The ensuing visuals, at least initially, serve to heighten the unease. The man collapses with a heart attack, and my interpretation of the video is that everything that follows can be seen as the hallucinations of a dying man. It’s a feeling of unhappy claustrophobia that’s somehow related to bodily death, which is the next theme to emerge. The setting is dominated by gray, from the ugly carpets to the monotonous chairs to the industrial windows separating us from the freedom of the outside world. The camera hones in on the actor’s face, which is a mask of panic-a visceral, sweaty kind of discomfort native to air travel. Immediately, Wilson establishes an atmosphere of deep anxiety as a man in a suit sprints through an airport to catch his plane.

The video for Tame Impala’s “Let It Happen,” directed by David Wilson, is the year’s best example of an artistic music video. And while most finished products are fairly forgettable, it’s always gratifying when something beautiful is created. Instead, it’s more of an abstract connection-the director translates the emotions of the song, rather than the lyrics. When you think about it, music videos are a strange genre that comes with a loaded question: How do you interpret a song? Most modern songs don’t tell a linear story, so it’s not like the musician or director can follow a script. The bustling percussion and Moroder-esque tendencies that are present throughout the record’s exhilarating opener faintly resemble the pomp and circumstances of French outfit Justice’s sophomore effort Audio Video Disco whilst its glitchy tempo shows that Parker’s well known penchant for experimentation remains unblemished and uncontainable.Is it fair to ask for artistic depth from a music video? Maybe not-maybe it’s only reasonable to demand entertainment.

The first song on the album’s no doubt painstakingly put together tracklisting, ‘Let It Happen’is epitomised by squirming synthesisers that beam with the restless energy of a creative who’ll be pigeonholed no longer. Leaping from the sun-drenched and idiosyncratic psych rock that channeled stunning melodies and a Lennon-esque aesthetic to gargantuan synth tinged pop is indisputably a downright audacious move, but it’s one that Kevin Parker pulled off with real panache on the band’s third LP Currents.Īfter releasing the aforementioned masterwork and gaining an absolutely glowing review from TTV, the band have revealed the accompanying visuals for ‘Let It Happen.’ CAN Tame Impala do no wrong? everything that has surfaced from them in recent times would certainly have you believe so.

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