We Are (Hollywood Undead song)
"We Are" is a song by American rap rock band Hollywood Undead. It is the first official single from the band's third studio album "Notes from the Underground" and was released as the fifth track on the album. Composition and lyrics. The song is sung by several members of the band; Danny singing the chorus, Johnny 3 Tears rapping the first verse and J-Dog rapping the second verse, and the final verse is screamed by J-Dog as well. A bridge is sung by both J-Dog and Danny. The song is often  put next to the Swan Songs single Young by fans as it has similar vibes and meanings to the song. The lyrics of the song were inspired by "America's Youth" quoted by Johnny 3 Tears, as he continues "...I feel a full-on empathy for what kids are going to have to go through cause it doesn’t seem to be getting any better. In fact, it seems quite the opposite. It’s pretty sickening sometimes, man." Music video. The official music video was released on 10 December, which was directed by Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan, the percussionist of Slipknot . The music video has various different scenes happening, such as Da Kurlzz isolated in a fenced area being ignored by the crowds walking by, Funny Man robbing a liquor store, J-Dog burning pictures of each band member in a church, Danny smashing up televisions in front of a young and frightened girl, Johnny 3 Tears aligning what appears to be cocaine into the phrase "We Are Built From Broken Parts" and Charlie Scene setting a suited man on fire. Crahan made sure to add as many different things in the video to keep it visually interesting, and as he  explains in the 'Behind the Scenes' video, and it also mentioned that the video was shot in California in what Danny describes "...the most haunted place in California..." which was later revealed in an interview with Charlie Scene by bloody-disgusting.com 'Linda Vista Hospital'. New masks. This music video was also the first video by the band to include the latest masks - Lyric video. Prior to the release of the single, a lyric video was published on Hollywood Undead's official YouTube channel on 29 October, a day before the single was released onto iTunes. The video, as well as providing  the lyrics of the song, has various clip scenes of advertisements and urban landscapes, from sky scrapers to rubble. Reviews. We Are was met with positive reviews, Aristdistrict giving it a 10 out of 10.