Circles (song)

Circles
Pierce the Veil
publication	April 26, 2016
length	3.44
Genre (s)	Post-hardcore
Author (s)	Vic Fuentes
Label	Fearless Records
album	Misadventures

Circles is a 2016 song by US rock band Pierce the Veil . It was released on April 26, 2016 via Fearless Records .

background

The song deals with the massacre at the Bataclan Theater during the terrorist attacks on November 13, 2015 in Paris . In an interview with Radio.com , singer Vic Fuentes announced further details on the development of the piece. He said that while writing the lyrics, he imagined what it would be like if he and his friends got into such a situation. The background for the writing of the song was the statement by the Bataclan band Eagles of Death Metal that some concert goers tried to protect their friends from the attacks of the terrorists.

In an interview it was said that Vic Fuentes was thinking of completely rewriting the chorus of the song. However, guitarist Tony Perry advised against it.

content

The song describes a fictional story of two friends who are trying to protect each other when the massacre began during the concert at Bataclan.

publication

The song was first played on the British radio station BBC Radio 1's Annie Mac broadcast on April 26, 2016 . There the song was featured as the Hottest Record In The World . A little later on the same day, the single was first released on the video platform Youtube . On May 15, 2016, Circles was voted song of the day by BBC Radio 1 and received airplay on all of the day's programs. In the week of May 25th, the song was finally released for the US radio stations.

The song was played live for the first time on April 27, 2016: at an exclusive concert of the group in an HMV Group store in London , United Kingdom in front of 300 spectators. On June 27, 2016, the song premiered on the late-night show Conan with Conan O'Brien . As early as June 6, 2016, it became known that the musicians were working on a music video for the song in which TV icon Matt Pinfield would star . However, no release date for the video was set at this point. On July 22, 2016, it was announced that the video would officially air on July 25, 2016 on MTV .

In March 2017 it was announced that the song would be playable in the game Rock Band VR by Harmonix .

Music video

The music video with a playing time of 5:15 minutes was produced by Drew Russ - who already worked on the band's music videos King for a Day and Bulls in the Bronx - and was officially broadcast on MTV for the first time on July 25, 2016 .

The musicians move to a shabby hotel that is run by an old man portrayed by Matt Pinfield . When they arrive in their room, they notice the human remains of supposedly former hotel guests and go to the reception, where the owner of the hotel - who has observed the musicians in a hidden chamber - serves the four guests a drink after handing over their passports . The four friends lose consciousness from enjoying the brew; later they wake up in their room. In a hidden room they find various newspaper articles about the disappearance of other musicians, including Sleeping with Sirens and All Time Low . Together they try to leave the hotel and are prevented from doing so by various obstacles that the hotel owner activates by pressing switches. After locating the main security system, Mike Fuentes smashes it with a bone. They flee the hotel together. The next morning you can see the four musicians having breakfast and watching TV in another hotel. As the news broke, they realized that the hotel owner still had the four's passports and was apparently on his way to San Diego.

The music video is based on the 1991 horror film Nothing But Trouble .

success

In the first 24 hours after the song was published on Youtube, it was viewed more than 100,000 times. In the Hot Rock Songs Charts , determined by the US magazine Billboard , the song climbed to 40th place in the week of May 28, 2016. Later the song should climb to number 32. The song was nominated for a San Diego Music Award in the Song of the Year category.

reception

Leor Galil from Rolling Stone wrote that the song "chugging metalcore riffs with sweeping arena rock melodies and sweet-sounding pop-punk -Gesang connect with each other." Lisa Vanderwyk called Circles as the central piece of the album that both quick-witted sounds as also provides an optimistic refrain and a sugar-sweet bridge, which demonstrates the musicians' development of sensitivity to pop music structures.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ryan J. Downey: Alternative Press (Issue 334): Life by Misadventure, p. 46: “News of the terror attacks in Paris, France, which included mass murder at an Eagles Of Death Metal show, gripped Vic so tightly that he wrote 'Circles', imagining the horror of what it must've been like for those fans. "
2. ↑ Jay Tilles: Radio.com : Pierce The Veil's' Misadventures' is Sweeter than Baskin-Robbins' Gold Medal Ribbon ( Memento of the original from April 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Alternative Press : Vic Fuentes almost re-wrote "Circles" for Pierce the Veil's new album
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Blabbermouth.net : PIERCE THE VEIL: New Song 'Circles' Available For Streaming
5. ^ Caitlyn Ralph, Alternative Press : Listen To A New Pierce The Veil Song
6. ↑ FMQB : Airplay Archive
7. ^ Tyler Sharp: Alternative Press : Watch Pierce The Veil play "Circles," "Texas Is Forever" for the first time
8. ↑ Joe DiVita: Loudwire : Pierce the Veil's 'Misadventures' Debuts at No. 4 on Billboard 200 Chart, Volume Books 'Conan' Appearance
9. ↑ Kika Chatterjee: Alternative Press : Pierce The Veil make late night performance debut on Conan - Watch
10. ^ Caitlyn Ralph: Alternative Press : Here's the first look at Pierce The Veil's next music video
11. ↑ ^{a b c d} Rabab Al-Sharif: Alternative Press : Pierce The Veil go all out for “Circles” video - watch
12. ^ Tomas Franzese: DualShockers : Classic Mode Takes Center Stage in New Rock Band VR Video; Final Setlist and First DLC Revealed
13. ↑ Chart tracking: US Hot Rock Songs
14. ↑ George Varga: Pacific San Diego : Nominees announced for San Diego Music Awards ( Memento of the original from February 14, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
15. ^ Rutger Rosenborg: NBC San Diego : San Diego Music Award Nominees Announced
16. ^ Leor Galil: Rolling Stone : Pierce the Veil Talk Internet Haters, Grunge Inspiration, Risky New LP
17. ↑ Lisa Vanderwyk: Exclaim! : Pierce the Veil - Misadventures Review