Professional Griefers
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| Single by Deadmau5 featuring Gerard Way | ||||
| from the album Album Title Goes Here | ||||
| Released | August 14, 2012 | |||
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| Producer | Deadmau5 | |||
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| "Professional Griefers" on YouTube | ||||
"Professional Griefers" is an electronic song by Canadian producer Deadmau5 and American singer Gerard Way, lead vocalist from the band My Chemical Romance. The song was released as the third single from Deadmau5' sixth studio album Album Title Goes Here on August 14, 2012. An instrumental version had also existed for about a year prior.
The two artists recorded the song together in a Los Angeles studio. It is an electro house song, and in its chorus, Way sings about a world full of "all the grievous things" he has done. The word "griefers" in the song's title refers to people who persistently harass other players in multiplayer video games.
Its music video is influenced by video games like Chrono Trigger, and its plot consists of a futuristic showdown between Deadmau5 and Gerard Way, who fight using remote-controlled robots in an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) tournament. The music video had a budget of over one million dollars.
The song is featured in the game FIFA 13 and its soundtrack. The song is featured in the game Asphalt 8: Airborne and was also featured briefly in the TV show Arrow.