Hate My Life
A Canadian rock single about everyday frustrations.
Theory of a Deadman, a Canadian rock band, put out “Hate My Life” in October 2008. It was the fourth overall single (third American single and fifth Canadian single) from their third studio album Scars & Souvenirs. BBC Radio One selected the track as their Track of the Week for the week ending March 20, 2009.
Quick Facts
- Artist
- Theory of a Deadman
- Album
- Scars & Souvenirs
- B-side
- Your Dream
- Released
- 30 October 2008 (Canada), 10 November 2008 (U.S.)
- Recorded
- September 2007–January 2008
- Genre
- Post-grunge; alternative rock
- Length
- 3:10
- Label
- Roadrunner; 604
Facts from the source article.
Music video
The music video was shot on November 15, 2008, at the Warner Brothers Studio in Burbank, California. Theory of a Deadman's website ran a contest for forty fans to star in the video. It was released on January 9, 2009, on Yahoo! Music and directed by Bill Fishman.
At the beginning of the video, Tyler sees a hobo and starts singing, with the lyrics matching everything happening onscreen. He complains about hobos (“So sick of the hobos always begging for change, I don't like how I gotta work and they just sit around and get paid”), almost gets hit by a car (“I hate all of the people, who can't drive their cars...”), meets his wife, played by his real wife Christine Danielle Connolly (“I hate how my wife; is always up my ass...”), a girl drops a bag of lingerie (Tyler looking at it interestingly), a construction worker's boss tells him off (“I still hate my job, my boss is a dick...”), and when he sings the chorus, a sign comes down from a building reading “I Hate My Life.”
Then Tyler jumps onto a parade float with the rest of the band, performing the rest of the song. Behind them travels a huge group of people, which include the hobo, the construction workers, and the others Tyler ran into.
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