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=== Lazarus === | === Lazarus === | ||
[[File:Bowie Lazarus music video still.png|thumb|left|Bowie in a deathbed, as depicted in the music video]] | [[File:Bowie Lazarus music video still.png|thumb|left|Bowie in a deathbed, as depicted in the music video]] | ||
'''''Lazarus''''' is a single released on December 17th 2015 as a digital download, making it the second single from his twenty-fifth studio album, ''[[w:Blackstar (album)|Blackstar]]'' (2016). It is Bowie's last single to be released during his lifetime. The official music video, directed by [[w:Johan Renck|Johan Renck]], was released on January 7th 2016, three days before Bowie's death. Bowie never performed the song live. According to Bowie's producer [[Tony Visconti]], the lyrics and video of "Lazarus" and other songs on the album were intended to be a self-[[epitaph]], a commentary on [[Death of David Bowie|Bowie's own impending death]].<ref name=NME>{{cite web|last1=Cooper|first1=Leonie|title=How David Bowie told us he was dying in the 'Lazarus' video|url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/how-david-bowie-told-us-he-was-dying-in-the-lazarus-video|website=NME|accessdate=11 January 2016|date=11 January 2016}}</ref><ref name=BBC_epitaph>{{cite news|title=David Bowie: Was Lazarus Bowie singing his epitaph?|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35278855|accessdate=11 January 2016|publisher=BBC|date=11 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/12092542/Bowies-last-album-was-parting-gift-for-fans-in-carefully-planned-finale.html|publisher=the Telegraph|title=David Bowie's last release, Lazarus, was 'parting gift' for fans in carefully planned finale|date=11 January 2016|access-date=4 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325201617/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/12092542/Bowies-last-album-was-parting-gift-for-fans-in-carefully-planned-finale.html|archive-date=25 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> | '''''Lazarus''''' is a single released on December 17th 2015 as a digital download, making it the second single from his twenty-fifth studio album, ''[[w:Blackstar (album)|Blackstar]]'' (2016). It is Bowie's last single to be released during his lifetime. The official music video, directed by [[w:Johan Renck|Johan Renck]], was released on January 7th 2016, three days before Bowie's death. Bowie never performed the song live. According to Bowie's producer [[w:Tony Visconti|Tony Visconti]], the lyrics and video of "Lazarus" and other songs on the album were intended to be a self-[[w:epitaph|epitaph]], a commentary on [[w:Death of David Bowie|Bowie's own impending death]].<ref name=NME>{{cite web|last1=Cooper|first1=Leonie|title=How David Bowie told us he was dying in the 'Lazarus' video|url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/how-david-bowie-told-us-he-was-dying-in-the-lazarus-video|website=NME|accessdate=11 January 2016|date=11 January 2016}}</ref><ref name=BBC_epitaph>{{cite news|title=David Bowie: Was Lazarus Bowie singing his epitaph?|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35278855|accessdate=11 January 2016|publisher=BBC|date=11 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/12092542/Bowies-last-album-was-parting-gift-for-fans-in-carefully-planned-finale.html|publisher=the Telegraph|title=David Bowie's last release, Lazarus, was 'parting gift' for fans in carefully planned finale|date=11 January 2016|access-date=4 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325201617/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/12092542/Bowies-last-album-was-parting-gift-for-fans-in-carefully-planned-finale.html|archive-date=25 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
The title of the song is a reference to the biblical [[w:Lazarus of Bethany|Lazarus]], a friend of Jesus who Jesus rose from the dead ({{Bible quote|ref=John 11:1-30;31-45}}). In the music video, Bowie's face is wrapped in a cloth, as was Lazarus' according to the Gospel account. | The title of the song is a reference to the biblical [[w:Lazarus of Bethany|Lazarus]], a friend of Jesus who Jesus rose from the dead ({{Bible quote|ref=John 11:1-30;31-45}}). In the music video, Bowie's face is wrapped in a cloth, as was Lazarus' according to the Gospel account. | ||
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