"Something Human" is a song by English

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band

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. It was released as the third

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from the band's eighth studio album, ''

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''. Matt Bellamy described the track as "intimate" and that it marked a departure from the "dark and moody" '' Drones''. The track was released on 19 July 2018, following their previous single "

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", which was released February of that year.

Writing and recording

"Something Human" was the first song frontman Matt Bellamy wrote after the

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. He has said that the song is about getting "a bit burnt out from being on the road for too long", and that it came as a natural result after playing the tour, as the song has a lighter tone than most of the songs on the band's previous album, '' Drones''. In another interview Bellamy stated that the inspiration for the stripped down style of the song came from a common cliché about

being over the top. Bellamy said that people "talk about how use doeseverything on such a big scale and over the top and crazy," and that he'd always wanted to "do something a bit more stripped down.” Drummer

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also chimed in saying “I just like the song a lot, it was literally the first thing I heard it was just Matt playing the guitar and singing it. So it’s a case of how are we going to do this? But I just really like the song, so we figured out how to turn it into what it is.” On the deluxe versions of the album, an acoustic rendition of the song, with less electronic elements, was included.

Promotion

The song was originally teased after the credits at the end of the ''

'' live film on 12 July 2018, with Bellamy posting an acoustic preview of the track on his

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the morning after.

Music video

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for "Something Human" was released alongside the track on 19 July 2018. The video was directed by Lance Drake, who directed the music videos for the band's previous two singles, "

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" and "

". Drake said that their aim with "Something Human" was to "continue the journey that began in 'Dig Down' and 'Thought Contagion.'" It follows the band members on the "chase of a lifetime," and "something as simple as returning some video tapes becomes an epic journey." Bellamy also added: "Life on the road can bring out your inner beast," and that this video is about "taming that beast, desiring a return to something human, Plus, ''

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'' is cool."

Charts

References

External links

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