Video Premiere: Panic! At The Disco, 'The Ballad Of Mona Lisa'

In Panic! At The Disco's brand-new video, "The Ballad Of Mona Lisa," the now-two-man band seem to, at once, bury their past and revel in it.

As we now know, Panic! At The Disco are now a duo, featuring singer Brendon Urie and drummer Spencer Smith. After breaking out with 2005's A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, the band went in a different creative direction with 2008's folksy, classic rock-leaning Pretty. Odd. It was a direction that seemed to suit then members Ryan Ross and Jon Walker, as they went on to leave the band and form the Young Veins, while Urie and Smith decided to stick it out under the P!ATD banner.

With "The Ballad Of Mona Lisa," the band returns to their roots, both musically and visually. Back is the late 19th-century/early 20th-century/Steampunk/Dickens vibe. Back are the top hats, the elaborate suits and the background characters ripped from "Oliver Twist."

Interestingly enough, "The Ballad Of Mona Lisa" video opens with a shot of top hats -- literally, a hat tip to their "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" video -- and other ephemera covered by cobwebs. And the majority of the action seems to take place during an old-timey-days funeral. So, is Panic! At The Disco burying the past? Burying the hatchet? Or is this a resurrection?

Check out Panic! At The Disco's "The Ballad Of Mona Lisa" below. Vices & Virtues is due out March 29.