“We are all just characters in each other’s lives,” Corey Feldman sings in his new song “Characters,” which arrived June 22. And in his new music video for the track, which Billboard is premiering on the actor-singer’s birthday on Wednesday (July 16), the former child star takes viewers through various characters he’s portrayed throughout his decades-long career.
“This new music video … serves as a creative time capsule that highlights many of the most memorable characters I’ve played in my over 50-year career in both film and music,” Feldman, who directed the visual, tells Billboard.
The video begins with a young boy resembling Feldman walking to the center of a stage to sit down on a stool highlighted by a stage light. As he begins singing, the little boy morphs, and his appearance changes from some of the actor’s younger roles (the cherubic blond child from his first acting gig in a McDonald’s ad, to little Regi with his baseball cap in Bad N details