If only you could see what I've seen with your eyes

February 28, 2017 7:32 AM

Cloudbeats is the latest music video from musician Shana Falana. The first-person, day in the life film can be seen as a quiet contrast to much of the history of first-person music videos, which more often than not take their inspiration from FPS video games. Example A: The Weeknd's latest False Alarm (if the style seems familiar, it's because the video was directed by Ilya Naishuller, who made the similarly ultra violent Biting Elbows - 'Bad Motherfucker', and later the first person feature film Hardcore Henry.) Other examples include Cinnamon Chasers's Luv Deluxe which adds multiple timelines, while Logic's Under Pressure is more of the same. The granddaddy of the f'd up FPS music video turns 20 this year: The Prodigy's Smack My Bitch Up.
posted by gwint (2 comments total)

(All videos except the first one have several NSFW elements)
posted by gwint at 7:33 AM on February 28, 2017

Zero comments. Huh. Well, there's a first time for everything.
posted by gwint at 8:06 AM on March 27, 2017