
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In short
- Dead Man’s Bones have released their first song in 17 years.
- “Lost in the Night” comes with a video starring Rain Spencer and Noah Jupe.
- The band’s only album came out in 2009.
How this story developed
- 1 hour ago The latest report confirms the release and video details, adding that the band’s only album came out in 2009 with the Silverlake Conservatory Children’s Choir.
- 1 hour ago Dead Man’s Bones, the musical duo of Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields, have returned with their first new song in 17 years, “Lost in the Night”, alongside a video featuring Rain Spencer and Noah Jupe, after teasing the release on Instagram on 22 October.
Full account
Dead Man’s Bones, the musical duo of Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields, have released “Lost in the Night”, their first new song in 17 years. The pair’s only album, a self-titled record made with the Silverlake Conservatory Children’s Choir, came out in 2009. Their new track was produced with longtime collaborator Tim Anderson.
The song arrived with a black-and-white video starring Noah Jupe and Rain Spencer. It follows the two performers in a sequence that begins with Spencer walking through a graveyard and later shows Jupe lying on a bench. The lyrics, according to one report, give the clip a romantic tone.
The duo had tried recording in several Los Angeles studios before taking two guitars, two drum machines and two synthesizers to a farm outside the city. They recorded the song there in a single day. The reports describe the release as a return after years away from public view, during which the band’s music continued to find listeners through covers, film and television placements, and Halloween-season attention on social media.
Dead Man’s Bones’ 2009 debut drew on indie rock, gothic folk and doo-wop, with the children’s choir central to its sound. The new release follows a brief teaser shared on the band’s Instagram on 22 October. Gosling’s partner, Eva Mendes, also took part in promoting the teaser, according to one outlet.
Where outlets differ
From the full account, which is AI-written from the sources:
One report focuses on the video’s opening scenes and gives extensive updates on Gosling’s and Shields’s screen projects, as well as Spencer’s and Jupe’s recent work. The other centres on how the song was recorded, its production and the band’s renewed audience over time; it describes the video as reflecting the track’s lovestruck lyrics.
Explained simply
Dead Man’s Bones is a musical duo formed by actors Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields. They released one album, in 2009, made with the Silverlake Conservatory Children’s Choir, and became associated with eerie, Halloween-season sounds.
Gosling and Shields are the band’s two members, while the children’s choir featured on their earlier album. Their return matters because the new song is their first release in 17 years, following a long gap since that sole album.
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Originally published by Deadline as “Ryan Gosling & Zach Shields Duo Dead Man’s Bones Returns With New Song Plus Music Video Starring Rain Spencer And Noah Jupe”.