Darren Aronofsky, the man who directed Requiem for a Dream, wanted to play Idles’ ‘Love Song’ as his first dance. His fiancé was like “get fucked”. When I met him on Jimmy Fallon’s show and he told me the story, I told him she had a point – I wouldn’t have it as my first dance either.
It was all very bizarre – he’s my favourite film director. We stayed in touch, and when he asked our band to do the soundtrack for his latest film Caught Stealing, it felt right. I felt like it should have been us – not in an arrogant way, but because the film is an allegory of someone running away from themselves which is something I’ve been writing about for five albums, since 2017’s Brutalism. It’s not a light film, but Idles has never been a light band.
