David Bowie, "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" [MUSIC VIDEO]: Tilda Swinton Stars With 'Ziggy' in Newest, Bizarre Music Video

David Bowie just released his latest short-film type music video for the single "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" off of his anticipated upcoming album, The Next Day. As you can imagine, this music video is pretty strange despite a slow introduction. Bowie enlists the talents of Tilda Swinton as they portray a married couple dealing with a celebrity couple moving into the neighborhood. Floria Sigismondi, who directed the 2010 film The Runaways starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning, directed the video.

The video opens with a content married couple going through another day together, completely fine with their life together. They each actually say, "We have a nice life" to each other. Unbeknownst to them, the celebrity couple they just saw on the tabloids cover is watching them and even drives past them as the song leaves the introduction riff and enters the main tune. Another character, a singer of a neighborhood band, is introduced and she looks like Bowie's infamous androgynous stage. As the video progresses, the celebrity couple's antics get weirder and weirder, involving a lot of mysterious home invasion sequences. Tilda seems to become somewhat possessed and the bizarreness continues.

I am going to stop there because I honestly cannot explain what happens in the rest of the video. The singer is not seen from again and a ton of crazy stuff occurs. All I know is that, "people are not who they seem to be" is a great way of describing this music video.

"The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" is the second single off of The Next Day, following the release of the first single, "Where Are We Now?" The latter had been more of a ballad whereas this latest song is upbeat and "rocking." The Next Day producer, Tony Visconti recently shared some information about the latest album, saying it will be "quite the rock album" and "classic Bowie." Upon the release of "Where Are We Now?" as the first single, Visconti stated:

It's maybe the only track on the album that goes this much inward for him. It's quite a rock album, the rest of the songs. I thought to myself: 'Why is David coming out with this very slow, albeit beautiful, ballad? Why is he doing this? He should be coming out with a bang.' But he is a master of his own life. I think this was a very wise move, to link up the past with the future, and I think the next thing you hear from him is going to be quite different.