Sophie Lloyd has joined forces with Steel Panther’s Michael Starr for a new song titled “Runaway.” You can find an official video for that track below:
Lloyd said the following about the song:
“‘Runaway’ is one of my favorite songs of [my upcoming] album. It’s inspired by all the high-energy, super-fun 80s rock that I absolutely love. Eddie Van Halen was an especially big influence for the guitar work throughout the song. And to have Michael Starr feature on the song is such a ‘pinch me’ moment. I’ve loved Steel Panther so much growing up and they were such a big influence on my playing style. He really is a rock legend and I’m so honored he wanted to collaborate in this. I absolutely love the story he tells in this song and I can relate to it a lot myself, and I had so much fun recording guitar lines to go along with the lyrics and help tell the story.”
Starr continued:
“What a killer experience getting to work with Sophie. She’s a great guitar player and loves metal just like me. This song came out awesome. Enjoy!”
Lloyd also added the following about the video:
“The music video was probably one of the craziest days I’ve ever had! We wanted to have that ’80s nostalgia in the video. However, this time it’s the girls taking the power back and showing that you can be a powerful, sexy boss babe! We invited loads of people down to a local rock bar in London and things got crazy, everyone was so into it and just having so much fun and I think this really translates in the video. It was inspired by one of my favorite movies, ‘Coyote Ugly’, and follows the story of a dive bar where the staff are also the in-house band. Michael applies for a job but is pretty useless at the tasks he’s given! However, when the staff overhear him singing, this leads to Michael being brought on stage and wowing the audience. Loki Films did an incredible job at bringing our ideas to life and capturing the energy of the whole day. We are so grateful to everyone can came down to be in this video. It was amazing to unite a bunch of rockers together from all different walks of life and have an amazing day.”
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