Terror Jr Give Us ‘Puppy Eyes’
It’s always a good day when Terror Jr comes around, and today the pop duo circles back into our hearts with “Puppy Eyes” — the new video and title track from a newly-announced forthcoming album due next year.
“Dogs are the ultimate representation of innocence, adventure and loyalty,” they tell PAPER. “They naturally live life on the edge.” In the music video, which premieres today on PAPER, David “Campa” Benjamin Singer-Vine and Lisa Vitale channel this energy by fully transforming into surrealist canines who smoke cigars, play poker and get high on doggy treats. They pee on trees and play video games until the real puppy in town poisons one of them, leading to true justice in the puppy kingdom.
For the duo, the lead single symbolizes the curiosity and wonder it takes to continuously jump back on the hamster wheel of the music industry and “look forward to the rat race of self-expression in the public square.” It’s a drum and bass-y earworm with signature hints of the pristine, polished pop vocals Terror Jr has become known for since bursting onto the scene in 2016.
A “degenerate love letter to the feral animal inside us all,” the new song and video signals a new era for Terror Jr, who have been trailblazers in the pop world for nearly a decade now. They admit that making music for a living can feel like a hopeless endeavor sometimes, so they approached this new record with the mentality of a puppy-eyed dog. “Where humans overthink, dogs follow their instincts,” they say. “Where humans fall into a negative spiral, dogs are optimistic even in the worst circumstances. We should all aspire to get as much out of life as a dog does.”
Photography: Chris Simmons
It’s always a good day when Terror Jr comes around, and today the pop duo circles back into our hearts with “Puppy Eyes” — the new video and title track from a newly-announced forthcoming album due next year. “Dogs are the ultimate representation of innocence, adventure and loyalty,” they tell PAPER. “They naturally live life…