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Maroon 5 is throwing it back to simpler times for their new single “Middle Ground.”
“We wanted to let the lyrics tell the story and message, and allow the visuals to connect to the audience in a very personal and human way,” Levine, 44, tells PEOPLE exclusively of the video, which was shot in Malibu.
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“The creative was to focus on the band — together — through a series of documentary-like images and vignettes: showing the process of creating the track, a ‘making the song’ with the band playing, discussing things and working parts out, including the casual goofing-off moments,” adds Levine, whose wife,Behati Prinsloo, was also on set. “But with a heartfelt and honest quality to it all.”
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“Middle Ground” is Maroon 5’s first new release since 2021. Levine — a former coach onThe Voice— will bereturning to the show Tuesday nightto perform the single with the rest of the band.
“I need more than myself, I need light, I need life, I need what I never felt,” sings Levine on the song. “If I hit the ground, I’ll fall down to my knees, would you hear the sound?”
“We’ve gotten to the point where we’ve almost just done it all. We’ve been doing it for this crazy long amount of time, and so we thought [a Vegas residency] was the logical next step because it was something that we had never embarked upon,“Levine told PEOPLE in Marchafter opening night. “Also, over the years, Vegas has become this kind of beacon for everybody. … The timing of it all just makes sense to us.”
“It felt right. It felt really, really sweet to have everybody here. I wouldn’t have wanted to do it without them,” Levine said of the support.
source: people.com
