Romance in the digital age! David Bowie premieres racy new music video for Love Is Lost remix… which sees a virtual couple make love on screen

By LOUISE SAUNDERS

He’s never one to shy away from controversy when it comes to his daring videos.

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And once again, David Bowie has managed to shock with his latest offering, which sees two digitally pixellated lovers indulge in a raunchy display of passion as they make love on screen.

A 10-minute clip of James Murphy’s remix of the legendary musician’s Love Is Lost sees a digital couple transformed into real-life people as they enjoy a rather amorous session, before falling apart at the end.

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Passionate: Once again, David Bowie has managed to shock with his latest music video offering

Digital love: The video sees two digitally pixellated lovers indulge in a raunchy display of passion as they make love on screen

The video – directed by Barnaby Roper – starts with a number of lines moving through the air as they begin to form shapes and images.

With the abstract images coming together, the shapes eventually begin to form a face, before they transform into two naked human bodies.

Putting on a hot and heavy display of affection, the virtual couple run their hands all over each other as they kiss and caress in front of the camera in a passionate lovemaking session.

Making sweet music: A 10-minute clip of James Murphy’s remix of the legendary musician’s Love Is Lost sees a digital couple transformed into real-life people as they enjoy a rather amorous session

Clever techniques: The video – directed by Barnaby Roper – starts with a number of lines moving through the air as they begin to form shapes and images

Artful touch: With the abstract images coming together, the shapes eventually begin to form a face

Throwing her head back, the woman closes her eyes as the man nuzzles his head into her breasts as the scene continues.

But once again, the pair then fall apart as they dramatically dissolve into computer-generated lines and dots.

The video comes just a matter of days after Bowie released a first clip of the track at the Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize announcement.

Nude ambition: The pair then transform into two naked human bodies as they begin to writhe around

Amorous: Putting on a hot and heavy display of affection, the virtual couple run their hands all over each other as they kiss and caress in front of the camera in what appears to be a lovemaking session

Impassioned: Throwing her head back, the woman closes her eyes as the man nuzzles his head into her breasts as the scene continues

Directed, written and shot by the man himself, the first video cost just $12.99 to create – in stark contrast to the masterful new version.

Bowie’s last video for Love Is Lost saw him pay tribute to his much-revered past in an exact replica of the costume he wore in his 1980 video for Ashes To Ashes, while Valentine’s Day went back to basics, with him simply strumming away on his guitar as he sat on a stool in a disused warehouse.

The video marked a departure from Bowie’s more controversial offerings to date, with The Next Day sending shockwaves throughout his fan-base when YouTube took the explicit video down within a few hours, saying it ‘violated its terms of service’.

Boy meets girl: Bowie’s latest video sees him hardly appear on screen at all throughout the 10-minute clip

Goodbye, my lover: Once again, the pair then fall apart as they dramatically dissolve into computer-generated lines and dots

Heavily criticised by The Catholic League for its religious iconography, the video saw Bowie depicted as Christ, while Oscar-winning actress Marion Cotillard took on the role of a prostitute suffering from stigmata.

The pair were joined by the legendary musician’s long-time pal, actor Gary Oldman, who was seen as a preying priest.

The video followed on from The Stars (Are Out Tonight), which saw Tilda Swinton play the 66-year-old singer’s fictional wife, whose world was torn apart by a menacing celebrity couple, played by androgynous models, Andrej Pejic and Saskia De Brau.

Latest offering: The video comes just a matter of days after Bowie released a first clip of the track at the Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize announcement

Many fans had given up hope of Bowie ever recording again after he appeared to retreat from the public eye for a number of years into relative obscurity, with some fleeting performances in 2006.

His unexpected new release of comeback single Where Are We Now reached number six in the UK chartS.

Meanwhile, his album The Next Day debuted at number one.