Released March 30, 2013 Recorded 2012 Label Reprise | Format Airplay Length 2:45 | |
Writer(s) Stephen Carpenter, Abe Cunningham, Chino Moreno, Frank Delgado, Sergio Vega | ||
"Swerve City" is a song by American alternative metal band Deftones. It is the opening track from their seventh studio album Koi No Yokan and was released as a single on March 30, 2013, where it peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks.
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Music video
The first music video for "Swerve City", directed by Gus Black, was released on May 9, 2013. It shows a woman (Tamara Feldman) in the desert riding a horse to her home (a ranch bungalow). While brushing her horse outside the bungalow, Chino Moreno is seen heading towards her home in a Porsche Panamera. The woman notices the car headlights as Moreno arrives outside the home. Subsequently, she walks outside and pulls out a pistol.
A second music video was released on July 2, 2013, directed by Ryan Mackfall. This performance video featured tour footage of the band.