MGMT share new song “Nothing to Declare”

thefader.com:

MGMT have shared the third single from Loss of Life, their first album since 2018’s Little Dark Age, due out February 23 via Mom + Pop. “Nothing to Declare” — not to be confused with 700 Bliss’ 2022 album of the same name — is a forlorn acoustic guitar ballad that nevertheless fits snugly into a three-and-a-half-minute runtime, never lingering too long in its most emotional moments.

The track arrives alongside a visual treatment directed by Joey Frank and starring Inga Petry, a philosophy and pre-law student at the University of Pittsburg who was born with upper limb aplasia and uses her rapidly growing platform on TikTok (102,000 followers and counting) to spread awareness for the disabled community.

Read Next: MGMT’s “Bubblegum Dog” video turns the grunge aesthetic upside down The clip — more like a short film than a traditional music video, although constrained to the length of the song — follows Petry on a trip to Paris, capturing her wonder as she confidently navigates the city.

Interspersed between shots of her shopping, partying, and using her feet and toes with remarkable dexterity to accomplish necessary tasks like eating and using her phone, are scenes of her strolling through the Louvre, where she eventually arrives at the famous Venus de Milo statue.