The new song was written especially for the composer and former Oingo Boingo frontman's 2020 Coachella performance, that ended up not happening due to the pandemic, and the video was made by Bjork and Arca collaborator Jesse Kanda.
"I originally wrote “Happy” to perform at Coachella 2020. It was written to be an absurd anti-pop song, designed to begin as a very simple pop tune that degrades into something more subversive. The cynical nature of the lyrics echo how I feel about living in a semi-dystopian world…
Jon Brion, William Shatner, Mandy Moore, Bob Saget, Clive Davis, Tim Rice, Drew Carey, and Patti LuPone are among over 75 composers, musicians, actors, and more set to perform and appear.
"I said, 'wait a minute there’s a way to do this,' that’s mixing everything for my last 40 years together bits of film, bits of songs, probably maybe Oingo Boingo songs, and at that same time I’ve been working on this new stuff that I had in my mind and I thought …
"This is NOT my new single or for a new album that I'm working on. Just a little something that was fun to record and relaxed me, and maybe it will do the same for you? Totally home-made!" - Danny Elfman.
Just about every area of recorded music was hit by the fire, from jazz to punk to cabaret to comedy, new wave, historical speeches, metal, hip hop, you name it.
Danny Elfman, who wrote the songs and score and was the singing voice of Jack Skellington, will sing live, as will original voice actors Catherine O'Hara (Sally) and Ken Page (Oogie Boogie), backed by a full orchestra and choir during a screening of the movie. Tickets will be available via a B…