Stress (Justice song)
| "Stress" | ||||
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| Promotional single by Justice | ||||
| from the album † | ||||
| Released | 1 May 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 2005–06 in Paris, France | |||
| Genre | Electro house | |||
| Length | 4:59 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Justice | |||
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"Stress" is a song by French electronic music duo Justice. It is the tenth track on their debut studio album, † (also known as Cross). A music video for the song, directed by Romain Gavras, was released on 1 May 2008 through the website of American rapper Kanye West. The video, which has also been subject to severe criticism, is notable for its extremely controversial content, which includes scenes of gang violence across Paris, France, performed by young teenagers. The song itself has received positive reviews from critics.
"Stress" is an electro house song. It samples both "Night on Disco Mountain" by David Shire and the music video version of "Jocko Homo" by Devo. Xavier de Rosnay of Justice talked about the song in a 2016 interview, commenting that the song was mixed in such a way that it could be an unpleasant listen and "almost give you a headache." The song has also been featured on the soundtrack for the video game NBA 2K13, which was curated by famed rapper Jay-Z.
The music video for "Stress" was originally uploaded to the website of American rapper Kanye West on 1 May 2008. It was eventually made available for viewing on YouTube on 25 September 2013. Lasting nearly seven minutes, it was directed by Romain Gavras and shot in 16mm film in Paris.
The video is centered on young Parisian teenagers who go about the city and commit gang violence; de Rosnay himself has described the video as "seven minutes of pure violence in a way people are not used to seeing". During the video, they violently harass civilians in public, vandalize property, and also jack a vehicle and set it ablaze afterward. The video also features many people of black skin, which led to people thinking of the video as racist. In response to people thinking about the video this way, Gaspard Augé of Justice responded in an interview by saying "We were expecting some fuss obviously, but definitely not on those topics... If people see racism in the video, it's definitely because they might have a problem with racism; because they only see black people beating up white people, which is not what happens."
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