Will Joseph Cook revs up on his ‘Driverless Cars’

Words: Sam Geary 

Premiered last night (May 20) by Annie Mac on BBC Radio 1, Will Joseph Cook today shares his new single ‘Driverless Cars’, and its accompanying video, directed by Bad Hotel.

The sleek, boppy number is his first new music of the year.

Speaking about the track, Will said: “‘Driverless Cars’ was a very dumb, literal way of trying to express a lack of control and clear direction in my life, surrendering to the fact that a lot of what happens to us is out of our control. For me at least, that was a really uncomfortable and difficult thing to process."

"I wrote ‘Driverless Cars’ after a late night walk, the title lyric kind of just popped out when I was singing the melody. It made me laugh because it was such a contemporary way of describing a very contemporary feeling. Plus, it has a ‘trying to be deep’ stoner energy to it which is always entertaining, I wanted to reflect that in the video.”

The visual features Will strolling the streets on a night out whilst being followed by a beast, when things get particularly out-there…

“The video follows an unpredictably surreal night with friends, dodging interactions with an ominous beast," he adds. "He represented the anxiety that uncertainty can bring, but it’s all good because we never let him join the party. It was also a perfect excuse to finally buy the tiny car of my dreams.”

Check out ‘Driverless Cars’ below.