Run The Credits serves as the final taster of his imminent Jamie xx-produced debut solo album, 'Hideous Bastard', which is due out this Friday (September 9). Sim said of the new song:
"I very much see this album as a queer horror film, and I wrote Run The Credits as the closing scenes of the film.
"Sonically, I think it’s quite a joyous and celebratory song, but lyrically it’s quite open ended and has a lot of anger. It was also an opportunity to pay homage to some of the characters I love the most in cinema like Patrick Bateman and Buffalo Bill. I've loved those characters since I was a little boy. I never identified with the Disney princes or the action heroes—the villains and the final girls are the ones who excited me and who I aspired to be."
The lush, alt-pop track arrives with a VHS-style lyrics video and follows on from the singles GMT, Romance With A Memory, Fruit, and Hideous.
Earlier in September, Sim cancelled his scheduled tour dates in North America, Europe and the UK.
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