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Hi. It’s Charlotte. Here are some things I watched on the internet this month (ranked somewhat arbitrarily but I like the ones at the bottom best).
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Dominic Fike - Phone Numbers - link
I would do dirty things to be in a thruple with Dominic Fike and Kenny Beats, but I would not give this music video a good review. It’s cuuuute, it’s clever, it’s funny. It’s two boys having fun. It’s a little corny, which is what I really like about it (I am a cornball and a half!), but it is incredibly unrealistic because Kenny doesn’t play a cop and is shown getting arrested. You’re not fooling anyone, Officer Beats. Smh.
Mike Melinoe - 444 - link
Each shot is executed so well, but the combination of them all doesn’t add up to me. At least not in the world that Melinoe created in the song. It seems like a video that was made because you’re supposed to have a video. The ideas are there and they’re right, but they’re missing a connection. There’s so many stories happening, I can’t figure out which rabbit hole I want to go down.
Doja Cat - Bottom Bitch - link
The best part is the first 15 seconds when she spray paints a dick. The rest of the video is pretty generic, in my opinion. Just girlies having fun. Not as top tier as the Juicy visuals, but she served us something good and I am thankful.
Steve Lacy - Playground - link
Earth, Wind, & Fire whooooooo????!? The video is effortlessly right for the song, fitting like a good, warm, wooly sock as the weather cools off. I do, however, feel like the styling carried the visuals, but I wished the editor or special effects crew could’ve given me something a wee bit spicier.
REI AMI - SNOWCONE - link
Cute, DIY, but self-aware and mature enough to not make me question if I should finish watching until the end. It feels like REI AMI fell from the sky into my lap because she did when my friend sent me this song saying, “it reminded me of you.”
FKA TWIGS - home with you
She’s giving me choreo. She’s giving me questions about self-driving cars. She’s giving me looks. All on the signature FKA pole (not pictured in this music video :/ but incredibly present metaphorically). She’s hyping her album (Nov. 8) and she’s been doing it well since the release of the CELLOPHANE video.
Dua Saleh - Sugar Mama - link
When I found this song last year, it was the only thing I listened to for a solid 72 hours. To be graced with a captivatingly clean visual is...a gift. Simple, stabilized shots, focussed on Dua Saleh with a fisheye apartment-style door viewer, give us everything we need and more to feel this story a little deeper.
Caroline Polacheck - So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings - link
Quite a few people I’ve talked to were introduced to Caroline through her visuals, so it’s only proper that you (maybe) might (possibly) be as well . Just scoop a big ole spoonful and dig in because she knows her futuristic fairytale niche. She’s not afraid to transport the viewer into her dream worlds in which to dance around. Just a girl and her dreams captivating you for three minutes and fourteen seconds.
Ama Lou - NORTHSIDE
Well, with this video I learned that Ama is from the UK. She reapplies her cologne of carefree and cooler-than-me-without-even-trying as she carries this music video with her own movements and swag. It took me until I read the lyrics to fully appreciate the self-centered visual. I get it now. It’s as beautiful as Ama Lou’s soul itself. It’s all we need to know about who she is, where she came from, and where she’s going.
Toro y Moi Presents: Soul Trash - link
Imagine you’re in your friend’s living room surrounded by all the homies, enjoying some sort of substance. Someone pulls up YouTube on the x-box in a clumsy attempt to drown out their tears after losing one too many games of 2k. Suggest this half-hour video and discuss your feelings and fears.
zack villere - Sore Throat - link
This video felt like taking the feeling of freedom and peace and a connection to something bigger than myself that I found at Jesus camp circa 2012 (because I love(d) G/god), and injecting it into my veins. I felt so seen and heard. I have to admit, watching the video was also the first time I heard the song. But sometimes, that’s just my preferred method of intake.
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