Launched on the 26th of August, the official music video for Swedish Electro-House producer Audrio’s new track ‘Dreaming Wide Awake’ has taken the concept of commercial dance music videos and turned it on its head with a dark, zombie-inspired cinematic short.
The video follows a character who finds himself in a zombie nightmare after he discovers his girlfriend has become one of the undead. The protagonist of this zombie apocalypse fights her off with a lampshade and a pair of scissors, before trying his best to battle off the larger crowd of undead entering his home.
The video acts as a unique and unexpected backdrop to the track, with the uplifting nuances of the vocals and the pounding electronic synths providing an effective musical commentary on an intensely emotional and bloody scene.
The track itself showcases Avicii’s protege Audrio and his ingenious synthesis of harmonious progressive house leads and gritty electro synths and drum beats. This is all overlaid with clean beautiful female vocals. ‘Dreaming Wide Awake’ is Audrio’s first original production release and comes out on Avicii’s own label ‘LE7ELS’ on the 3rd of September.