What’s the name for the kind of music video that’s just a bunch of crazy shit all thrown together? I love that style– lots of colors and flashing lights and shapes you never learned about in geometry class; ridiculous costumes and even more ridiculous haircuts, vaguely sexual dancing and so many effects that little kids might get seizures by watching. I don’t know what to call the avante-garde, experimental, postmodern (post-postmodern?), surrealist, Dadaist style that’s become so popular in the last few years. So let’s just use the word “clusterfuck.”
The video below is a perfect example of clusterfuck-ism. I actually had no idea what I was going to post today until I checked my inbox and saw this thing. It’s the music video for Sidney Samson’s new track “Shut Up & Let it Go” featuring Lady Bee. It reminds me of Major Lazer’s Pon De Floor video, last year’s best example of the clusterfuck style.
The song itself is a monster, and it’s going to be big at WMC in a few weeks. But I couldn’t get clearance from the label to post the track itself (it doesn’t come out until April 25th). I wish I could spread it all over the world because I’ve been listening to it on repeat all morning. The video below will have to tide you over for the time being.
i’d say the dancing in the pon de floor video was vaguely sexual.. haha
Hahaha. You’re completely right, there’s nothing vague about that one. Poor word choice.