Fontaines D.C. have teamed up with director Andrea Arnold for their new 'Bug' video

Fontaines D.C. have shared a new music video for their track 'Bug'.

The clip was directed by Academy Award-winner Andrea Arnold, featuring footage from his upcoming film Bird, which will be released in UK and US cinemas on 8th November via MUBI.

The film stars Barry Keoghan, Franz Rogowski, and Nykiya Adams, with Fontaines D.C.'s Carlos O'Connell making his acting debut. The band's music also features throughout the film's soundtrack.

Speaking about the video, Arnold says: "I've loved the Fontaine's since I first heard them. Some music just sits in your bones like it always belonged, like you know it already, like it's part of you. It's why I asked to use 'Too Real' and 'A Hero's Death' for my Bird film. Their music felt like it belonged there. In my world. They were immediately generous in letting me use those tracks which was just fucking brilliant. That generosity brought energy which gets poured into the life of the film. I am grateful for all the positive energy that comes when you make a film. Extending the images and my Bird world for the Bug track felt like the most natural thing in the world. Like part of the same thing. I wouldn't have done it had I not felt that. And I would hardly do it for anyone."

O'Connell adds: "Andrea Arnold was kind enough to cut up a sequence to our tune Bug featuring Barry Keoghan playing the character Bug in her new movie Bird. Bug's a song that happened quickly and convinced everyone quicker. In my eyes, the character Bug, the tattoo "Bug's Life", Andrea's essential & romantic worlds, and the line 'Changed my name to "Promise you, Yea"'; when put all together make convincing needless & conviction undeniable. Big thanks to Andrea Arnold for letting us in so close to her visionary universe. She'll be remembered how we remember Bacon or Goya."

'Bug' follows previous singles 'Starburster', 'Favourite', 'Here's The Thing' and 'In The Modern World' from their fourth album 'Romance', released via XL Recordings.