"Sit Next to Me"is a song by the AmericanindietronicabandFoster the People.The song is featured as the third track on the band's third studio albumSacred Hearts Cluband was released as the record's third single byColumbia Recordson July 13, 2017. "Sit Next to Me" (Versions) was recorded on October 13, 2017 and featured a radio edit, an acoustic version, and a reworked version of the song. It was then released to USmodern rockstations. The song was well-received by music critics, who complimented its production and catchiness.
The official video for "Sit Next to Me" was directed by Fourclops and Brinton Bryan and was released on November 10, 2017.[2]The video features 100 posts fromInstagraminfluencers and celebrities and also includes submissions from Foster the People fans all over the world. A cardboard cut-out of Baloony fromPhineas and Ferbis seen in one of the Instagram videos. "It was fun to play with the premise of a music video that hijacks your social feed," said director Fourclops in a prepared statement. "Instagram is a major destination for consuming media these days, and it made for an exciting setting for our video. We asked ourselves, what would it look like if all of the accounts within Instagram become transformed by a song?"[3]
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