Ryan Oakes has released ‘Ground Zero’, the final single before his debut album arrives next week.
Oakes will be dropping his debut album ‘Wake Up’ on 12 May.
Check out the new single, which features AViVA, via the music video below, which is set amid a late-night drive.
The ‘Ground Zero’ video follows on from ‘Ruined’ and ‘Spaceship’, which together are designed to tell a complete story.
Oakes has said he’s wanted to go “above and beyond with the visuals for this album”, adding:
“We wanted to set a new standard, instead of a bunch of individual videos, they ended up being one large cohesive video split into clips that tells a story,” he explains.
“It follows me through Slumberland which is a clothing brand I’ve built alongside my music, where all my nightmares come true.
I “WAKE UP” in a lab and finally escape only to come home to find my psychotic girlfriend has turned into a robot killing machine.
Upon making my escape, she jumps in the car with me (which is the “GROUND ZERO” video) and I drive us off of a cliff — inevitably killing us both, essentially ending the loop where I “WAKE UP” and start the entire thing over again.”
Oakes will be embarking on a first-ever headline ‘Wake Up’ tour following the album’s release next week – see the full dates and more information here.
See the full ‘Wake Up’ tracklisting and album artwork below.
1. WAKE UP
2. HEAVYWEIGHT (w/ Loveless)
3. WHITE FLAG (w/ Magnolia Park)
4. DOWN
5. GROUND ZERO (w/ AViVA)
6. RUINED (w/ Ekoh)
7. SPACESHIP (w/ Abigail Osborn)
8. UNAPOLOGETIC
9. LOVELETTER
10. TOMORROW NEVER CAME
11. NIGHTMARE12. SLEEPWALKER
