Directed by: EmaLee Arroyo
Note from the director: As a multi-media artist coming from a background in performance and video art, the first time I heard L’Orange’s “Need You” I was struck with the songs dichotomy of beauty and melancholy. I wanted to create a world, a universe where this song could live and breathe to reveal and tease out the tension of these themes. The gorgeous ebbs and flows of the song partnered with the rhymes of Blu push the boundaries for the possibilities for imagery. I was inspired to develop a post apocalyptic Adam and Eve story that again would play off of the themes. In this post apocalyptic world, choosing life may mean choosing death.
Shot in bomb shelters in California, the new video from L’Orange and Blu is a short film, to say the least. The smokey production from L’Orange sounds like something you’d hear in coffee shop down an alley you’re not supposed to go down in Italy. Blu complements the beat with his signature flows in the sense that you can’t predict the next rhythm he’ll catch next. As you watch the whole video, what do you think happens at the end when the needle is taken off of the record?
You can buy L’Orange’s The Orchid Days on iTunes HERE.
Bryan Hahn thinks that Papoose jumped out of nowhere and stole the show. He’s on Twitter (@notupstate).
