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Bastille Hit Back Against Claims That Nudity In Their ‘Good Grief’ Video Is Gratuitous

Frontman Dan Smith has responded to online criticisms...

Bastille have hit back against comments that the nudity featured in their new ‘Good Grief’ video is gratuitous.

The new video features a few shots of female nudity, which has angered some commenters on YouTube.

Speaking to Digital Spy, frontman Dan Smith said: "The video is all about surrealism. It's an extended dream sequence."

"It's been really interesting reading comments from my perspective. Some people are bringing up the nudity and other people are immediately jumping to its defence saying it's not sexualised and it doesn't feel exploitative."

"The music video takes scenes and tropes and flips them on their head," said Dan. "One of which is a girl and I think it's interesting to see the reaction it provokes. In some countries and some societies, female nudity isn't remotely controversial."

Will Farquarson, Bastille’s guitarist, added: "It wasn't gratuitous. I think it's well in keeping with the tone of the video."

"Equally in the video, there's moments of violence that nobody cares about," said Dan. "I think that's more interesting. I read one comment that was like, 'Why is everyone talking about nudity when there's a bank robbery that's quite full on.' That says a lot about our reactions. It's intended to be artistic."

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