"Hollow Man," the second single from R.E.M.'s new album Accelerate, premiered exclusively on MySpace TV on Wednesday, April 23rd. The video for "Hollow Man" was created by Crush Inc. - a cutting edge graphic-design and production studio based in Toronto. R.E.M front man Michael Stipe had this to say about the innovativeclip..."I wanted Hollow Man to be a piece that creates a chaotic universe that only really occurs on a desktop, backlit and made of light, and to allow within that universe varying levels of, and glimpses into, intimacy and distance, abstraction and distraction, focus and avoidance. All the things that flash across the conscious mind when you're trying to work your way through something. The Pixelman became the kind of unconscious;direct, calm and absolute, but ultimately unclear in his direction.I had the idea that Crush could provide a completely made up universe that references our world but flattens it out and mixes in the turmoil and tumult of emotion; in essence, like the character in the song, overwhelmed, incomplete, emptied out, on repeat.Crush delivered brilliant ideas which became several roughs, and weworked closely on the ideas, bouncing them off of Chris Bilheimer and afew trusted allies and artists. I was inspired by Douglas Coupland(http://www.coupland.com), various websites that invite webexperimentation that I discovered with Jacknife Lee (http://www.jacknifelee.com), and Eliot's "The Hollow Men". It was greatfun working with Crush (http://www.crushinc.com). I think the result is staggering. We are already at work on our next project together."- Michael StipeREM - Hollowman
REM - Hollowman