bacchanalian
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The music video, which was shot in suburban Miami, follows a bacchanalian Y2K house party, inspired by Pharrell’s 2003 video for “Frontin’.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2024
Her new music reflects those bacchanalian nights, where people found freedom to be themselves "free from police, free from judgement", said Monaé.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2023
Michél testified that White did not want Low to attend any of the fundraisers, given his flamboyant lifestyle, including his frequent hosting of bacchanalian parties with celebrities.
From Washington Post • Apr. 18, 2023
It resembled the lining of a coffin, which prompted a question about the rumor that Gahan slept in one during Depeche Mode’s reportedly bacchanalian Devotional Tour in 1993.
From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2023
Against this proposal some of his acquaintances protested; but the idea pleased his own disordered fancy, and as the madness of intoxication increased, he insisted that the bacchanalian honour should be conferred upon him.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 by Various
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