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  "id": 17217656,
  "title": "My Chemical Romance and Lauren Tsai Team Up for Short Movie Featuring Hideo Kojima",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/my-chemical-romance-and-lauren-tsai-team-up-for-short-movie-featuring",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-30T11:20:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Polygon",
    "slug": "polygon",
    "url": "https://www.polygon.com/my-chemical-romance-mcr-lauren-tsai-short-film-kojima-cameo/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Artiste Lauren Tsai has teamed up with New Jersey band My Chemical Romance to create a short film inspired by their 2006 album, The Black Parade. The film, featuring the band's iconic song, The End, sees Tsai's stop-motion universe, The Dying World, come to life. The short film features two main characters: Astrid, voiced by Tsai herself, and the Dean, voiced by John C. McGinley. Hideo Kojima, known for creating video games such as Death Stranding, also makes a cameo as Astrid's teacher. Kojima, a fan of My Chemical Romance, enjoyed the opportunity to collaborate with the band on this unique project.",
  "summary": "Lauren Tsai has made a short film for New Jersey band My Chemical Romance, featuring Billie Eilish, Phoebe Bridgers, and Kojima.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Pitchfork",
        "title": "Phoebe Bridgers and Billie Eilish Are in My Chemical Romance’s New Short Film",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/phoebe-bridgers-and-billie-eilish-are-in-my-chemical-romances-new",
        "published": "2026-10-30T00:28:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Consequence",
        "title": "My Chemical Romance Release Short Film Prelude to The End Featuring Billie Eilish, Phoebe Bridgers, and More: Watch",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/my-chemical-romance-release-short-film-prelude-to-the-end-featuring",
        "published": "2026-10-30T00:39:35.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Rolling Stone",
        "title": "Watch My Chemical Romance and Lauren Tsai’s Otherworldly Short Film Featuring Billie Eilish, Phoebe Bridgers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/watch-my-chemical-romance-and-lauren-tsais-otherworldly-short-film",
        "published": "2026-10-30T04:05:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Billboard",
        "title": "My Chemical Romance Tap Billie Eilish, Phoebe Bridgers as Voices in Emotional Animated Short ‘Prelude to the End’: Watch",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/my-chemical-romance-tap-billie-eilish-phoebe-bridgers-as-voices-in",
        "published": "2026-10-30T13:25:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Stereogum",
        "title": "My Chemical Romance Release Prelude To The End Short Film Voiced By Phoebe Bridgers, Billie Eilish, & More",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/my-chemical-romance-release-prelude-to-the-end-short-film-voiced-by",
        "published": "2026-10-30T13:55:13.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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