''Love Bites'' is the second EP by the
UK-based comedy band
The Midnight Beast
The Midnight Beast, sometimes abbreviated as TMB, is a British comedy/parody music group from London. They are most famous for their YouTube cover-parody of the 2009 single " TiK ToK" by American pop artist Ke$ha. The group currently has three ...
which was released on 14 February 2013.
Announcement and release
The song was first announced by the band on The Midnight Beast website on 1 February 2013. Along with the announcement, it was also stated the EP would feature exclusive remixes by
Hadouken! and Drums N’ Kicks (feat. Mr E Nigma). There was a link to the
trailer for the song. The song was released on Valentine's Day of 2013 to continue with the theme (although used in dark humor) of love.
Video
On the same day the EP was released, the video for "Love Bites" (at 4 minutes and 32 seconds long) was uploaded to YouTube. The video features Abingdon talking about his new girlfriend (played by
Kathryn Prescott
Kathryn Prescott (born 4 June 1991) is an English actress, best known for her roles as Emily Fitch on the E4 teen drama series '' Skins'' (2009–2010) and the titular character in the MTV teen drama ''Finding Carter'' (2014–2015).
Career
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) who is a
zombie
A zombie (Haitian French: , ht, zonbi) is a mythological undead corporeal revenant created through the reanimation of a corpse. Zombies are most commonly found in horror and fantasy genre works. The term comes from Haitian folklore, in whic ...
. He then takes her on a double date with Wakely and his girlfriend, which ends with Wakely saying "Stef I think it's obvious your girlfriend here is gay". The girl then proceeds to attack Wakely and his girlfriend and bites Abingdon, who turns into a Zombie. The video ends with the words "To be continued", and a snippet of an unreleased song.
Track listing
Reference:
Notes
Track 3 and 4 are both remixes. One is by the band
Hadouken!, who have toured with The Midnight Beast before. The second is done by
Dru Wakely, under the name Drums n' Kicks
References
{{The Midnight Beast
2013 EPs
The Midnight Beast albums