The brand new music video for Simple Plan’s new Disney collab cover of Elton John’s ‘Can You Feel The Love Tonight’ premiered yesterday. The music video was directed by Brazilian filmmaker Lucas Allegretto and features the band simply performing this song live while being surrounded by various motion graphics elements.
Check out the full music video below:
Below, you can check out the full credits for the production of this video:
Director: Lucas Allegretto, EP: Rob Micai, Producer: James Weathers, 1st AD: James Cullinane, Production Coordinator: Keyla Reyes, Camera: Wally Argueta & Lucas Allegretto, 1st AC: Rhys Lynn, 2nd AC: Deni Azevedo, Gaffer: Martin Everett, Key Grip: Sean Mallon, Key PA: Luke Peretti, Set PA: Caleb Walean, Editor and Colorist: Lucas Allegretto, VFX and Motion Designer: Michael Velasco
In a brand new interview with @SimplePlan_Fr, which took place in Lyon, in July, Chuck Comeau discussed multiple important questions that have been rising on the fans’ mind in the past few months: When will the band go back to the studio? Will they stop touring for a few years during that process like they usually do? What else do they have in store for us?
Thanks to our lovely fan Johanna (thank you!), we received a translation of this French interview and can now share with you some interesting facts that have been revealed in it. Let’s see!
25th anniversary of the band Given the fact that Simple Plan started in 1999, it means that this year, in 2024, we are celebrating 25 years since the band’s formation. According to Chuck, there are big plans in works for this anniversary, mostly regarding a special release of all of their albums (including b-sides) on vinyl. This information can now be supported by the recently released this new reel by Simple Plan, where they hinted on some special new vinyl releases. Check out what Chuck stated about their 25th anniversary plans:
“We have lots of beautiful things that are coming for the end of the year and for 2025. It’s going to be the 25th anniversary of the band and the 20th of our second album. So we have nice projects to come, and some of them are going to be announced in the next weeks or months. We are also planning some nice occasions to celebrate everything.
[…] We are going to release everything in vinyl with different colors, and plan a package with unseen things that we have done. It’s going to be cool for old fans and for collectors. We are going to release some limited things that can only be found in the package.”
Back in Europe next year & new music? Firstly, it has already been 2 years since the release of Simple Plan’s 6th studio album, Harder Than It Looks, which has been recorded pre-covid. At the same time, however, it has always felt like a very long time for fans when the band took 2 years off to prepare a new album. This, however, might be changing this time around!
The band agrees that they can’t just disappear for so long, so their goal is to find some balance between touring and making new music. Besides that, Chuck has also revealed that there are (yet undefined) plans to return to Europe in 2025.
“We hope to be back in Europe in 2025, we don’t know yet where, how, with who… but we really want to play shows and tour. We don’t necessarily want to stop for 2–3 years while making a new record.
[…] We are going to try to find a new balance between new songs, album and tour. Maybe we are going to try to do like 1 new song or a few new songs that are going to be released from time to time rather than a full album. We haven’t decided yet, and we are trying to find the best option for us and for the fans.
We are also thinking about what we are capable of releasing. It’s demanding for us to produce an album. We are taking our time because we don’t want to do something less good than what we did before. We want to release something of good quality.”
New documentary Another topic of the interview was the documentary Simple Plan have been trying to put together in the past few months. They have recently asked Brazilian filmmaker Lucas Allegretto to join them on tour and to capture some of the moments. It is believed that he might be the one behind the making of this documentary.
Chuck has shared some more information about what this film should be about and that we should expect it to reveal what it is like to be on tour with them as well as tell the history of the band.
“[The documentary] is about the band’s career from the beginning to where we are now. The crew started to film in January on the European tour, then in Brazil and in Australia. They are also going to be there in the USA and Canada this summer.
It’s going to be about what it is like to be on tour with us. It will feature interviews with different people and artists, we are digging out some old stuff… A little bit like the book but in a form of a movie. We are really excited about this and we can’t wait to release it.”
As of right now, there are no concrete dates of release of any of these new planned projects. However it seems like the vinyls might be the first on the list to be revealed. Let us know if the comments what you think of all these projects and which one you are looking forward to the most!
Last Friday, June 12th, Simple Plan in collaboration with Disney released the first single off the upcoming Disney album A Whole New Sound, which will feature pop-punk and alternative bands putting their own spin on popular Disney tracks. Simple Plan’s single ‘Can You Feel The Love Tonight’ is a cover of the original 1994 Elton John song, which was famously featured in The Lion King.
Previously, the band has teased some connection with The Lion King in a reel on Instagram as well as at the soundcheck in Saarbrücken, Germany, where they performed this song as a little surprise for the attendees.
Listen to the full cover of ‘Can You Feel The Love Tonight’ by Simple Plan below:
And what did Simple Plan say about this collaboration?
“When Disney reached out to us to be a part of this project, it was a bit overwhelming because there are so many amazing Disney songs. But it became obvious pretty quickly that The Lion King song book, and especially “Can You Feel The Love Tonight,” stood out from the rest. The song just has such a classic feel, and the melodies are so memorable and timeless. We also felt like it would lend itself really well to our style and would sound awesome as a pop-punk version.” [source: Billboard]
“We wanted to pay homage to Sir Elton John’s original version while also adding our own style to it and making it sound fun and energetic. We’re really stoked by how it turned out and we hope everyone will enjoy it.” [source: The Walt Disney Company]
“It’s also one of those songs and movies that has been such an important part of people’s lives. Lots of our fans grew up watching it and listening to the soundtrack and we also played them for our own kids. So, it holds a special place in our hearts and felt like the rare song that could connect to a very wide range of listeners across many generations. Finally, the fact that the movie celebrates its 30th anniversary this year was just the icing on the cake! It’s such an honor to offer our own version of this song and to cover such an iconic artist like Sir Elton John. We’re not sure if he heard the song or not, but we hope he will enjoy this new version and feel like we did it justice.” [source: Billboard]
And this is not nearly the end of Simple Plan’s collaboration with Disney: on August 9th, the band will perform this cover at the D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event in Anaheim, CA.
Simple Plan are currently in Europe, where they kicked off their traditional summer “festival” tour on Friday during which they will become for some shows the opening act for their Canadian colleague Avril Lavigne. Simple Plan have been linked to Avril Lavigne ever since their early beginnings as she took them as a fairly unknown band as an opening band on their very first bigger tour (2002-2003).
After the Friday performance at the German Full Force festival, Simple Plan traveled to the North of Germany, where they had an afternoon slot at the Hurricane Festival. This is where they also met up with Avril Lavigne for the first time in Europe this year, who was the headliner of that evening.
During her show, the attendees of this festival had the chance to witness a lovely moment when during the second half of her setlist, Avril invited Pierre Bouvier from Simple Plan on stage and sang ‘Addicted’ together. Check out the full performance on the video below:
After returning from a long tour across South America and then Australia, one would think the guys from Simple Plan would take a short break, but the opposite seems to be the truth. In a surprising announcement on their Instagram on Tuesday, Simple Plan have revealed to their fans that they are in fact in a recording studio this week “for a very special and exciting project”.
Unfortunately, the band can’t reveal yet what this is about. We can definitely rule out a new album, as we know the guys haven’t have time to sit down to a proper writing session yet, but that doesn’t mean they couldn’t be working on a new song or two, which could be used in a movie soundtrack or a TV show.
What are your guesses? Let us know in the comments below!
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