Director-provocateur Dan Streit reunites with A$AP Rocky for the second release from the long-awaited new album Don't Be Dumb, an unhinged homage to classic videogame GTA - and fierce satire on Trump's America.

The video for Helicopter is a whirlwind journey into the night-shrouded city where Rocky operates out of the reach of the ICE-like forces of the law - and the best way to travel is by chopper.

The drone-like camera never stops as Rocky moves from crib to street, doing deals and visiting a teeming rooftop party. His encounter with oppressive government/police forces has him take charge of the eponymous helicopter - the best way to get around the city - and battle is joined.

Diving into Uncanny Valley at times as well as pursuing its unremitting narrative drive, there are echoes of the classic Tailor Swif here. but it's primarily a portrait of urban carnage rather than surrealist, through the prism of a vintage videogame, with an underlying baked-in realism. 

This 'US of AI' was created with combination of tools, Streit once again pushing creative and technical boundaries by incorporating real performances into CG environments, utilizing 4D volumetric scans and Gaussian splats. 

It's seriously intense - its full impact improved with repeated viewing - and it ends in shockingly realistic 'splat'. Streit's madcap comedy for Rocky's Shittin Me in 2022 looks positively sedate by comparison.