Dance-offs get dystopian in the superb video for Charlotte De Witte & Chris Liebing, directed by Fernando Nogari.The video tells a nonnormative love story between two outsiders struggling to survive under absurd circumstances. Inspired by the dance marathons held during the Great Depression, it’s set up in a dystopian near future where a girl’s only option to pay her lover’s debt and save his life is to compete in an underground marathon where contestants dance until they drop (and probably die).Lensed by Swedish DoP Erik Henrikson, who has worked on music videos for Beyoncé, The Weekend and Young Lean, the video was shot entirely in São Paulo. The visuals are intense and raw, treading a line between Mad Max and Gasper Noe's filmography, and the sweaty orange and copper colour palette lends an apocalyptic feel to the proceedings.
Rob Ulitski - 10th Oct 2019