WATCH: Grouplove's New 'Ways to Go' Video Stars Young Kim Jong-un; New Album 'Spreading Rumors' Due in September
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- June 10, 2013
- by Variance Staff
Grouplove on Monday confirmed plans for their sophomore album, Spreading Rumors, which will arrive on Sept. 17 via Canvasback/Atlantic. To mark the band's announcement, they also unveiled the set's first single via video. The clip for "Ways to Go" stars a young Kim Jong-un (you know, the Supreme Leader of North Korea) as he dances his way through the streets and through the halls of his future palace.
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