YEAH YEAH YEAHS "Despair" Singing Contest

[Jennie Boddy]

For Immediate Release:
July 10, 2013
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YEAH YEAH YEAHS ANNOUNCE #SINGYYYOURHEARTOUT CONTEST
SWEETEST SERENADER OF "DESPAIR" WINS!
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(Credit: Photo by Dan Martensen; Concept by KK Barrett)

Submission Deadline is August 9th, 2013

July 10, 2013 - New York, NY - Yeah Yeah Yeahs invite fans to sing their hearts out to their new single "Despair."  If you can find the time in the intimacy of your wasted summer days and wasted summer nights, send a submission of your heartfelt performance of the song's first verse to the band. Whomever the band chooses wins a special prize directly from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.



A tip from Karen O to fans: "This is not about how perfect you sound or cute you look, this is about singing what's in your heart and having a good time doing it. Anyone who has the balls to put it out there is good in my book, haters be damned. This song is for you!"



To submit your performance, upload your video to Youtube or Vine and Tweet a link with the hashtag #SINGYYYOURHEARTOUT. The top 10 videos with the most votes will be the 10 finalists. The overall winner will receive a special prize directly from the band. Lyrics can be found on the official contest page HERE: yeahyeahyeahs.com/sing-yyyour-heart-out<http://yeahyeahyeahs.com/sing-yyyour-heart-out>.



"Despair" is the second single off the NYC-based trio's album Mosquito (Interscope), which entered the Billboard Top 200 this April at #5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs recently debuted the music video for "Despair" which was directed by Patrick Daughters ("Maps," "Gold Lion"). The band reached new heights with the video - literally. Skyscraper heights. 102-story, 443-meter, Empire State Building heights, to be exact. The concept for the video came courtesy of Noisey.com, who decided they wanted to co-produce a video for the band's single by pairing New York's quintessential landmark with New York's quintessential band. Watch the video HERE: http://noisey.vice.com/music-video-premieres/yeah-yeah-yeahs-despair.

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