Yeah Yeah Yeahs become first band to shoot music video on top of Empire State Building

New York new wavers Yeah Yeah Yeahs have become the first group to film a music video atop the city’s famous Empire State Building.

The New York Times report that the band shot the clip for new single ‘Despair’ back in April. Anthony E. Malkin, chief operator at the skyscraper, said: “The way I look at it is, why hadn’t this been done before? Credit to them for having the gumption to ask.”

Karen O said the following of the experience:

“It’s definitely not just another cool day in the life of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. It was definitely an iconic moment. It’s hard to do something like that and not to feel like it’s symbolic – it’s like the American dream for us, singing your song on top of the Empire State Building, feeling like: man, where were we 10 years ago, when we were sitting around in some punk rock dive bar, thinking about what to name our band, and New York City, and now here we are at the top. It really felt dreamlike.”

Watch a teaser clip to the video beneath. The full vid will be revealed on Monday (24 June).

[via CoS]