Cheer up, bugger lugs! It's time for the new music video round up!
Yeah, this hasn't happened before, ever in my life, I don't think! Not one, not two, not even three, but FOUR artists I like have released music videos in the space of a week!
Let's have a gander than, shall we?
First up it's the lovely AlunaGeorge with the video for Attracting Flies, which was blogged here a little while ago. This was freshly baked earlier today so it's hot from the oven!
The video centres around the lyric "Little Grey fairy tales and little white lies." and shows the lovely Aluna as the heroin in re-imaginings of classic fairy stories based in London, including a little-too-literal version of the three "bears." Little red riding hood, Rapunzle, The princess and the pea and Snow white also make an appearance, as does George as Prince Charming on his moped steed. Noice.
Another one hot from the oven, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu's upcoming single "Ninja ri ban ban" had it's video drop today. PEEP GAME! Or something.
Kyary is a rarity for me in that I know she's mass-produced pop-fluff - or what I've come to call "Factory pop." And I just don't care. All her songs are addictive as HELL and sweetly innocent, unlike the sexuality drenched "Idol singers" of the west. She's kind of "Eccentric" too which appeals to me a lot. I like her overly-complex dance routines, this one especially 'cause it reminds me of Robo-Z's dancing in PS1 spent-my-youth-playing-this dance off simulator Bust-a-Groove. (The soundtrack to which deserves a post all of it's own in the future.) Diggin' the ninja costume in this one too. I'd wear that ish. That sums up the video, pretty much. Lots of dancing, some nice costumes and yet another Ohrwurm from KPP.
Scroll down with me now as we dive into Lapalux's video for the single "Without You"
Lapalux has been a busy guy, and been mentioned here on TISFWO! twice already! He's gearing up for his album launch later this month. This song is another slice of ear-pie but personally, I can't stand this video. For me Lapalux's stuff had always felt very sensual and deep but throw this imagery up with it as the soundtrack? It's the first time I've ever noticed that Lapalux's sound could also be taken as intensely creepy. It's funny how images can totally change how, at least I, perceive a song. Listening to it without the video, it still sounds sexy! But that video man...
Perhaps that was the intention, perhaps it's just a personal thing. Anyway, this tells the story of a gimp and his awkward arm-swallowing (Yeah I don't get it either.) relationship, break up and subsequent stay in a hotel outside which he is beaten up by a man in drag. His then vacated rubber suit is found by his ex-girlfriend who is sad and finds a large whole in the wall of his hotel room. It feels Lynchian to me, but then so does anything creepy, a bit slow paced and full of unanswered questions. I don't like Lynchian.
Lastly, and not at all leastly, it's The Knife, with the music video for previously blogged slice of Africana, A Tooth For An Eye.
There seems to be a theme to the videos from this album about challenging gender and age stereotype and going against expectations. This isn't really what I had in mind at all for a video to this music, but it works nicely. I won't detail it since it's spoil the slight surprise the video sets up.
And that's the roundup! I hope you saw something you liked! I certainly did.
Until next time!
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