LONDON -- He's back, and as compelling as ever. David Bowie premiered the Johan Renck-directed video for "Lazarus" on Thursday, and it's a brilliantly disturbing four minutes - all hospital beds, convulsions and woozily deranged saxophones.
The track is from his forthcoming and 28th album Blackstar, which is released tomorrow (Jan. 8, and his 69th birthday) and promises to be spectacular if this teaser is anything to go by.
Renck also directed the 10-minute preview of the album, which surfaced in November. Speaking on working with Bowie, he said: “One could only dream about collaborating with a mind like that; let alone twice. Intuitive, playful, mysterious and profound... I have no desire to do any more videos knowing the process never ever gets as formidable and fulfilling as this was. I’ve basically touched the sun."