Watch Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O's Chilling Video for Solo Single 'Rapt' — billboard.com

When Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O announced plans for her first solo record June 25, she curiously didn't share any new music. Well, here it is: A two-minute lo-fi acoustic dirge called "Rapt" that certainly coincides with Karen's promise for a breakup album. In the stirring video, Karen is underwater -- motionless, yet apparently conscious -- sinking to the depths in a red dress as the sun above fades from view. The clip was directed by Barney Clay (Karen's husband) and production designed by K.K. Barrett, known for working Karen's "psycho-opera" Stop the Virgens, which was staged at the 2011 Creators Project.

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