On Monday, July first, Young The Giant unveiled the new video for “Heat of the Summer,” and sadly for frontman Sameer Gadhia, there doesn’t seem to be a whole lot of that.
“No one can take me out of this mess/ I do it to myself/ I lost my phone, my keys, what else?/ The acid doesn’t help,” Gadhia sings. The visual follows Gadhia as he takes a trip to the beach. However, it’s not as fun as he thought it’d be. There’s a constant rain cloud hovering over him, drenching the singer in rain.
“Heat of the Summer” is from the Young The Giant’s latest album Mirror Master, out now via Elektra records. The band is also currently on a co-headlining North American tour with Fitz and the Tantrums.
He tries to remedy the unexplained sadness with ice cream, a joint, and sunscreen, but none of it works. As he begins to feel helpless, he runs away from the cloud, which then attacks him. After the cloud attack, Gadhia suddenly bursts into a full-fledged rock star, sequin blazer and all, surrounded by other party-goers as he dances and sings. Talk about summer heat.
Watch the video here, and take a look at the remaining tour dates below.
JULY
3 Council Bluffs, IA Stir Concert Cove
5 New Braunfels, TX Whitewater Amphitheater
6 Irving, TX Toyota Music Factory
7 Houston, TX Lawn at White Oak Music Hall
9 Oklahoma City, OK The Zoo Amphitheatre
10 Fayetteville, AR Walmart AMP
12 Nashville, TN Ascend Amphitheatre
13 Charlotte, NC Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre
14 Atlanta, GA State Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park
16 Raleigh, NC Red Hat Amphitheater
18 Tampa, FL The Cuban Club Courtyard
19 St. Augustine, FL St. Augustine Amphitheatre
20 Miami, FL Bayfront Park Amphitheater
21 Orlando, FL Orlando Amphitheater
AUGUST
1 Salt Lake City, UT The Gallivan Center*
4 Seattle, WA Marymoor Park Concerts
6 Troutdale, OR Edgefield Amphitheater – SOLD OUT
8 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl
9 San Diego, CA CalCoast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
10 Los Angeles, CA The Forum
11 Phoenix, AZ Comerica Theatre
14 Reno, NV Grand Sierra Resort
15 Berkeley, CA The Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley
16 Las Vegas, NV Downtown Las Vegas Events Center
* Show not including Fitz And The Tantrums
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