Angels & Airwaves explore Las Vegas with TikToker in “Losing My Mind”
Ahead of their Lollapalooza performance this weekend, Angels & Airwaves have shared a video for “Losing My Mind.” The video sees frontman Tom DeLonge as his alter ego Disco, the brother of Boomer from blink-182’s iconic video for “First Date.” Read more: Family, friends and fans pay tribute to Slipknot’s Joey Jordison Disco is joined […]
Disco is joined byRampage, a famousTikTok dancer, in the video. “This place, this fucking view?” Disco tells Rampage at the start of the video. “You could have that, too, if you let me help you help me get on TikTok.”
The duo then traverse through Las Vegas nightlife, dancing and performing at various iconic spots in front of casinos on the city’s strip as well as some nondescript places such as hotels and alleyways.
With the hope of going viral online, Disco sings on the streets while Rampage dances in his signature style around him. However, the plan quickly gets sidetracked, sparked by their van getting stolen and Rampage leaving with a girl.
“Losing My Mind” was heavily inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic and everything that happened during it in 2020.
“I wanted to write a song about a totally insane idea that would never happen,” DeLonge says in a press release. “Like, what if our own country was being torn apart by racists, a pandemic and domestic terrorism, but all at the same time, you know, just normal made-up shit that would never happen.”
DeLonge discussed his thoughts on the band’s overall sound and why it’s so unique in a 2019 interview with the band’s fan page, AVA Movement.
“What that means to me isn’t necessarily how fast the songs are or what the lyrics are saying,” DeLonge explained. “It’s the way you write punk music. The way you bring in electronic elements, synthesizers. The way you bring in crescendos. There are things that create dynamics. A lot of punk-rock music is start this way, end this way, so it’s this very one sound, one tone. Meanwhile, Angels & Airwaves ramps you up, brings you down, explodes and ramps you up again.”
You can watch the video for “Losing My Mind” below and check out the tour dates for the band’s upcoming world tour starting this fall.
Angels & Airwaves tour dates
7/31 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
09/29 – Riverside, CA @ Riverside Muncipial Auditorium 09/30 – San Fransisco, CA @ The Warfield 10/02 – Troutdale, OR @ Edgefield Concerts 10/03 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo 10/05 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Union Event Center 10/06 – Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium 10/08 – Minneapolis, MN @ Skyway Theatre 10/09 – Chicago, IL @ Radius Chicago 10/10 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore Detroit 10/12 – Newport, KY @ PromoWest Pavilion at Ovation 10/13 – Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works 10/15 – Oxon Hill, MD @ The Theatre at MGM National Harbor 10/17 – Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom 10/19 – Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall 10/20 – Boston, MA @ House Of Blues Boston 10/22 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE 10/23 – New York City, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom 10/24 – Norfolk, VA @ The Norva 10/26 – St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live 10/27 – Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live 10/28 – Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle 10/30 – Dallas, TX @ South Side Ballroom 10/31 – Austin, TX @ ACL Live at The Moody Theatre 11/01 – Houston, TX @ House of Blues Houston 11/03 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren 11/05 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium 11/06 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium 11/07 – San Diego, CA @ SOMA
3/10/22 – Leeds, UK @O2 Academy Leeds 3/11/22 – Birmingham, UK @ O2 Academy Birmingham 3/12/22 – Manchester, UK @ Manchester Academy 3/13/22 – Glasgow, UK @ 02 Academy 3/15/22 – Nottingham, UK @ Rock City 3/16/22 – Bristol, UK @ O2 Academy Bristol 3/17/22 – London, UK @ O2 Forum Kentish Town 3/18/22 – London, UK @ O2 Forum Kentish Town 3/20/22 – Paris, FR @ Trianon 3/22/22 – Munich, GM @ TONHALLE 3/23/22 – Berlin, GM @ Huxleys Neue Welt 3/25/22 – Köln, GM @ E-Werk 3/27/22 – Hannover, GM @ Capitol Hannover
I won’t open these eyes Like there’s chaos in my mind Like dreaming of death or That feeling that you get
When the disk is corrupt When we’re running low on luck Yeah, and everyone’s
Drugged up, tripping, at midnight While howling at the moonlight Dancing with knives like
The fire it will burn on high at my day job I tried to set some bombs off While smoking some napalm It makes me want to
Everyone has crossed the line Now and then you will be fine
I live on the edge I must be losing my mind Get out of my head, it’s now the scene of a crime This world is on fire, and I am ice Can’t balance things lately, I think we’re going to die Must be losing my mind I live in the edge I think I’m losing my mind I’m staying in bed, to watch the cities ignite The devil ain’t retired, he’s just thinking’ out loud Everyone is crazy, and it’s freaking me out Must be losing my mind
Stop now, what is this bullshit I said we’re not alone, and the government knows it
There’s idiots abound, and they’re All fucking racist I’ll put us back at ease Cause we need more complacence We’re all going to die
I live on the edge I must be losing my mind Get out of my head, it’s now the scene of a crime This world is on fire, and I am ice Can’t balance things lately, I think we’re going to die
Must be losing my mind
I live on the edge of fuckin’ losing my mind The voice in my head is now a fatal house fire The devil made us beg, and then he took away the high They say that we’re crazy, now it’s sounding about right I must be losing my mind
I must be losing my mind Help us we’re losing our mind And if we want to survive We’ll dance’ right through the end times