In the video, Francis Farewell Starlite, Justin Vernon and Kanye do a synchronized dance together.
- July 8, 2016
AceShowbiz -
Francis and the Lights, Bon Iver and Kanye West are teaming up for a new video "Friends". In the video, the Lights' frontman Francis Farewell Starlite, Bon Iver's frontman Justin Vernon and Kanye do a synchronized dance together.
The music video opens with Kanye dancing along to the song in a walled soundstage space. He is then seen lip-synching to the chorus, "We could be friends." The camera moves to Francis who's dancing solo before he's joined by Justin. The duo then perform a synchronized choreography. Kanye joins them near the end of the video.
"Friends" may sound a bit familiar for Chance The Rapper's fans. As people alleged Francis ripped off Chance's "Summer Friends", the rapper points out on Twitter that the band was not only featured on his song but Francis also produced the song. According to Chance, "Friends" is sampled on his "Coloring Book" track.
Francis and The Lights sampled his own song to produce Summer Friends for me, this is the original https://t.co/fQ6f0Hvpkn #friendsvideo
— Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) July 7, 2016
Francis and Justin co-write "Friends" along with ex-Vampire Weekend member Rostam Batmanglij, BJ Burton and Aaron Lammer. They also produced the song along with Ariel Rechtshaid, Cashmere Cat and Benny Blanco. The music video was directed by Jake Schreier.
