Club Ruby’s ‘Heartbreak Overtime’ music video is out Good Friday
Club Ruby’s ‘Heartbreak Overtime’ debuted at #5 on Hot 20 Aotearoa Singles. The Auckland pop-punk band are making a splash with their fresh music video out Good Friday, made with the support of NZ On Air.
“It looks like we’re working overtime when we should be at the pool,” lead vocalist President Ruby (Jade Lewis) says.
Directed by Ethan Alderson-Hughes, he captures dynamic underwater scenes and band antics poolside. The visuals plays upon the frustrations of a toxic relationship where one partner is left working “overtime” to save what’s already broken in a doomed relationship.
Across a gruelling 12-hour shoot, President Ruby accidentally swallowed “tons of chlorine to get that one lip-sync shot”.
“Heartbreak Overtime” delivers Club Ruby’s signature mix of biting lyrics and high-energy riffs, recorded with Christian Tjandrawinata at his home studio and finalised at the iconic Roundhead Studios.
Club Ruby recently opened for Grapehouse at Ding Dong Lounge and just sold out their upcoming Movespace series Yellow Lamp Poetry Vol. Ruby.
“The music video inspiration was an organic creative process: from a last minute photo shoot at a friend’s pool, to the cover you see now that inspired the entire music video. We happened to get blazers for $2 from Geoff’s Emporium that was just about to close, so we threw them on the boys and the vision somehow came together: We’re working overtime in our business suits when we should be relaxing at the pool.” — President Ruby
About the single:
“We wanted to create a breakup anthem that’s sad, sarcastic, and danceable all at once,” says President Ruby. ‘Heartbreak Overtime’ captures the chaos of giving your all to someone who gives nothing back—but with a beat you can mosh to.”
“This song is dedicated to my ex who I stayed with way too long that it really felt like clocking in overtime, referring to the line “I guess it’s time and a half for me!”
Vice President Hon adds with a grin, “Anytime love has felt like working back-to-back double shifts at a thankless full-time job, this one is for you!”
