When You Die

“When You Die” is the second single released for MGMT’s fourth studio album Little Dark Age. The track was premiered through The New Yorker alongside its accompanying music video. The video, directed by Mike Burakoff and Hallie Cooper-Novack and starring Alex Karpovsky and Lucy Kaminsky, is psychedelic, hallucinatory, and horrifying, following a failing magician’s experience as he dies.

[Verse 1] I'm not that nice I'm mean and I'm evil Don't call me nice I'm gonna eat your heart out I've got some work to do Baby, I'm ready, I'm ready, ready, ready to blow my lid off Yeah! [Verse 2] Go fuck yourself You heard me right Don't call me nice again Don't you have somewhere to be at 7:30? Baby, I'm ready, I'm ready, ready, ready to blow my brains out [Chorus 1] You die And words don't do anything It's permanently night And I won't feel anything We'll all be laughing with you when you die [Chorus 2] Words don't do anything It's permanently night And I won't feel anything We'll all be laughing with you when you die [Verse 3] Go fuck yourself I'm mean, not nice You said it twice You said it twice Don't you have somewhere to be at 7:30? [Interlude] I've got some work to do I'm gonna eat your heart out I heard you the first time