Because you demanded it… after the iconoclastic assault that was El-P’s The Full Retard – starring, you’ll remember, Mr Killums, the very naughty, very sozzled squirrel, El-P and director/partner-in-crime Tim Saccenti bring you the origin of Mr Killums…

And it happened at a El-P gig, in front of a very lairy crowd of ladies. Plus, at some kind of parallel gig, TV On the Radio’s Jaleel Bunton plays Nick Diamonds of Islands/the Unicorns, getting girls pregnant just by touching them… So just as insane as The Full Retard. I’m not even going to pretend that I know what’s going on – so here’s Tim:

“The “Stay down” video for El-P is a semi-prequel to our first video for his “C4C” album, The full Retard. In this episode we discover the origin of how our hero squirrel and internet sensation Mr. Killums, lost his Eye and witness a band battle/mass hypnosis/reality critique performance. Starring Jaleel Bunton of “TV on the Radio” playing the role of Nick Diamonds, the pop star antithesis to the dark light of truth that El-P spews, leading to an all out botox-fueled melee.” There you go.

El-P
Stay Down
Ft. Jamie Meline as “El-P” & Jaleel Bunton as “Nick Diamonds”
Director: Timothy Saccenti
Editor: Ryan McKenna @ The Mill
Flame artist: Russell Mack
Additional Flame: Mario Caserta
nuke compositor: Liz Berndt
Colorist: Damien Van Der Cruyssen
1st AD: Ian Lynch
2nd AD: Owen O’Leary
Production Company: Starworks Group
Producer: Brody Baker
Associate Producer: Connor Doherty
Director of Photography: Carlos Veron
1st AC: Rasa Acharya
2nd AC: Charles Alexander
Art Director:Peter Mayer
Prop Master: Stewart Gerard
Gaffer: Rome Peterson
BB Electric: Peter Milmoe
Key Grip: Marc Mayer
BB Grip: Holly Hosman
Swing: Darrel Day
Casting: Matt Wulf
PA: Richard Walker, Kaream Appleton, Phil Nolan