Monophobia (song)

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"Monophobia"
Song by Deadmau5 featuring Rob Swire
from the EP Mau5ville: Level 1
ReleasedJuly 13, 2018
Recorded2017–18
Length3:35
10:00(extended vocal mix)
10:30(original mix)
Label Mau5trap
Songwriter(s) Joel Zimmerman
Producer(s) Joel Zimmerman
Music video
"Monophobia" on YouTube

"Monophobia" is a song by Canadian electronic music producer Deadmau5 featuring Australian singer Rob Swire. It was released on July 13, 2018, as the first track on Deadmau5's EP and compilation album Mau5ville: Level 1 . [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Prior to its release on the EP, an orchestral rendition of the song was featured on Deadmau5's Where's the Drop? . [7] [8] [9] On release, the song charted on the US Dance/Electronic Songs chart, peaking number 19. A music video for the song was released on Deadmau5's YouTube channel on July 16, 2018. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Contents

Background and release

Deadmau5 and Rob Swire had previously collaborated on "Ghosts 'n' Stuff", nine years prior to "Monophobia". [6] The instrumental of "Monophobia" had been created on a Twitch livestream in 2017, [15] and an orchestral rendition of the song was featured as the sixth track on Deadmau5's orchestral compilation album, Where's the Drop? , on March 30, 2018, four months before the original song's official release. [7] [8] [9] The song's release was announced for the EP and compilation album, Mau5ville: Level 1 , on July 12, 2018, and was released one day later. [16] [1] The song was also uploaded to the SoundCloud account of Rob Swire's Knife Party on July 23, 2018. [17] Upon the release of Mau5ville: level 1, the song independently charted in the United States, appearing on the Dance/Electronic Songs and Digital Songs charts at positions 19 and 9 respectively. The song also charted in Canada, peaking at number 37 on the Canadian Digital Song Sales chart. Despite the song's success, it was not released as a single.

Music video

A still from the music video Monophobia.jpg
A still from the music video

The music video for "Monophobia" was released on Deadmau5's YouTube channel on July 16, 2018. [11] [18] It was directed by Nick DenBoer and Kenny Hotz, and produced by the Nick DenBoer Production Company and Generic Versatility Animation. [10] It currently has acquired over 13 million views on YouTube. [19]

The video is acclaimed for its "bizarre" style of computer generated 3D animation by Nick DenBoer, also known as Smearballs. [10] It was filmed in Deadmau5's residence in Campbellville, Ontario, Canada, and shows footage of animated beings dancing and performing various activities in and around his household. [13] [20] Deadmau5 makes physical appearances throughout the video and Tory Belleci of MythBusters fame makes a cameo appearance as well. [14] The surrealism of the video has been compared to Cool 3D World and Cyriak. [21] In an interview with Animation World Network, DenBoer stated

"[The music video] was a bit of a free-form project. I had no idea what I was going to do when I shot it other than that I wanted to make a weird house party. I originally showed Joel this little clip I made of my studio and suggested we do a bigger version of his mansion. [...] and then it turned into this crazy music video". [22]

Credits and personnel

Adapted from the music video. [19]

Charts

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