"Afterlife" is a song by Canadian indie rock band
Arcade Fire. It was released on September 28, 2013, as a single from the band's fourth studio album, ''
Reflektor
''Reflektor'' is the fourth studio album by Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire, released on October 28, 2013, through Sonovox Records internationally and Merge Records in the United States. A double album, it was recorded between 2011 and 201 ...
''. The song was debuted on ''
Saturday Night Live''.
Music videos
The music video for the song was released on November 21, 2013. The short film, directed by
Emily Kai Bock
Emily Kai Bock (born 1983 or 1984) is a Canadian writer and film director.
In 2017, her short film ''A Funeral for Lightning'' was included in TIFF's annual Canada's Top Ten list of the top 10 Canadian short films of the year, selected by a pa ...
and notably shot with a mix of 35mm and 65mm film, depicts a Latino family in Los Angeles, California, dreaming of their missing mother.
The video won the 2014
Prism Prize.
The band also performed a live video, streamed on YouTube at the ''
YouTube Music Awards'' in November 2013. It was directed by
Spike Jonze
Adam H. Spiegel (born October 22, 1969), known professionally as Spike Jonze, is an American filmmaker, actor, musician, and photographer. His work includes commercials, film, music videos, skateboard videos and television.
Jonze began his ca ...
.
An official live performance video was also released in April 2014 on the band's YouTube channel.
Scenes from the film ''
Black Orpheus'' were used in the official lyric videos.
Live performances
The band performed "Afterlife" at ''
Saturday Night Live'', ''
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon'', and ''
The Graham Norton Show''. The song was performed live on every show of the Reflektor tour.
Chart performance
References
2013 singles
2013 songs
Arcade Fire songs
Franglais songs
Merge Records singles
Song recordings produced by James Murphy (electronic musician)
Song recordings produced by Markus Dravs
Music videos directed by Spike Jonze
Songs written by William Butler (musician)
Songs written by Win Butler
Songs written by Régine Chassagne
Songs written by Jeremy Gara
Songs written by Tim Kingsbury
Songs written by Richard Reed Parry
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