Cate Blanchett's face gets warped in eerily gorgeous Massive Attack video

Time to get weird.
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Cate Blanchett's face gets warped in eerily gorgeous Massive Attack video
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Cate Blanchett's face gets creepy in Massive Attack's new video.

The Bristol, UK-based trip-hop collective's latest song, "The Spoils," is a brooding, surreal gem with angelic vocals from Hope Sandoval.

John Hillcoat directs the video. He's previously worked on films such as The Road, Lawless and The Proposition. The visuals make the song even more surreal as Blanchett's face is warped and distorted.

Massive Attack has been around since 1988 (!!!), and the band has blessed us with some outstanding and highly relevant recent work. From protests against Brexit and a tour with stunning visuals to raise awareness of the refugee crisis, we hope their good work keeps coming.

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Liza Hearon

Liza Hearon was the Deputy Editor for Mashable UK. Liza started her career in journalism writing about punk bands for a 'zine in Florida, and her wanderlust has led her to work for news organisations in Russia, Japan and now London. Prior to joining Mashable, she was the European homepage editor for the Wall Street Journal. Liza loves podcasts, karaoke and really, really spicy food.


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