Thirty Seconds To Mars - "AMERICA" 06/04 - "Rescue Me" 3ème single

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Jared on Snapchat, 22.10.2017

 

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26.10.17

 

 

La video de WOW probablement... Ou enfin une date pour l'album?

 

Lui-même n'a pas l'air de pouvoir se donner un âge.

 

 

 

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Pour ce qui est du Big announcement on attend toujours (#soon). Je pense que c'était la vidéo mais qu'ils ne l'ont pas fini en temps et heure.

 

Nouvelle date en Juin 2018 pendant la période des festivals.

 

 

 

Il était donc à Seattle, officiellement pour enregistrer avec Shannon et s'est fait repérer par de jeunes fans. 26-27/10/17

 

 

 

Il a fait une petite déclaration pour le concert hommage à Chester Bennington organisé par les autres membres de Linkin Park (Shannon s'est contenté d’acquiescer gentiment sans dire un mot)

 

 

 

On en profite pour faire de la pub pour le merchandising

 

 

 

De retour à L.A. semble-t-il (je pense qu'il est a à The Hive) 29.10.17

 

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C'est vraiment des trolls

La chanson est sortie depuis quoi... 2 mois maintenant ?

Et on a toujours pas de clip ni de titre d'album

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@heartbeat Oui, et la surprise est une fois de plus passée aux oubliettes.

 

Non mais, ça va arriver, forcément, faire une tournée d'été en 1ère partie de Muse sans nouveau titre ça peut passer mais pas lancer une vraie tournée comme celle qu'ils annoncent en 2018.

De toute façon, c'est sûr que l'album ne sortira pas cette année, à mon avis, début 2018 peut-être même juste avant la tournée qui débute... en mars.

 

Ils devaient faire un live FB/instagram le 1er novembre mais ont annulé suite à la fusillade à NY.

 

@Debbie: il a semble-t-il fait démentir officiellement sa participation au biopic sur Hefner (il n'aurait jamais été impliqué dans le projet et ne travaillera pas avec Brett Rattner à l'avenir), qui a d'ailleurs été bloqué par PlayBoy en attendant que les accusations portées sur Brett Ratner (le Weinstein gate qui continue) soient ou non confirmées.

 

Pour le reste donc:

 

Tomo est porté MIA depuis l'apparition chez Ellen, Shannon est visiblement installé à Seatle et reste discret, comme d'habitude c'est Jared qui fait tout le boulot en se montrant partout.

 

Son alter ego Bart Cubbins est de retour, il a posté quelques dessins

 

 

Il confesse que l'escalade lui manque (pauvre bichon)

 

Can’t wait to heal this back and return to the mountains @renan_ozturk https://instagram.com/p/Ba-L8VQnzLg

 

 

 

Jared @ Spotify’s Inaugural Secret Genius Awards hosted by Lizzo, LA 01.11.2017

 

 

 

Il conseille des lectures (il a l'air d'être sur celui-là depuis plusieurs mois)

 

 

 

LACMA Art + Film Gala honoring Mark Bradford and George Lucas in LA, 04.11.2017 (oui, la blonde c'est Kim Kardashian-West)

 

 

Aussi non, samedi il a mangé des pâtes aux légumes, et ce week-end il a regardé "Mind Hunters".

 

C'est tout pour le moment.

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Shit pour le biopic.Le projet m'emballait pas mal. J'aime tellement Leto à l'écran.

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Je l'aime beaucoup en tant qu'acteur aussi mais j'avoue que si il peut éviter ce biopic sur Hefner personnellement ça m'arrange... Je n'étais pas trop emballée par l'idée (même si le film pourrait s'avérer intéressant comme le biopic sur le fondateur de Hustler dans lequel Woody Harrelson a fait un super boulot).

 

Aussi non , tu as noté dans les article et chez Conan qu'il a dit avoir reçu des propositions pour jouer les pires psychopathes (y compris Manson ou le mec de la secte de Waco) après le Joker... Il plaisantait en disant "je devrais le faire et sortir un box set", je ne suis pas sûre qu'il est si heureux de ne recevoir que ce genre de propositions (même si ces rôles ont leur intérêt pour un acteur de composition)...

 

Par contre récemment il a eu l'air de confirmer qu'il était bel et bien intéressé par le reboot de Tron. Ce qui ne me surprend pas vu que c'est un vrai geek.

 

En fait j'aimerais qu'on lui propose plus souvent des rôles principaux et pas des rôles secondaires (qu'on exploite malgré tout beaucoup dans les teasers...) Il a prouvé qu'il avait les épaules ("Mr Nobody" pour commencer...). je pensais qu'avec l'Oscar ça pourrait se débloquer mais jusqu'à présent...

 

Jared Leto, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Carla Juri and Denis Villeneuve - question-answer session after “Blade Runner 2049” screening in Linwood Dunn Theater, Los Angeles. (Nov. 03, 2017 )

 

 

 

 

 

 

J'aimerais le voir avec un rôle principal dans une vraie comédie. Et je crois qu'il en serait pas contre.

 

Ceci dit 2018 risque d'être surtout musicale vu le nombres de dates qu'ils ont déjà annoncés.

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J'ai toujours imaginé, naïvement sans doute, que son abonnement aux rôles secondaires était lié à son emploi du temps.

Comme il case ses tournages entre des sessions en studio, la réalisation de documentaires et des treks au bout du monde, il doit avoir du mal à signer des contrats qui le lient plusieurs mois sur un même plateau.

Si le projet Hefner m'intéressait, c'est précisément parce que Leto ne joue jamais de parfaits psychopathes. Par sa sélection de projets et son jeu, il insiste toujours sur les motivations et la part d'humanité de ses rôles. Il est toujours sensible, même dans le rôle d'un assassin (Chapter 27) ou d'un camé. C'est pourquoi Rayon renfermait vraiment la quintessence de son jeu. Même son Joker insiste plus sur son versant relationnel que criminel.

Aussi, ce n'était pas le projet Hefner en lui-même qui m'émoustillait. C'était de savoir que le rôle allait être tenu par Leto, ce qui supposait un scénario un peu subtil ou inattendu. La même idée de biopic avec James Franco (que j'aime énormément, pourtant) me ferait nettement moins rêver, par exemple.

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@Debbie Non, je crois qu'à Hollywood il n'est pas considéré comme bankable en tant qu'acteur. Il a sa réputation d'acteur très impliqué (la fameuse Méthode) mais en dehors des fans, Jared n'est pas si connu que ça en réalité... Ce n'est ni Brad Pitt ni George Clooney. (Entre parenthèse, le nombre de personnes qui ignorent qu'il est le chanteur de 30STM...)

 

Je comprend ton point de vue par rapport au biopic. Comme je disais, le film pourrait être intéressant si le script est bon. Et je n'ai aucun doute que Jared en aurait fait quelque chose - on est d'accord sur ce point.

J'imagine d'ailleurs très bien ce qui aurait pu intéresser Jared dans le personnage de Hefner: c'est un entrepreneur qui s'est fait tout seul. Et qui s'est créé une légende. Quelque chose qui doit parler très fort à J...

En plus je sais que Hefner s'est engagé pour les droits civiques - et J est un activiste.

 

Mais vu la réputation que traîne déjà J (et il en est totalement responsable) je n'ai pas envie de le voir incarner un personnage que, de l'extérieur puisque je ne l'ai évidemment jamais rencontré en personne, je trouve plutôt phallocrate...

 

Bref... Qui vivra verra. J est du genre à saisir les opportunités, je pense qu'il n'en a pas encore fini de s'inventer.

 

En parlant d'activisme, il était en live sur l'instagram de Gucci avec son pote Alessandro Michele hier pour annoncer entre autre que Gucci allait bannir la fourrure de ses prochaines collections . Et Jared n'y est pas pour rien dans cette décision apparemment. Reste à arrêter les tests sur animaux pour les parfums

 

 

 

 

 

Les deux frères de barbe.

 

 

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There was a level of clandestine stealth and security surrounding the means by which Clash first got to hear the selection of tracks chosen to offer a teasing taster of the forthcoming fifth 30 Seconds To Mars album that was unprecedented in all our past experiences with advance listens - but then 30STM are no ordinary rock band.

It’s the last day of May, and London is in full bloom amid an early-summer heatwave (which, as it turned out, was our summer), and we’ve followed top-secret directions to an undisclosed address where an LA record exec will allow us, under watchful gaze, access to his laptop and the handful of songs they’re prepared to share at this stage. Unmixed and some weeks from completion, they still sound epic: we’re pulled into giant, welcoming landscapes that share a positive and reassuring energy, made all the more invigorating in this agreeable climate.

Buoyed and fortified by this quick burst of expansive power, we’re led upstairs to meet one-third of these songs’ creators: the prolific and proficient lead singer, who’s the cause of today’s heightened secrecy.

It strikes us, as we prepare to step into Jared Leto’s suite, that today’s covert operations were entirely justified; more than just an exclusive playback of new material, this was an audience with a platinum selling, award-winning rock star, an acclaimed award-winning director, and an A-list award-winning Hollywood movie star. We were about to hang, we realised, with someone that owns an Oscar.

In a career spanning almost 25 years, Leto has remained an enigmatic and compelling talent whose pursuits have consistently afforded him a pan-generational iconic status; to those of a certain age, his turn as high-school heartthrob Jordan Catalano in 1994 TV series My So-Called Life was the catalyst for many an adolescent crush fantasy, and since 1998, 30 Seconds To Mars have risen to become stadium-filling, anthemic heroes to a legion of fans who favour a more profound and progressive brand of rock, while his on-screen conquests (including Fight Club, American Psycho, Requiem For A Dream, Chapter 27, and the imminent Blade Runner 2049) combine to form a range of immersive and stimulating roles - most triumphantly, of course, his portrayal of transgender AIDS patient Rayon in Dallas Buyers Club would earn him the Best Supporting Actor statue at the 2014 Academy Awards.

This moment, therefore, was bound to be unforgettably significant for all of us - it was the first step towards his most coveted accolade to date: a Clash cover.-

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Three months later, with the capital’s tropical conditions a distant memory, we have reconvened in Central London to make this dream a reality.

A fortnight ago, 30 Seconds To Mars premiered to the world ‘Walk On Water’, the lead single from the still as-yet-untitled new album, at the MTV VMA’s in California, with a visually and physically spectacular performance captured by thermal cameras that featured a guest appearance from Travis Scott. Shannon Leto, Jared’s older brother, band co-founder and drummer, is centre stage, surrounded by an army of dancers, hammering the track’s pounding heartbeat, while guitarist Tomo Miličević intrepidly prowls amid the throng. Leering directly into camera, Jared forcefully delivers the call-to-arms’ leading question: “Do you believe that you can win this fight tonight?”

If the answer was in the trio’s self-assurance and resolve, then it would be an irrefutable ‘yes’. It’s been four-and-a-half years since the group’s previous outing, ‘Love, Lust, Faith & Dreams’, and 30 Seconds To Mars on that stage look like lions released from their cages. At our second meeting with Jared, with this track out in the wild and its successors to follow, he’s noticeably ready - and hungry - for the fight.

And so, with a new record comes new responsibilities: namely interviews. As Clash begin our line of questioning, we can’t help but wonder what the difference is, for the ultimate renaissance man such as Jared Leto, between talking about music and the other mediums he’s so involved in.

“That’s a good question,” is the welcome response. “I think the difference with music is that it’s a very intimate and personal process. When you make a film, you work with really a large group of people and it is very collaborative. When you make music, it’s a much smaller team. Over the years it’s been mostly my brother and I - we’ve done this since we were kids - so sharing that with family makes it different right from the get-go. It’s just special; it’s hard to really compare it to anything else. Writing music starts from the most simple, most humble beginning and can turn into something that really connects in such a powerful way around the globe, so it’s a very beautiful process that a thought, an idea, can in turn end up touching so many people and in such a deep way. It certainly has for me in my life; music has changed me. It has been my soundtrack, it has been my companion, it has been my inspiration, and so many artists have taught me about life and the world through their writing.”

Unlike the punishing press schedule that actors endure, musicians are less obligated to promote their product - Frank Ocean, for example, is refusing all interview requests - so, if his music is so personal and intimate, why doesn’t Jared simply let it speak for itself?

“I guess I’m motivated to do [interviews] because I recognise that it’s a great way to spread the word,” he reasons. “Music is meant to be consumed, just like… I guess it’s kinda like cooking; if you’re at home and you’ve made a big dinner and you put all the food out on the table, it’s certainly a lot nicer when people show up and consume the meal. In order for that, you need to invite people to do it, so I think I look at this as like the invitation process.”

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Facing this mouth-watering banquet he’s laid before himself, Jared is practically tucking a napkin into his collar and sharpening his knives - he’s more than ready to gorge on music once more. “It’s been a long time coming, and we’re excited about the new music,” he attests. “In four-and-a-half years a lot happens, and the world changes - you change - and I think you can hear that change on the album. I think it’s a different album, and I think people are going to be pretty surprised by the songs they hear.”

As persistent and intense as always, on these new songs, 30 Seconds To Mars have refined the electronic inflections of ‘Love, Lust, Faith And Dreams’ and the more expressive qualities of it predecessor, 2009’s ‘This Is War’, to create something palpably vivid in its passionate perspective and connectivity.

Jared’s boundless enthusiasm can also be put down to the relief and gratitude he feels to even be in this position again. His 2012 documentary, Artifact, captured the traumatic experience of 30STM battling with their record label, EMI, in a $30 million breach-of-contract lawsuit that threatened their very existence - “We went to war,” he says, “and it wasn’t easy.” The conflict would ultimately produce the justly dramatic ‘This Is War’, but the whole brutal ordeal did little to dampen the band’s creative spirits. “There was a lot at stake, and that experience changed our lives. It taught us about ourselves, this business of music, and there were great lessons to be learned in that experience.”

Almost a decade after their legal wrangles, Jared is optimistic about the progress made by the music industry in that time that now allows 30STM to prosper - the business, he says, is “more transparent, and I think it’s got better, because musicians have the ability to have a louder voice and to speak to their audience directly. We were signed a decade before Facebook, or more. We were signed six or seven years before YouTube. The world has changed so much and I think for the better.”

Adding to Artifact and the series of 30STM videos he’s directed, Jared is continuing the tradition of marrying his two favourite mediums - music and film - in album companion pieces with A Day In The Life Of America, which picks up on the themes present in this new album. “Times are changing,” he warns in ‘Walk On Water’, and this film aims to document their impact on modern America through the viewpoints of those both within and without the country. “It really could be about any country in the world right now,” he argues. “I think so many of us are going through similar things. We’re all so connected now. I mean, people are asking really crucial questions - who are we, who do we want to be, what kind of country do we want to live in - and I think that it’s hard to tell the story of America without telling the story of the world.”

Having sent out 92 films crews across all 50 states, and extended a global invitation for a submission of clips, they have amassed reams of contributions, “from the Middle East to China to Africa and beyond,” that promise to form an insightful and objective portrait of our planet today.

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Clearly, Jared relishes being in the distinctly fortunate and enviable position that allows him to exercise his inquisitive and inventive mind in a number of fields - in addition to music and movies, he’s become further aligned with fashion, more recently appearing in campaigns for Gucci at the behest of his best friend, the brand’s creative director, Alessandro Michele - but, like the fearless looks he’s rocked on red carpets of late (Gucci, naturally), his judgements have always followed a rather maverick trajectory - as exemplified in his diverse choice of non-conformist movie roles.

“I like to be challenged,” he says of his attraction to projects. “I like to be provoked creatively, and I like an opportunity that pushes me to a new place and teaches me something. I love to learn, and it’s a good opportunity when you’re doing these things to be slightly off balance, to be on uncertain creative grounds.” He points to A Day In The Life Of America, the VMAs and the experimental nature of their new songs as representative of his latest forays into unknown territories. “And it’s not just the result,” he adds, “it’s the process of how do you do these things, how do you prepare for these things, how do you craft and figure out the production and the technical side of things that is part of the journey itself.”

It’s a particularly individualistic journey that Leto has undertaken, one driven by instinct and inspiration, but not one he could necessarily do alone. “You follow your gut and your heart and your head,” he says of his method of working, “and you build a great team of people who can help bring your vision to life.”

When it comes to 30STM, therefore, how lucky he is to have such an attuned collaborator as his brother. “[shannon] is the reason that we are doing this,” he states. “He was the one that kinda led the charge with music. He was the one that always saw the future here… To have been doing it for this long is absolutely mind-blowing, and we don’t take it for granted for a single second… You know, we talk often about how fortunate we are and how grateful we are to be in the position that we’re in.”

That familiarity also enables Jared the freedom to truly be who he wants to be on stage: himself. Though screen characters have required drastic physical transformations - he piled on the pounds to play Mark Chapman in Chapter 27, and became practically emaciated for Dallas Buyers Club - and a method-like immersion in character (his Joker wreaked havoc on his Suicide Squad co-stars, who claim never to have met Jared Leto), there is no mask worn by the lead singer of 30STM. “Music is incredibly personal,” he affirms. “It’s about pulling the veil back. It’s about sharing as much of yourself as you can, or your thoughts, whether it’s your head, your heart, or your guts, whatever. Your spirit - whatever that is. You know, it’s not about taking on an imaginary set of circumstances and building a character. I’m never more of myself than when I’m standing on stage. There’s an absence of character.”

Daunting to some, that prospect is entirely natural to Jared Leto, who professes to feeling more comfortable performing in front of 140,000 people than he does holding a conversation with one person in a restaurant, and it’s the foundation of 30STM’s unfaltering relatability that ensures they remain a pertinent and provocative band for our times. “You can never stop learning,” Jared says of their perceptive and exploratory nature, which thankfully shows no sign of ever abating - unlike our conversation, which draws to an end as cryptically as it began. “Craft isn’t something that ends. Songs are elusive - they’re like dreams,” he smiles knowingly, “they’re hard to catch a hold of.”

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http://clashmusic.com/features/man-on-fire-jared-leto-interviewed

 

The Warhol @ The Odeon event, NYC 06.11.2017

 

 

 

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ILS L'ONT FAIT: la vidéo est finie!!!!!!!

 

 

Virtually everything you are about to see happened on a single day in the United States of America, July 4th, 2017. Over 10,000 generous and creative people submitted footage - in addition to our 92 professional crews. We filmed in all fifty states, Puerto Rico and D.C. and captured a portrait of this country that is absolutely beautiful, challenging and unforgettable. A very small selection of that footage you see here. The rest will be part of the documentary film, A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AMERICA (directed by Jared Leto), that is a companion piece to our brand new album. The album. The film. The tour. Coming #soon.

 

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Instagram live 09/11.

Discuter avec des fans sur Instagram, bon moyen de ne pas s'endormir quand on est en plein décallage horaire...

 

 

 

Donc il est à Madrid et miracle, Shannon aussi. Ceci dit il est resté caché le frérot...

 

 

‘The Hormiguero’ Madrid, Spain. (Nov. 9, 2017

 

 

 

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Los 40 Music Awards, Madrid, 10/11

 

 

 

 

MTV EMAs Londres 12/11

 

 

 

 

 

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Mars @ the Bataclan
Paris, 13.11.2017

 

 

‘C A Vous’ TV studio
Paris, 13.11.2017

 

 

RTL2 Studio in Paris, France. (Nov. 13, 2017)