Pink Floyd Releases Official Music Video for Wish You Were Here After 50 Years

JAKARTA - The legendary progressive rock band from England, Pink Floyd, gave a big surprise to their fans around the world. After half a century since the launch of their masterpiece album in 1975, the band finally released an official music video for the iconic song "Wish You Were Here".

The music video directed by Justin Daashuur Hopkins carries a thick psychedelic aesthetic. In it, there are rare footage of Pink Floyd members while in the studio, moments while traveling using the London Underground, to the action of running at Westminster Station.

Hopkins mixed live footage, animation, and random symbolism such as sperm visuals swimming towards an egg, all produced by the production house Son&Heir.

The release of this video coincides with the launch of the 50th anniversary edition of "Wish You Were Here" through Sony Music on December 12. Interestingly, the special edition physical album immediately topped the list of best-selling albums in the UK today.

The achievement repeats the success of the release of the original version which had topped the charts in the United Kingdom and the United States, where the album has been certified seven million sales in the Uncle Sam's country.

This extraordinary success actually came from a creative process that was full of pressure. After the phenomenal success of "The Dark Side Of The Moon" in 1973 which made Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Richard Wright, and Nick Mason very rich, they actually felt lost.

Waters briefly reflected on those times to the band's biographer, Mark Blake. "We've reached the point we set out for when we were teenagers. We've achieved everything we wanted to do. There really is nothing more to be done," Waters recalled.

He even described the album's creation as a torture. "It was torture, torture, torture. Nothing was resolved, and I really didn't want to be there."

Now, fans can enjoy the historical legacy in a variety of new formats. This 50th anniversary edition is available in a deluxe box set, a blu-ray edition featuring three concert films from the 1975 tour, a short film by Storm Thorgerson, as well as a 3LP and 2CD format that includes the original album plus nine bonus tracks from the studio sessions.

This official visual launch seems to be a sweet closure as well as an homage to Pink Floyd's long journey that remains relevant across generations.