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| Type = Single | | Type = Single | ||
| Artist = The Rentals | | Artist = The Rentals | ||
| Released = [[October 5]], [[2017]] | | Released = [[October 5]], [[2017]] (version 1)<br>[[April 28]], [[2020]] (''Q36'' version) | ||
| Format = MP3 | | Format = MP3 | ||
| Recorded = 2017 at [[Dan Joeright|Dan Joeright's]] home studio | | Recorded = 2017 at [[Dan Joeright|Dan Joeright's]] home studio | ||
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| Producer = The Rentals | | Producer = The Rentals | ||
| Status = Officially released | | Status = Officially released | ||
| Last single = "[[1000 Seasons]]"<br>(2014) | | Last single = "[[1000 Seasons]]"<br>(2014)<br><br><br>"[[Conspiracy]]"<br>(2020) | ||
| This single = "Elon Musk is Making Me Sad"<br>(2017) | | This single = "Elon Musk is Making Me Sad"<br>(2017)<br><br>"Elon Musk is Making Me Sad"<br>(2020) | ||
| Next single = "[[Spaceships]]"<br>(2019) | | Next single = "[[Spaceships]]"<br>(2019) | ||
| Album = Q36 | | Album = Q36 | ||
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| Next track = | | Next track = | ||
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"'''Elon Musk Is Making Me Sad'''" is a single by [[ | "'''Elon Musk Is Making Me Sad'''" is a single by [[the Rentals]] and the sixteenth and final track on the band's [[2020]] album, ''[[Q36]]''. It was initially released as a single on [[October 5]], [[2017]] with the announcement of the band's then-upcoming fourth album (unveiled as ''Q36'' in November of [[2019]]). The ''Q36'' version of the song was released as the album's twelfth single on [[April 28]], [[2020]]. | ||
==Overview== | |||
"Elon Musk Is Making Me Sad" was officially unveiled on Wired Magazine [https://www.wired.com/2017/10/elon-musk-rentals-song/] on [[October 4]], [[2017]]. In a post on the Rentals official website made hours later, frontman [[Matt Sharp]] confirmed that the track would likely be the album's final track [https://web.archive.org/web/20190517053613/https://therentalsmusic.tumblr.com/]. Of the song, Sharp said: "Right from its inception, in the earliest sketches of the lyrics and melodies, there was always an urgency to share this particular song with everyone, at the very first possible chance that was available to us." | |||
Though the song's inclusion on the album was not explicitly confirmed at the time of ''Q36'''s announcement, the album's [https://therentals.bandcamp.com/ Bandcamp page], prior to the song's release, featured dashes ("---- ---- -- ------ -- ---") matching the song's title as the album's final track. The ''Q36'' version was released on [[April 28]], [[2020]]. This version contains only minor differences from the initial release. On the band's Instagram account, Sharp said: "This version is nearly identical to the original mix, only the last 2 minutes has been remixed to include a few atmospheric cymbal flourishes from Vannucci. We made several attempts to completely change to the entire arrangement of the song, but nothing ever felt as good as the original and we didn’t want to change things just because we could, plus ending this album the way we started it always felt like the most poetic + truest move." | |||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
*[[Matt Sharp]] - vocals | *[[Matt Sharp]] - vocals | ||
*[[Nick Zinner]] - | *[[Nick Zinner]] - guitar | ||
*[[Ronnie Vannucci]] - drums | |||
*[[The Gentle Assassins Choir]] - vocals | *[[The Gentle Assassins Choir]] - vocals | ||
*[[Dave Fridmann]] - mixing | *[[Dave Fridmann]] - mixing | ||
*[[Matt Estep]] - mixing | *[[Matt Estep]] - mixing | ||
*[[Ryan Smith]] - mastering | *[[Ryan Smith]] - mastering | ||
==Music video== | ==Video/Audio== | ||
The official lyric video for "Elon Musk Is Making Me Sad" was directed by Daniel Christiansen and Michael D. Belmonte and released on [[October 5]], [[2017]]. | ===Music video=== | ||
The official lyric video for "Elon Musk Is Making Me Sad" was directed by Daniel Christiansen and Michael D. Belmonte, using footage from a Commodore Vic 20 computer, and was released on [[October 5]], [[2017]].<br> | |||
<youtube>taupuK6oND4</youtube> | <youtube>taupuK6oND4</youtube> | ||
===''Q36'' version=== | |||
<youtube>zS9qsCpReEA</youtube> | |||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
<poem>(You have the power to save) | <poem>(You have the power to save) | ||