Muse released the video for their new single, ‘Aftermath’, this afternoon - and it’s pretty much broken their fans.
The video, “the result of Muse’s on-going creative collaborations with Japanese director Tekken”, is the tale of a young man who enlists in the army, told in the style of a flip-book.
The man leaves his family behind in order to join the war, and - as Rolling Stone reports - “finds himself broken by the brutality and destruction on the front.”
Fans have pretty much lost it after watching the video.
.@muse you bastards, this has broken me
— Holly Brockwell (@holly) May 12, 2016
@muse pic.twitter.com/CXqYj7TgDE
— 1RLP4 (@crests_of_waves) May 12, 2016
@muse boi this video murdered me i love it
— irm ☆ (@nuohs) May 12, 2016
@muse @YouTube this made me cry, one of the best videos of all time
— priya (@uriepric) May 12, 2016
@muse cried at least twelve times
— Rory c: (@HandlerOfDrones) May 12, 2016
@muse NOOO! THIS IS TOO SAD! 💔💔💔
— M (@Untitled812) May 12, 2016
@muse @YouTube my heart hurts 😢
— Emily (@c_chatelin) May 12, 2016
@muse @YouTube omg I can't stop crying is so beautiful and painful!!! I want it in loop for the rest of my life. You guys are amazing ♥♥♥♥
— Darkshines. (@SolciLilith) May 12, 2016
@muse @YouTube I cried my eyes out 😢
— ellen M.E.T IT!!!! (@spiralxstatic) May 12, 2016