Directed by long-time collaborator Eric Watson , the video juxtaposes scenes from the Los Angeles suburbs (where the duo were attending the MTV VMAs) with footage of British suburbia filmed in Kingston-upon-Thames .
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The song was primarily inspired by Penelope Spheeris’s 1983 cult film Suburbia , which depicted the lives of punks living in squats and the tension between them and local vigilantes. Directed by long-time collaborator Eric Watson , the