![]() The video was made by Johan Renck, a Swedish director behind Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead. ![]() The track is a pseudo sequel to the 1976 film he starred in, The Man Who Fell To Earth, and is also the title track of the artist's off-Broadway musical Lazarus. The opening line reads: 'Look up here, I'm in heaven.' The song was released on the Steve Lamacq show on BBC 6 Music on December 17. The song then reaches its climax and Bowie walks back to the wardrobe and shut the door behind him, seemingly bidding farewell for the final time. As he continues to write frantically, a skull can be seen sitting on the desk - perhaps a sign of his impending death. He then retreats to a desk, where he manically pores over a notebook. The haunting footage continues with him confined to a hospital bed, shrouded in darkness, as he vulnerably clutches onto his bed sheets and writhes around in a tortured fashion.Īs Bowie levitates above the mattress, a hand then reaches out from under the bed - perhaps a symbol of being lifted towards heaven.Īnother Bowie then appears - a stronger, freer version of the singer - and he starts dancing in the room. The bleak video begins with the singer - a blind man whose eyes are depicted as buttons - stepping out of a closet into a dark hospital where he becomes trapped in a feverish nightmare. The video for Lazarus - named after a biblical character who was raised from the dead four days after he died by Jesus - was released on Thursday and is full of haunting images alluding to death. ![]() He added: 'He was an extraordinary man, full of love and life. I knew for a year this was the way it would be. 'He made Blackstar for us, his parting gift. 'His death was no different from his life - a work of Art. And he wanted to do it his way and he wanted to do it the best way. Paying tribute to the musician, Tony Visconti - who produced the star's music dating back to the 1960s - said: 'He always did what he wanted to do.
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