A friend on Facebook linked this video saying it had "a very Shadowrun vibe to it". Now, as some of you may know, I've been getting DOOOOWWWWN on that Shadowrun goodness with the new games by Harebrained Schemes. For those of you further behind, Shadowrun is basically cyber punk but with fantasy races. Like, Orcs that can hack into shit and Elves that control robots.
The music video was directed by Ilya Naishuller, who's best known for the movie "Hardcore Henry", and is his first foray into animation. A cyberpunk tale of woeful ambition over a song about people who aren't happy with they have. Though I don't know how a good a Peugeot is, but singer doesn't give a fuck, so I guess they're OK, I guess?
While the video is cool, the acoustic guitar on this song SLAPS. The bass and drums are still there, but they only come in to accentuate the low notes at the end in the riff. Sometimes the sound effects in the music video help out, like when the white haired woman hacks the car, and that SLAM goes into the chorus.
"Ju-ju" has to be one of my favorite music videos of this decade because of how well it all ties together, even though I know jack shit about the band, the language, or the culture.
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