{{Infobox song | name = Los Ageless | cover = Los-Agless-DJDS-Version.jpg | alt = | border = yes | caption = DJDS Version single artwork | type = single | artist = St. Vincent | album = Masseduction | released = {{start date|2017|9|6}} | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = {{hlist|Dance-rock|industrial|new wave|electropop}} | length = {{duration|m=4|s=41}} | label = Loma Vista | writer = Annie Clark | producer = {{hlist|Jack Antonoff|St. Vincent}} | prev_title = New York | prev_year = 2017 | next_title = Pills | next_year = 2017 | misc = {{external music video|{{YouTube|h9TlaYxoOO8|"Los Ageless"}}}} }}
"'''Los Ageless'''" is a song by the American musician St. Vincent. It was released on September 6, 2017, through Loma Vista as the second single from her fifth studio album, ''Masseduction''.<ref name="NPR">{{cite web |last=Flanagan |first=Andrew |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2017/09/06/547854666/st-vincent-announces-new-album-masseduction-releases-new-single-los-angeles |title=St. Vincent Announces New Album 'Masseduction,' Releases New Single 'Los Ageless' |work=NPR |date=September 6, 2017 |access-date=September 6, 2017}}</ref>
==Composition== "Los Ageless" is a dance-rock,<ref name="RS"/> new wave,<ref name="Stereogum"/> and electropop<ref name="Dazed">{{cite web |last=Bulut |first=Selim |url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/37297/1/listen-to-st-vincents-new-song-los-ageless |title=Listen To St. Vincent's New Song 'Los Ageless' |work=Dazed |date=September 6, 2017 |access-date=September 6, 2017}}</ref> song driven by, "the flat thwack of electronic drums and a squirting synth-bass sound" while Clark "slathers distorted guitar lines on top of this foundation."<ref name="RS">{{cite magazine |last=Leight |first=Elias |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/st-vincent-previews-new-lp-with-with-kinetic-los-ageless-w501381 |title=St. Vincent Previews New LP 'Masseduction' With Kinetic 'Los Ageless' |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=September 6, 2017 |access-date=September 6, 2017}}</ref> ''Stereogum''<nowiki/>'s Tom Breihan described the song is nothing like Clark has ever done before, further stating, "the title might make the song seem like a companion piece, but it's actually a pulsing, synthetic, slightly funky piece of new wave."<ref name="Stereogum">{{cite web |last=Breihan |first=Tom |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1960985/st-vincent-los-angeless/music |title=St. Vincent - "Los Ageless" |work=Stereogum |date=September 6, 2017 |access-date=September 6, 2017}}</ref> Andrew Trendell of ''NME'' stated that, "'Los Ageless' [is] fuelled by a rush of industrial electro beats and fuzzy guitar," while seeing Clark "further blurring the boundaries of genre as the stomp of the track builds towards an almighty and feral climax."<ref name="NME">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/st-vincent-unveils-new-single-los-ageless-announces-new-album-masseducation-2134804 |title=St Vincent unveils new single 'Los Ageless' and announces new album 'MASSEDUCTION' |work=NME |date=September 6, 2017 |access-date=September 6, 2017}}</ref>
==Accolades== {|class="wikitable" |- ! Publication ! Country ! Accolade ! Year ! style="text-align:center;"| Rank |- | ''Billboard'' | United States | The 25 Best Rock Songs of 2017: Critics' Picks<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/year-in-music-2017/8071126/best-rock-songs-2017-top-25|title=The 25 Best Rock Songs of 2017: Critics' Picks|website=Billboard.com|date=20 December 2017|access-date=December 29, 2017}}</ref> | 2017 | {{center|5}} |}
==Music video== An accompanying music video for "Los Ageless" was released on October 3, 2017. The video was directed by Willo Perron.<ref name=":0" /> In the video, Clark "parodies the lives of Los Angeles socialites (yoga classes, plastic surgery, etc.) in a gruesome, pastel fashion."<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/st-vincent-gets-plastic-surgery-in-new-los-ageless-video-watch |title=St. Vincent Gets Plastic Surgery in New "Los Ageless" Video: Watch |work=Pitchfork |date=October 3, 2017 |access-date=October 5, 2017}}</ref>
==Personnel== Credits adapted from ''Masseduction'' booklet.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Masseduction |others=St. Vincent |year=2017 |type=booklet |publisher=Loma Vista Recordings |id=LVR00226 }}</ref>
'''Musicians''' * Annie Clark – guitar, vocals * Tuck Andress – guitar * Patti Andress – vocals * Greg Leisz – pedal steel * Jack Antonoff – synths, programming * Evan Smith – saxophone
'''Technical''' * Laura Sisk – engineering * Jack Antonoff – additional engineering * Annie Clark – additional engineering * Sean Cook – additional engineering * Tom Elmhirst – mixing * Brandon Boost – mix engineering * Chris Gehringer – mastering
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2017–18) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- {{singlechart|Scotland|96|date=20171110|rowheader=true|access-date=November 11, 2017}} |- {{singlechart|Billboardadultalternativesongs|6|artist=St Vincent|rowheader=true|access-date=October 27, 2017}} |- {{singlechart|Billboardalternativesongs|23|artist=St Vincent|rowheader=true|access-date=March 13, 2018}} |}
==Release history== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! Region ! Date ! Format(s) ! Label ! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- !scope="row"| United States | November 21, 2017 | Alternative radio | Loma Vista | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allaccess.com/alternative/future-releases/|title=Future Releases on Alternative Radio Stations, Independent Artist Song Releases |}}</ref> |}
==Alternate version== An acoustic version (featuring only Clark's vocals and acoustic piano) was released in October 2018 on ''MassEducation'', an "acoustic reworking" of the entire ''Masseduction'' album.
==Other media== The song was featured in the fifth season premiere of the Netflix animated show ''BoJack Horseman'', miniseries ''Echoes'' (2022) and ''Obsession'' (2023), as well as the films ''Miss Bala'' (2019) and ''Am I OK?'' (2022). English rock band the Wombats covered the song in 2018.
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