Franz Ferdinand Share ‘Day or Night’ Music Video From ‘The Human Fear’

Franz Ferdinand embraces the dark of the night in the peculiar music video for their latest single, “Night or Day.” The Rianne White-directed was captured at a rainy AYR Studios, the location where the band created their forthcoming album The Human Fear, out Jan. 10. The spirit of the record still lingered there, giving a haunting edge to the video that offsets the hopeful tone of the song itself.

“Life may never be easy, but damn, we’ll make sure we live it up night or day. Night into day,” Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos said. “We collaborated with the hugely talented Rianne White to capture the Drama-Noir of the environment where we recorded this and the rest of the LP. She has a sensitivity and energy which exploded into that space, giving a glimpse of the world where we made the music. Storm shake the room and boom… the dark heart of Scotland beats strong.”

White added: “This song emulates the turbulent, transcendent immensity of feelings that live and breathe within four walls. Born with Franz Ferdinand in their Scottish studio, where they recorded this beauty, “Night or Day” was a powerful meeting of visual and sound, all caught in the eye of 16mm black and white film. These are the storms we dance in!”

The “Day or Night” video follows the release of an equally cinematic video for an earlier single, “Audacious.” The Human Fear continues to take shape with each passing glimpse into the record. It’s their first full-length since their greatest hits compilation, Hits to the Head, arrived in 2022.

“Making this record was one of the most life-affirming experiences I’ve had, but it’s called The Human Fear,” Kapranos said in a statement when the album was announced. “Fear reminds you that you’re alive. I think we all are addicted in some way to the buzz it can give us. How we respond to it shows how we are human. So here’s a bunch of songs searching for the thrill of being human via fears. Not that you’d necessarily notice on first listen.”