Nightcall

"Nightcall" is a haunting song by the French electro-pop artist Kavinsky. In the verses, he drives to see his girl so he can tell her "something you don't want to hear." She provides the chorus: There's something inside you It's hard to explain They're talking about you boy But you're still the same Kavinsky's music is more about storytelling than dancing, inspired by the (mostly American) movies he grew up watching, including '80s favorites like E.T. and Back To The Future. He also watched some zombie movies, which gave him the idea for "Nightcall." As Kavinsky explained when he did press for his OutRun album in 2013, the guy in the song died after crashing his Ferrari and is reanimated as a zombie. He goes to visit his girlfriend, perhaps hoping to turn her into a zombie as well.

"Nightcall" was Kavinsky's first single. It was released in 2010 but didn't get much attention until 2011, when it was used in the opening scene of the movie Drive, starring Ryan Gosling. The song went to #10 in France and earned Kavinsky a lot of fans in the world of electronic music.

Kavinsky's real name is Vincent Belorgey. "Kavinsky" he considers a character that can, say, turn into a zombie for a song.