Wonderful Life (Bring Me the Horizon song)


"Wonderful Life" is a song by British rock band Bring Me the Horizon featuring Cradle of Filth vocalist Dani Filth. Produced by the band's vocalist Oliver Sykes and keyboardist Jordan Fish, it is featured on the group's 2019 sixth studio album Amo. The track was released as the second single from the album on 21 October 2018.

Composition and lyrics

"Wonderful Life" has been described as a nu metal and hard rock song. The song shows a troubled narrator barely holding on to life but constantly referring to it as wonderful. The narrator, who seems to hold a dark and depressing view of the world around him, still enjoys the mundane and often gloomy aspects of everydayness. Sykes said of the song's lyrics:

Promotion and release

The track was teased by Oliver Sykes on an Instagram live stream. After searching the tease on Shazam, fans discovered the name for the leaked song as "WONDERFUL LIFE" featuring Cradle of Filth vocalist Dani Filth as a guest. After it, Sykes posted a video on his Instagram account announcing the "Wonderful Life" release date to be Sunday, 21, on Radio 1.

Music video

The music video for "Wonderful Life" was released on the same day as the single was streamed. Directed by Theo Watkins, the video shows clips of the band doing everyday, mundane things. Dani Filth is seen wearing heavy corpse paint and sci-fi-esque stage clothing while eating cereal and shopping at the supermarket. Jordan Fish is shown entertaining his son with a stuffed toy and pushing him on a swing, Oliver Sykes is having his water boiler fixed and sitting on the sofa with a dog, Matt Kean is shown running up a hill, Lee Malia is seen washing a camper van, and Matt Nicholls is shown eating a blackberry.

In popular culture

"Wonderful Life" is featured in the soundtrack for the video game WWE 2K20, as well as one of the theme songs for .

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