A woman plays with a prism while Iggy Pop blocks the light with his head in the video for Loves Missing, a track off the former Stooges recent solo LP, Free. Shes thinking about something we all need, Pop croons. He eventually declares that loves absent, explaining why the woman is so withdrawn. As the song picks up the pace, so does Pop; he punches the air, whips his hair and offers up chefs kisses as he sings, I love you. Meanwhile, the woman descends into an array of light and color.
A New Yorker profile called Loves Missing Frees most personal track, although Pop didnt explain specifically why or how.
Pop filmed his part of the video at Sweat Records in Miami. The clip, which Simon Taylor directed, also features Ale Campos from the Miami band Las Nubes.
Prior to the laid-back records release, Pop issued videos for a number of its songs, including the new-agey Free, the smoothly swaggering James Bond and skittery Sonali. Earlier this month, he appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where he performed an upbeat take of James Bond with backing music by the Roots, saxophonist Leron Thomas and guitarist Noveller.
In an interview with NME about the album, Pop gave his definition of freedom. Freedom is being able to respect your own feelings and act on them but not all the time and not too much, he said. Ive tried that in life. And I got to a certain point and thought, Thats not gonna go [any more].'