U2 Shoots Video From Family's Balcony After Storm
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- U2 knocked on a Mexico City family's door earlier this year after thunder and rain killed the generator powering their video shoot, and the family agreed to let the band use their private balcony as a backup location.
- Bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr. were filming the music video for new song 'Street of Dreams' in Plaza Santo Domingo when the generator failed mid-shoot.
- 'Street of Dreams' serves as the first preview of a forthcoming, still-untitled U2 LP due later this year.
- The upcoming album marks U2's first studio album since 2017's Songs of Experience, ending an eight-year gap between full-lengths.
- U2 first reemerged in February with two EPs, Days of Ash and Easter Lily, ahead of the new full-length release.
Why it matters: After an eight-year gap since Songs of Experience, U2 is rolling out their next studio album later this year, and the most shareable artifact so far is a video made possible by a Mexico City family opening their home mid-storm — turning a production mishap into the story that introduces the new era.
