John Cameron Mitchell has released “New American Dream,” the wacky title track to his new benefit album out on Friday.
Directed by Matthew Zanfagna, the video opens with Mitchell laying on the grass swaddled in an American flag. Later, hilarious animation shows Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell eating President Trump. “Thus the diseased body will pass/through Mitch’s gut,” Mitchell sings. “And resolve itself into a stew/a kind of vile fondue.”
Mitchell recorded New American Dream during lockdown. More than 40 collaborators contributed to the record, including Leland, Hedwig...
Directed by Matthew Zanfagna, the video opens with Mitchell laying on the grass swaddled in an American flag. Later, hilarious animation shows Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell eating President Trump. “Thus the diseased body will pass/through Mitch’s gut,” Mitchell sings. “And resolve itself into a stew/a kind of vile fondue.”
Mitchell recorded New American Dream during lockdown. More than 40 collaborators contributed to the record, including Leland, Hedwig...
- 9/1/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
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