A clip of the video appears on Prime Video's Your idea which stars Galitzine as the frontman of August Moon, the boy band that leads him straight into a romance with a fan's mom
Maybe it's the the way Nicholas Galitzine walked right into our hearts and stole it — through the doors and past the guards, just like he already had. Or maybe it's just August Moon, the fictional boy band the actor fronted for Prime Video's Your ideachanneling the spirit of One Direction in the music video for their song “Guard Down”.
Helmed by the film's director Michael Showalter, the “Guard Down” video evoked flashbacks to the 2013 release of One Direction's “Best Song Ever” video — that is, it focuses on five band members who are completely oblivious to authority after a goofy opening clean sets the scene.
“This is the third song on the album,” Savan Kotecha, who also wrote the production Your idea soundtrack, said recently Rolling rock about “Guard Down”. The electric guitar cut has garnered more than 3 million streams on Spotify since the film was released. Coincidentally, “Best Song Ever” was the lead single from Midnight memories, One Direction's more rock-based third album. I am just saying.
“It's all about the trappings of fame,” Kotecha continued. “Letting your guard down is either substance abuse, or women, or whatever…participating in things you know you shouldn't and losing someone who knew you before you were famous.”
Galitzine is the only member of August Moon who actually sings – Kotecha cut vocals on the soundtrack for the others – but they feel like a real band on screen thanks to the boy band boot camp training they endured to build a sense of genuine connection during the making of the film. That's what makes their choreography and camaraderie in the “Guard Down” video work on top of the song actually being kind of brilliant.
“I have some friends who are musicians and pop stars. And the lifestyle for me – it's so crazy. I admire them so much because whether you're going on tour or playing in front of 80,000 people, it's just completely different,” Galitzine said. Rolling rock in a recent interview. “Acting is quite insular in a way, whereas as a musician you have to give all your energy out. I had so much fun doing the music side of it. But whether I can be a pop star in real life, I think maybe that's completely different.”
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