When Is the Future?

"When Is the Future?"
Single by VNV Nation
from the album Noire
Released	8 October 2018
Genre	Futurepop
Length	5:11
Label	Anachron Sounds
Songwriter(s)	Ronan Harris
Producer(s)	Ronan Harris
VNV Nation singles chronology
"When Is the Future?" (2018) "Before the Rain" (2023)

"When Is the Future?" is a single by VNV Nation from their album Noire . It was released on 8 October 2018, a few days before the European release of the album. This song was released with a music video, VNV Nation's first. ^[1]

The song became a hit single for the band, being one of very few VNV songs to reach ten million views on Youtube and ten million streams on Spotify. ^[2]

Music video

The music video for "When Is the Future?" was directed by Michael and Flora Winkler, and filmed in Tokyo during late 2018. ^[3]

Reception

"When Is the Future?" was praised upon release. ^{[4] [5]} Douglas Leach, writing for Regen Mag, described the song as, "leaning a bit more into the synthwave sound than standard VNV Nation and ending up being a well-written pop song". ^[6]

Annika Heller also praised the song in her review, saying, "With its regular beats and future pop elements, I couldn’t help but imagining myself walking to the song’s rhythm through a metropolis as a stranger, just like Ronan Harris on his stroll through Tokyo". ^[7]

References

1. Yücel, Ilker (2018-10-12). "VNV Nation releases first official music video, releases new album". ReGen.
2. "VNV Nation – touring the US in support of new album Noire". The Echo . 2019-01-07.
3. "VNV Nation debuts official video for 'When is the future'". Side Line. 2018-10-16.
4. Carlsson, Johan (2018-10-17). "VNV Nation - Noire". Release Magazine .
5. Schiffmann, Andreas (2018-10-12). "VNV Nation: Noire (Review)". musikreviews.de (in German).
6. Leach, Douglas (2019-09-09). "VNV Nation – NOIRE". ReGen.
7. Heller, Annika (2018-10-28). "VNV Nation Noire - A spiritual synth pop journey". electrozombies.com.