American metal band Limp Bizkit released a video for the song Out Of Style, included in the band's sixth studio album.
In a video posted on the band's YouTube channel, the artists appeared as world leaders using deepfake technology.
So, the band's frontman Fred Durst "found" the face of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the rest of the band members reincarnated as the head of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky (DJ Lethal), US President Joe Biden (guitarist Wes Borland), North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (drummer John Otto) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (bassist Sam Rivers).
Another hero appears in the video in the form of American actor Tom Cruise.
According to the plot of the video, world leaders play in the garage, while Tom Cruise watches them and at the same time fries sausages on the grill in an apron with the words Woodstock.
At the end of the video, Cruz uses these sausages to spread the pacific - an international symbol of peace.
“We cannot change the past, but we can start creating a better future today,” the composition begins with this phrase.
The words are spoken by Durst with Putin's face.
There are other phrases in the song that allowed the listeners to draw conclusions about the pacifist message of the artists.
Russian and foreign fans of the band expressed their delight from the video and the song.
“Watching all five members of the original line-up enjoy what they do best is great,” writes one site user.
“Limp Bizkit are immortal and will always be relevant.
This group will forever remain in my heart, ”says another.
In the comments under the video, many say that they have been listening to the band's music all their lives, and the members of Limp Bizkit have not changed their style all this time.
“I started listening to them in 2001, 20+ years have passed and nothing has changed.
Stability, however,” wrote one of the fans.
“Thank you guys, you are the best, you have been with me for 20 of my 30 years,” reads another comment.
Some viewers noticed the meaning of the video clip and the single and supported the idea of "world peace".
"Peace for everyone!
Limps are the best, thanks for the music that I live with all my life, ”writes a fan.
"Thanks guys.
A great song.
Peace to the world!” another message said.
“Great text, fantastic video clip.
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), thank you again for another diamond, ”wrote a netizen.
“I love Limp Bizkit and I hope that peace will reign throughout the world,” said another user of the site.
One of the fans joked that the video would be in all American news, and also expressed "special respect" to DJ Lethal "for replacing his face with his own face", hinting at the resemblance between the musician and the President of Ukraine.
Another fan stated that the band made his day with their video and "world peace has been restored".
In 2015, Ukraine sanctioned Limp Bizkit lead singer Fred Durst and banned him from entering the country for five years because he announced his desire to obtain Russian citizenship and also said he wanted to live in Crimea.
Then the Russian Embassy in London posted a message on Twitter stating that if Durst wants to live in Russia, then he will be very welcome.
Some time later, at a concert in Voronezh, the vocalist raised a poster with the inscription: "Crimea = Russia."
Later, in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda, Durst admitted that he had no idea what was written on the poster.
He was thrown by his fans, and when he picked him up, the crowd raised a roar of approval.
According to him, the meaning of what was written on the poster after the concert was explained to him at that time by his wife Ksenia Beryazina, a native of Crimea.
Recently, the frontman of a metal band has not been so openly expressing his political views.
In January 2023, when a journalist from the RND portal asked him if he wanted to live in Russia now, the performer answered briefly and without details: “At present, no.”
American metal band Limp Bizkit was formed in 1994 in Jacksonville, Florida.
The band's work is famous for its aggressive style of performance, as well as all sorts of sound experiments.
The artists have been nominated for three Grammy Awards and have sold over 40 million records worldwide.
It is known that the name of the group (it can be translated as “soft cookies
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) was invented by Durst himself.
He wanted it to repel those listeners who didn't want their music.
The album, which includes the single Out Of Style, was released in 2021 under the title Still Sucks.
It includes 12 songs, including songs from Dad Vibes, Love the Hate, Pill Popper, Snacky Poo and others.
The release took place 10 years after the publication of the fifth disc - Gold Cobra (2011).