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band

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. It was released as the fifth and final single from their tenth studio album, ''

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'', on November 22, 2021. It was the last single released during

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lifetime.

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Directed by

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, the music video depicts the band as synchronized swimmers with their faces deepfaked onto each swimmer. Their coach played by

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begins with a 4 minute speech berating them before going out to perform for a group of judges in a competition. The end of the video pays homage to the Baby Ruth incident from the film '' Caddyshack'' where the group finishes their routine with a perfect score until one member

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in the pool causing all the judges to start throwing up and the coach runs out of the pool area with a frightened expression. Pat Smear, who is shown in a hazmat suit cleaning the contaminated pool, finds the feces on the floor and eats it.

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