Lords Of Acid have today released their new video for the single titled ‘Dream Boy’ via Metropolis Records. Five paragraphs into a new Lords Of Acid single and one thing becomes painfully obvious. Nobody else is making music quite like this anymore. While half the electronic underground is busy polishing nostalgia until it shines like a showroom floor, ‘Dream Boy’ happily smears fingerprints all over the glass. It is filthy, theatrical, hypnotic, and gloriously committed to its own strange universe. Imagine stumbling into the world’s most questionable nightclub and immediately deciding you never want to leave.
The production balances menace and euphoria with the confidence of veterans who practically helped write the rulebook in the first place. Thick acid soaked synths grind against pounding beats while the song teases listeners into darker corners without ever sacrificing its dancefloor pulse. Carla Harvey slips into the role of the mysterious temptress with effortless charisma, giving the track exactly the kind of dangerous glamour it demands. Every hook lands with a knowing grin that suggests Lords Of Acid are fully aware they are still corrupting innocent playlists decades later.
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What makes ‘Dream Boy’ especially satisfying is that it refuses to become a museum piece. Plenty of legacy acts spend more time reminding audiences what they used to be than showing what they can still do. Lords Of Acid skip the victory lap altogether and simply deliver another addictive slab of electronic decadence. The song feels modern without chasing trends, nostalgic without becoming trapped by them, and weird enough to remind everyone that safe choices rarely produce memorable records.
The accompanying video only amplifies the experience. Mixing razor sharp modern footage with grainy camcorder visuals creates an atmosphere that feels equally like a fever dream and a forgotten late night VHS discovery. The chaotic energy of friends, fans, and family gives everything an organic looseness that fits the song perfectly. Instead of feeling overly scripted, the visuals embrace unpredictability, making the entire package feel delightfully unhinged in the best possible way.
‘Dream Boy’ proves that Lords Of Acid remain masters of seductive chaos. More importantly, it shows they still understand that electronic music should occasionally feel dangerous instead of merely fashionable. This latest single is seductive, sinister, irresistibly danceable, and just self aware enough to wink at the audience before dragging them deeper into the smoke. For a band that has spent decades celebrating excess, it is refreshing to hear them sounding this inspired instead of simply content to coast on reputation. That alone is worth turning the volume up for.
About ‘Dream Boy’
The pioneering electronic dance act Lords of Acid have made a video available today (2nd July) for their song ‘Dream Boy’, which was released as a single in May.
“The video was shot in Las Vegas with a cool mix of fans, friends and family, which gave the whole thing a really loose, fun and slightly chaotic energy,” explains band co-founder Praga Khan. “We filmed it in crisp 4K, but also used an old camcorder from the ’90s to give parts of it a grainy, timeless, almost otherworldly feel.”
Previously described by the group as “a dark trip through the streets of Necropolis, where addiction feels like salvation and nightmares wear a beautiful disguise,” the song is purposefully built as a dialogue between desperation and seduction.
Khan points out that “the visuals play into the same push and pull as the song itself. There’s a broken soul caught in the middle of the chaos, while our Acid Queen (vocalist Carla Harvey) comes through like a dangerous angel floating in the smoke. The mix of modern and old-school footage makes the video feel a bit like a dream, a memory and a hallucination all at once.”
Lords of Acid have released three singles in 2026. ‘Dream Boy’ was preceded by a tongue-in-cheek collaboration with the hit-making US vocalist and DJ Princess Superstar entitled ‘Karaoke Superstar’, and was followed by ‘El Mundo Está Loco’ (The World Is Crazy), a dance floor anthem driven by an irresistible chorus and a playful exchange between Lords of Acid and the New York City-based duo Tony & The Kiki. All three songs will appear on a long-awaited seventh Lords Of Acid album to be issued in late 2026 that is set to feature other notable guest vocalists alongside Carla Harvey.
Featured image by Carla Harvey.
About Lords Of Acid
Formed in Antwerp, Belgium in 1988, Lords of Acid are recognised as one of the most influential acts to emerge from the hard-edged electronic dance music scene of that era. Adopting and adapting underground club culture aesthetics fom the off, they blended techno, acid house and industrial music with provocative lyrics on themes of sexuality, drug use and hedonism.
Debuting with the classic New Beat single ‘I Sit On Acid’, their debut album ‘Lust’ appeared in 1991 and was followed periodically by further releases that saw the group become a staple of the Billboard dance and alternative charts. Having built a substantial global following while maintaining a multi-decade touring career, Lords of Acid remain one of their genre’s most recognisable and enduring names.
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