[Smells Like News] OK Go 'Flattered' To Be On 'New Moon' Soundtrack

'It's a huge deal,' frontman Damian Kulash says of the inclusion of new song 'Shooting the Moon.'
By Kyle Anderson, with reporting by Matt Elias


OK Go's Timothy Jay Nordwind and Damian Kulash
Photo: MTV News

For most of the early part of their career, OK Go have been known as "the treadmill band" after scoring a massive viral hit with their video for "Here It Goes Again," a lo-fi affair that featured the band performing a tightly choreographed, all-in-one-take dance on a series of treadmills. Now they hope to graduate to a level that Paramore and Muse both know well: the "Twilight" band.

The group contributed a brand-new song called "Shooting the Moon" to the soundtrack for the upcoming film "New Moon."

"We're flattered," frontman Damian Kulash told MTV News. "It's a really amazing set of bands. It's a huge deal. We grew up listening to the 'Pretty in Pink' soundtrack, and I sort of feel like this 'New Moon' soundtrack is like 'Pretty in Pink' for the new generation — foxy female lead, the kind of loser guy who becomes a sexpot and of course the 1,000-year-old witch/vampire type."

Though the band jokes that their song was selected for the soundtrack based on the title alone, they actually have a bit of history with author Stephenie Meyer. "She asked us to play one of her book-launch parties," Kulash said. "She thanked us in the back of one of the books, because I guess she listens to our music a lot when she's writing. We feel a particular kinship with her, even though we've never met her."

Of course, having a song on the "New Moon" soundtrack comes with responsibilities. For instance: Are they Team Edward or Team Jacob? "I'm gonna go Edward. In that lineup, we're closest to skinny vampire," frontman Damian Kulash explained.

"I'm pretty hairy, so maybe I am a werewolf," bassist Tim Nordwind added.

Kulash finally settled it. "So maybe we're three-quarters Edward, one-quarter Jacob," he said.

Check out everything we've got on "The Twilight Saga: New Moon."

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