"Best Friend" is a song by American indie pop band Foster the People. The song is featured as the seventh track on the band's second studio album Supermodel and was released as the record's third single by Columbia Records on March 10, 2014.
Music video
A lyric video for "Best Friend", animated by Young & Sick, was uploaded to YouTube on March 11, 2014.[1] The song's official video was directed by Ben Brewer.[2]
Synopsis
The film opens with a supermodel waking up from the floor with a cigarette in her hand, with Mark Foster watching from a chair. She prepares and heads to a photo shoot for a cover of a fashion magazine. The band is seen playing in the background, animated. The supermodel is then shown in a restroom, in regret. Another supermodel is shown alongside her, and when Foster screams; "It dries up", the supermodel turns to cannibalism, eating the other supermodel alive and whole, except the dress, and coughs up her rings and necklace. She then gains physical features, and is shown on a magazine article differently in style.
While the model is at the gym, she notices a women with slim legs (preferably when a magazine shows her quote: "I'd KILL For LEGS Like Yours!"). The woman leaves and the model mutates into a hideous beast, devouring the woman and gaining her features. She is shown with Mark Pontius at a bar, whom she shows her legs to, which grow in size. Various advertisements show her with her enlarged legs. Through an advertisement, we learn that the model has eaten another model.
The film then cuts to the supermodel altering her physical features; smooth skin, enlarged neck, and broader eyes. We then see the three models she has eaten: the one without the dress, the gymnast, and the other supermodel. One throws up a shoe, and the model coughs it up. She then alters her features more, with a bigger and slimmer abdomen. Another advertisement shows her all altered features.
Through a sign, we can see that the model has signed up for a fashion show, with Foster watching from the crowd. While the other models are being showcased, the supermodel is shown taking drugs, in her original form, due to a limited amount of time to showcase her altered features. A model walks downstairs and enters her room. The supermodel is then shown swallowing her, with her jaw enlarged and a slimy snake-like tongue being used. Then, the supermodel is shown onstage. While there, she vomits up a dress, and stretched, wavy arms and hands are photographing the supermodel. The model withers onstages, and while Foster is singing the last lines, she is shown gasping for air, and the film ends ambiguously without a clear ending.
Track listing
Personnel
- Foster the People
- Cubbie Fink – bass
- Mark Foster – lead vocals, piano, percussion, synthesizer
- Mark Pontius – drums
- Additional personnel
- Isom Imnis – synthesizer, drums, programming, guitar
- Sean Cimino – electric guitar, additional effects
- Stewart Pico Cole – horns
Chart performance
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Release history
References
- ↑ Foster the People (March 11, 2014). "Best Friend (Lyric Video)". YouTube. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
- ↑ "Best Friend | Foster the People | Music Video". MTV. Viacom Media Networks. May 29, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Foster the People – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Foster the People. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Foster the People – Chart history" Billboard Canada Rock for Foster the People. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Lescharts.com – Foster the People – Best Friend" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
- ↑ "Foster the People – Chart history" Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 for Foster the People. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Foster the People – Chart history" Billboard Hot Rock Songs for Foster the People. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Foster the People – Chart history" Billboard Rock Airplay for Foster the People. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Foster the People – Chart history" Billboard Alternative Songs for Foster the People. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Alternative Songs: Year End 2014". Billboard. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
- ↑ "Best Friend by Foster the People". Google Play. Google. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
- ↑ "Best Friend by Foster The People". Canada: 7digital. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
- ↑ "Best Friend by Foster The People". United States: 7digital. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
- ↑ "Alternative > Future Releases". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on April 1, 2014. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
- ↑ "Triple A > Future Releases". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on May 8, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
- ↑ Corradini, Paola. "Foster The People – Best Friend (Sony)" (in Italian). Radio Airplay SRL. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
- ↑ Lane, Daniel (June 23, 2014). "This Week's New Releases 23-06-2014". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
