HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — The wait is over for Maroon 5 fans.
On Thursday, the band premiered its "Misery" music video. Directed by Joseph Kahn, the video features frontman Adam Levine as the weak victim in a violent relationship with a girl played by his real-life love interest, Anne Vyalitsyna.
"It kind of turns the whole idea of the sexual energy between two people — a guy and a girl, a music video, you've seen that a million times — that exists in this video, but it's turning it on its ass and having the girl be the more domineering one who's trying to kill me," Levine explained of the video in an interview with MTV News.
" 'Misery' is about ... the desperation of wanting someone really badly in your life but having it be very difficult. Kind of what all the songs I write are about," he added. "I'm not treading on new ground, but I think a lot of people — including myself — deal with that all the time. Relationships are difficult, and it's good therapy to write about them."
"Misery" is the first single off Maroon 5's upcoming Hands All Over album, which drops Sept. 21.
Watch Maroon 5's "Misery" music video below:
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