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cimoreneI recently became aware of this music video by the Rwandan-Belgian pop singer/songwriter Stromae, "Papaoutai" (2013) (in French, English subtitles)
This song is what Wax calls a banger, but what I love about it is the constructed reality of the video and how it plays with the real/fakeness through the set and the costumes.
It reminded me of this older-to-me but actually younger music video by Swedish-African(American) hiphop artist Timbuktu, "Annie Liebovitz" (2014) (in Swedish, no subtitles)
This is one of my favorite music videos (not that I'm an afficionado or anything!) because of the constructed reality, which uses mannequins like "Papaoutai" but also flat photography, with pieces of his surroundings (nightmarishly?) constantly turning into flat mattpaintings and pieces of scenery in a way that absolutely gives me chills. Also yes, it really uses Annie Liebovitz.
The visual design/sets in both cases are a little reminiscent of the set design of the "Broadway Melody" extended sequence in Singin' in the Rain where Don and Cosmo describe the planned dream sequence in the movie they're making, The Dancing Cavalier, and that's my favorite set design EVER. Especially the nightclub where Gene Kelly dances with Cyd Charisse, where everything from the other tables to the actual spotlight is painted on the walls/floor.
This song is what Wax calls a banger, but what I love about it is the constructed reality of the video and how it plays with the real/fakeness through the set and the costumes.
It reminded me of this older-to-me but actually younger music video by Swedish-African(American) hiphop artist Timbuktu, "Annie Liebovitz" (2014) (in Swedish, no subtitles)
This is one of my favorite music videos (not that I'm an afficionado or anything!) because of the constructed reality, which uses mannequins like "Papaoutai" but also flat photography, with pieces of his surroundings (nightmarishly?) constantly turning into flat mattpaintings and pieces of scenery in a way that absolutely gives me chills. Also yes, it really uses Annie Liebovitz.
The visual design/sets in both cases are a little reminiscent of the set design of the "Broadway Melody" extended sequence in Singin' in the Rain where Don and Cosmo describe the planned dream sequence in the movie they're making, The Dancing Cavalier, and that's my favorite set design EVER. Especially the nightclub where Gene Kelly dances with Cyd Charisse, where everything from the other tables to the actual spotlight is painted on the walls/floor.
