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YUNGBLUD, Halsey risk it all in cinematic “11 Minutes” video

Last week, Halsey and YUNGBLUD began teasing a truly triple-threat collab with blink-182 drummer Travis Barker. The track dropped shortly after, and the duo surprised fans with a pop-up shop and first live performance hours later.

As if all of that wasn’t exciting enough, next they began teasing us with a music video, and it’s finally here.

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Following the success of Halsey’s chart-topping “Without Me” and YUNGBLUD’s absolutely infectious “Loner,” the duo recruited Barker’s talents for an all encompassing collab, “11 Minutes.”

Melded with Barker’s incomparable drumming, Halsey and YUNGBLUD’s powerful pipes relay a love story ending in self-sabotage.

The song tells the story of a perfect tragedy that reflects modern love within our society,” YUNGBLUD explains. “We are so distracted and focused on what’s next, we can fail to see what is actually in front of us. We don’t realize how much we need something until it’s taken away from us.”

That self-sabotage is quite present in the video, highlighting the couple journeying through the stages of grief in a Groundhog Day or Happy Death Day type of scenario. Barker also appears throughout the clip, which is directed by award-winning filmmaker Colin Tilley.

Tilley previously worked with Halsey on “Without Me” and has also helmed videos for tracks by Machine Gun Kelly (“Stereo”), Skrillex and Vic Mensa (“No Chill”), Kendrick Lamar (“Alright”) and more.

Check out the new video below.

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Halsey has given blink an in-song shout-out and performed with Barker in the past, and the collab made sense for all parties involved.

“Working with Halsey and Travis was a fucking dream—at the end of the day we’re all rock kids,” YUNGBLUD says. “We grew up with a mutual adoration for the genre so it completely makes sense that we would come together and try to modernize it.”

The trio worked with producer/songwriters Matt Schwartz (Cold War Kids, Kylie Minogue), Zakk Cervini (Good Charlotte, Mayday Parade) and Chris Greatti (Grimes, Black Veil Brides).

Halsey closes it all out with a piano-driven solo, and we’d be lying if we said it didn’t give us goosebumps.

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Halsey recently dropped a Juice WRLD remix of “Without Me” and has opened up on the creative process for her next album in between killing it as a host and performer on SNL.

Barker has plenty in the works, from his Musink Festival in March to upcoming and already released collabs with FEVER 333, Vic Mensa and Korn. Plus, there’s potential for blink’s next album to go in a “completely weird” direction. The band is also slated to headline Back To The Beach in April.

On top of releasing “Loner” earlier this year, YUNGBLUD is out on a massive tour with Australia, U.K. and U.S. dates. A full list of shows and tickets are available here.

What do you think of the trio’s collab? Sound off in the comments below!

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