Def Leppard have released a lyric video for their new single, “Rejoice.” The track arrives ahead of the band’s return to Las Vegas, for their Def Leppard: Live at Caesars Palace residency, which kicks off February 3 at Caesars Palace. Tickets are available at this location.
Vocalist Joe Elliott comments:
“This song’s been an amazing journey from concept to conclusion. I said to Phil one day, ‘I’ve got this idea for a lyric where the narrator is at absolute rock bottom and wants to rise up to a higher level. Do you have a musical piece that might match with that?’ And he said, ‘As it happens, yes I do.'”
Guitarist Phil Collen adds:
“I had this riff, this idea for a song a while ago actually, so when Joe came to me I created this drum loop based with a tribal sound and it fit perfectly with this other arrangement I had. I sent it to Joe and it was like magic — he sang straight over the top of it. And that’s how the song was formed. Then we gave it to Ronan who’d done a proper drum loop with different sounds. It all started gelling and just sounded like a powerful chant. We love it. It’s hard rock for us. It’s got a bit more of an ‘oomph’ than stuff we’ve been doing for a while. It’s kind of magical.”
Watch the clip below:
