

He really went out of his way to be a part of that video."

He’s a really good friend of mine, but for him, giving me that Joker character is not an easy thing. I was like, ‘No, I don’t want to do one of those.’ So I called Jared personally, and I really had to persuade him. In an interview with Complex, Skrillex said that it was his idea to have Leto reprise his role as The Joker in the music video: " wanted to do a music video using me and footage. The music video currently has over 480 million YouTube views as of August 2021. On August 5, 2016, Skrillex uploaded the music video, directed by Colin Tilley, onto his YouTube account which features himself, Rick Ross and Jared Leto as The Joker. It is possibly written from the perspective of the Joker, featured in both the film and music video, who is known for his affinity for purple he wears a purple crocodile-leather trench coat, utilises purple colored weapons, and drives a purple Infiniti G35 with a Vaydor body kit. The song contains multiple references to characters and motifs in the movie, including references to Killer Croc, Deadshot and Gotham City. The artists co-wrote the song with Beat Billionaire, who co-produced it with Skrillex.
