TRAILER: La La Land

The Independent recaps:

Prepare to have your heart stolen; whisked away to lose itself within the dizzying lights of Tinseltown. The first trailer for musical La La Land has dropped and, boy, is it a charmer. Soundtracked to the soft, crooning vocals of star Ryan Gosling performing an original song from the film, “City of Stars”, the trailer promises a neon-soaked, dreamy take on the classic Golden Age musical, all big-hearted romance and wholesome glamour.

“City of stars, are you shining just for me? City of stars, there’s so much I can’t see,” Gosling sings. “Is this the start of something wonderful and new – or one more dream that I cannot make true.” Rather melancholy lyrics, with the trailer’s more sombre edit suggesting the final film won’t be a straight toe-tapping romp, but will set out to explore some darker emotional territory.