Obaro Ejimiwe aka Ghostpoet emerges from the darkness in this oozey, surreal nightmare directed by Thomas James.

This is a change-up from James' usual emphasis on narrative, but it is such a singular visceral performance video that is has its own emotional impact. With Ejimiwe performing while covered at times in a treacle-like substance, it's viscerally, uncomfortably gooey - beautifully shot by Diana Olifirova.  

THOMAS JAMES:

"For me the track is about a sort of existential crises, a 4am dreamy panic that maybe most of the things we strive for are a little pointless.

I liked the idea of trying to embody this, in a nightmarish, reality bending world. Something contained, that made no sense, and felt like the disjointed textures of a moist nightmare. Something where dread was personified, and made you feel icky. A BDSM Get Your Own Back.

The idea of the reverse gravity for a singular character seamed great on paper, but obviously came with it's challenges. Everyone was amazing, and we eventually got to the point where we had to build two identical sets - one upside down, and then it's exact reflection, so we could stitch everything together. We also had to hang Obar upside down, and cover him in the ooze - which he was freakishly good at. Our lead female was an incredibly talented trapeze artist and contortionist - so it was great to let her run free and scale the sets in as many weird positions as she could muster.

Mainly I just enjoyed covering everything in black gunk though. It was a fun day.