Marilyn Manson and Shia LaBeouf have released “Born Villain,” the LaBeouf-directed video for the title track from Manson’s new album, which also may or may not somehow relate to the documentary of the same title that LaBeouf made about the making of that album and L.A. street art. ‘Cause, y’know, nothing screams “L.A. street art” like Marilyn Manson in a recording studio. (The video is NSFW, of course, because Manson still thinks he can shock people into liking him, even though no one over the age of fetus would ever find this shocking. And, really, there’s nothing offensive in here, besides the terrible song.)

ANYWAY, the video. It is, of course, a work of pretentious douchechillery like no other. Manson often attempts to seem smart and profound by making obvious references to works of art that any ninth grader would be familiar with, and now he’s got LaBeouf doing the same thing — the Disturbia star tells MTV that ”The song has all these references to ‘Macbeth’ and all this Shakespeare and heavy theology, so we tried to make Manson’s ‘Un Chien Andalou’ macabre ‘Macbeth.’” Which is fucking irritating, for the following reasons:

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We heard awhile ago that Shia LaBeouf was directing a documentary about the making of Marilyn Manson’s new album, and that news certainly seemed both strange and cringe-worthy. But not as strange as cringe-worthy as the realization that this dynamic duo have already completed the collaboration, and that it not only covers the recording of Manson’s new opus, but also… L.A. street art. In case you saw Exit Through the Gift Shop and thought, “What this really needs is the perspective of a washed-up rock star and the kid from Battle of Shaker Heights.”

ANYWAY, the project — which is both a book and a movie — is called Born Villain, and I guess the good news is that there’s only 150 copies being made available to the public. You can pre-order one of those copies here; purchase also gets you and a guest admission to a signing/screening in Los Angeles tomorrow night. Here’s a typically low-key, unpretentious statement from Manson regarding the affair:

“Shia is in some ways an art rapist. He doesn’t take no for an answer. He has a vision that develops rapidly like a virus, and overwhelms you. Not since Hitler has there been such propaganda for something. This time it was my face…”

I haven’t done any DMT this morning, so I have no fucking idea what Manson is talking about, although I am suddenly overwhelmed by the urge to watch him have a conversation with Clown from Slipknot while people engage in competitive translation.

And yet, I haven’t told you the worst part yet. The worst part is the below, NSFW photo of Manson, the performance artist Narcissister, and LaBeouf, apparently preparing for his role as the guitarist from Linkin Park in We’re Not Limp Bizkit: The Linkin Park Story.

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You all know who Shia LaBeouf is, right? He’s the incredibly irritating actor who starred in such terrible films as Transformers, Wall Street 2: Money Never Grossed, Transformers 2: Revenge of the Michael Bay, Disturbia, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Realization that Harrison Ford is Getting Way Too Old for this Shit So You’d Better Give Us Your Money Now!, Eagle Eye, and, as of this week, Transformers 3: Dark of the Fuck Yourself. (Above, watch his best performance yet, as a cranky movie star who throws some coffee at a paparazzo, and then flees.)

Well, apparently Mr. LaBeouf and his representatives sat down over the weekend, and they came to two conclusions:

• Shia’s career has too much artistic credibility.
• There are still aging franchises Shia can help ruin.

And, thus, they came to this logical conclusion: Shia should direct a documentary about the making of the new Marilyn Manson album.

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A giant, that’s-gonna-leave-a-mark smack on the ass to our pal Rob Pasbani at Metal Injection, who noticed that Sean Martin, formerly of Hatebreed, is in the new video for Cage, which was directed by Transformers star Shia LaBeouf. You gotta wonder how the fuck Martin ended up here…

UPDATE: Apparently Martin and Cage are co-owners of a company called Cardboard City. Thanks to Dallas Coyle for the tip!

I can’t stomach the song enough to listen to it, but luckily, Martin appears at the start of the video, before the music kicks in. Check it out:

-AR