The energy of the crowd was incredible. It hit the internet on Friday and has already topped 200,000 views. And, yes, there are cheerleaders and body builders too. Visions. © 2021 Condé Nast. The 'Oblivion' singer took to Instagram to share videos of her 10-month-old enjoying playing some music. The video was part of The AC!D Reign Chronicles, in which Grimes, HANA, and Mac Boucher documented a two-week Europe tour through seven surprise music videos. It features Grimes, in a black coat and her signature pink hair, with headphones on at a sporting match with a largely male crowd. I think I started making films around the same time she started to record music, so there was this sense of accomplishment working on a music video together. Be the first one to write a review. ’OBLIVION’ The best video thus far has to be ‘Oblivion’, Boucher’s breakthrough track, shot in Montreal at a motorbike rally and football stadium. Genius Live Featured Charts Videos Shop. Reviews There are no reviews yet. "Heidi" - Oblivion (Grimes) Fan-Animated Music Video - YouTube How did you get into film making/video directing? The third track off Grimes' third studio album, Visions. Ashnikko. Grimes, Soundtrack: Arbitrage. It was an evolution of documenting my installation/performance work, and then beginning to make work specially for the camera, starting with documentary up to now, mixing documentary into fiction – I think both elements are in her video. The shoot looks like it was a lot of fun. In the clip for her new Cyndi Lauper-meets-Soft Cell jam, the pink-haired electro elf (born Claire Boucher) parties at a dirt-bike rally and kicks it with some jacked athletes in a football locker … Enjoy! Oblivion. It’s a really beautiful city, similar to Montreal in the way it kind of operates under its own rule within a country, but decked out in glittery beads hanging from banana trees. Grimes: Oblivion – video One of Grimes’s earliest media sticking points was her description of her work as “post-internet”. What’s your all-time favourite music video and why? I like the way music videos are a free territory for film experimentation and still accessible to the general public. From the dirt and adrenaline at a motorbike rally to a sweat-soaked locker room, Boucher and her trusty boombox dance and sing to varying degrees of public interest (and appropriate forms of contact). I’d have to say, Spike Jonze, ‘Da Funk’ for Daft Punk has always stuck with me. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Condé Nast. More music videos. I started a documentary on Tonstartssbandht back in 2008 that I would like to finally edit into a feature doc. It … It … Video: Grimes – ‘Oblivion’ New Music I 02.03.12 I by Fact. DOWNLOAD OPTIONS download 1 file . It’s fun, it’s powerful and it’s yet more evidence for Grimes’s dead-cert star status. Here's the video for Grimes' "Oblivion", from the avant-pop artist's new album Visions. Key and BPM for Oblivion by Grimes. What makes it so good, so very repeat-watchable, is the way it both embraces and rejects the traditional pop video narrative. Login . Also see Camelot, duration, release date, label, popularity, energy, danceability, and happiness. We shot it in one weekend, which I guess, was pretty insane. [34] Along with mutual friend and cinematographer Evan Profofsky, they made the video to Grimes’s song Oblivion on a shoe-string budget last summer. Her work and who she is has always inspired me and we have a lot of fun together, so over all, it was a pretty euphoric experience. Grimes: Oblivion (Video 2012) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. 'Oblivion' music video by Grimes. I wanted them to look really exhausted throughout it, so I asked them to do push-ups when the camera wasn’t rolling, which was sort of cruel looking back. Claire Boucher takes over a motorbike rally, a football game, a locker room... A daily roundup of the most important stories in music. The video debuted on March 2, 2012 and shows Grimes amongst shirtless frat boys, as well as in a men's locker room surrounded by weightliftingathletes. With her headphones on, Boucher is in her own world, performing for herself as much as the onlooker. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. What is it about music videos that particularly appeal to you personally? Edited by Emily Kai Bock. The album's second single, "Oblivion", also received critical acclaim and was produced into a music video co-directed by Emily Kai Bock and Grimes. I’m not a kid, but my image is very teenaged. I dropped Emily a few questions last week to find out about the making of the video, how she got into film making and why she’s drawn to working in the music video medium. This video is owned by the artist and or the record label. Both, I would like to shoot this summer. Directed by Emily Kai Bock, Grimes. Grimes posts video of baby X AE A-XII playing on a synthesizer. Includes audio commentary. Bedroom pop sensation Claire Boucher (aka Grimes) reveals herself as just such a devotee in the music video for “Oblivion”. The two sporting events were back to back, which worked out well for renting the 35mm cameras. Grimes – “Oblivion” Video. Directed by Emily Kai Bock. Claire had to wear headphones out of necessity to hear the music and I had to tap Evan (the cinematographer) on the shoulder to start and end takes. News March 2, 2012 9:21 AM By Tom Breihan. The clip was directed by Emily Kai Bock, and features Grimes' … The clip was directed by Emily Kai Bock, and features Grimes' Claire Boucher singing along to her song at a motorbike rally, a football game, in a locker room, and at a slamdancing party. All rights reserved. They are able to convey an intense emotional reaction within the viewer using very few images and sounds. Most of my friends are musicians. I was very into K-Pop and J-Pop when I made “Vanessa” and “Oblivion.” Those videos are kind of cutesy. 1. Born and raised in Vancouver, she first became involved with the underground music scene and began recording her own experimental music while attending McGill University in Montreal. It was shot in Montreal at Olympic Stadium and at McGill University's Molson Stadium, during a football game and a supercross event. Kill V. Maim [Parental Advisory] Grimes. I would love to watch how they do it. I’m working on the pre-production for second video for Grimes and a first one for Blue Hawaii (another close friend/Montreal band). I went down to New Orleans for the first time last summer and it would be nice to return to edit everything down there. Emily Kai Bock is a Montreal based video director, film student and friend of Claire Boucher, aka Grimes. Produced by Emily Kai Bock. She is a good friend of mine and we innately trust each other which made it really easy. Claire Elise Boucher, known professionally as Grimes, is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director and visual artist. I also like that they are short films and when you work with a talented musician the images evoke themselves and the music directs the story, kind of like a ghost-writer. What's new Vimeo Record: video messaging for teams Vimeo Create: quick and easy video-maker Get started for free The mosh pit scene was a lot fun – we used her brother’s friends who were all very sweet. The music video for "Oblivion", directed by Emily Kai Bock, was shot in Montreal at Olympic Stadium and at McGill University's Molson Stadium, during a football game and a motocross rally. I claim no ownership what so ever. I guess I had been thinking about the gladiator archetype and how it would be interesting to re-contextualize it as well as play around with the roles of the spectacle and the spectator. Emily Kai Bock is a Montreal based video director, film student and friend of Claire Boucher, aka Grimes. Grimes (aka Claire Boucher) has unveiled a great new video for Visions highlight ‘Oblivion’.. Congratulations on the Oblivion video! You can learn a lot from music videos as a filmmaker. CLOSED CAPTION TEXT download. Pynk (Ft. Grimes) [Explicit] Grimes. Cry (Ft. Grimes) [Explicit] Janelle Monáe. To revisit this article, visit My Profile, thenView saved stories. We oiled them up in vegetable oil and Claire bought them about 12 frozen pizzas. It hit the internet on Friday and has already topped 200,000 views. View Tracklist Oblivion Grimes. Maybe it’s my fault. Priya Ragu’s post-genre sound champions her Tamil heritage, How I Made: Samuel Organ on his ‘A Safe Place In Cyberspace’ album, Skrillex and Four Tet team up on new track ‘Butterflies’. I’m 24. I still have another year of film school left. I liked the idea of framing Claire against a typically male crowd, having her attention fixed to the camera as the crowd’s attention was diverted to the field, allowing her to become the most dominate thing in the frame while at the same time surrounded by men twice her size. comment. Could you tell me a bit about the making of it? I love the way it plays with the classic pop video trope but with a very Grimes spin on it. ‘See You On A Dark Night’: Grimes’ “Oblivion” Depicts Sexual Assault July 24, 2013 by Ragna Rök Jóns 10 To any who have heard the ethereal, self-identified feminist, Claire Boucher, more famously known as Grimes, her high soprano, multi-layered vocals … 1 Favorite . See All Videos. More Grimes Music Videos. Get DJ recommendations for harmonic mixing. March 2, 2012 Here's the video for Grimes ' "Oblivion", from the avant-pop artist's new album Visions. I think music and film are essentially of the same spirit. Her music incorporates elements of varied styles and genres including dream pop, synth-pop, art pop, electronic, experimental pop, R&B and hip hop. The music video was co-directed by Grimes and Emily Kai Bock, on a "shoe string budget". What was the idea behind it? 136 Views . [47] " Mood Music Video Archive Addeddate 2016-07-29 20:45:42 Closed captioning no Identifier Grimes_Oblivion__ Scanner Internet Archive Python library 0.9.8. plus-circle Add Review. Tough question. Pitchfork ranked "Oblivion" at number one on their 200 Best Tracks of the Decade So Far list in 2014. Grimes (aka Claire Boucher) has unveiled a great new video for Visions highlight ‘Oblivion’. Grimes - Oblivion (Video) Grimes aka Claire Boucher from Canada has rapidly risen from being an electronic princess in waiting to pretty much the queen of the internet and the blogs. Throughout the clip, Grimes takes us on a whistlestop tour of an all-American (or, perhaps, all-Canadian) high-school. Premiered on March 2, 2012. Claire Elise Boucher (born March 17, 1988), better known by the stage name Grimes, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer and music video director. While that may be for practical reasons (see below), the effect is the same. Of course the work of Jonathan Glazer and Romain Gavras, both incredibly ambitious directors who have really set the bar on what is cinematically possible within a 3 min music video. Alex Prager, Bill Viola, and Jesper Just are my favourite artists working within the realm of video art. [43] [46] The video debuted on March 2, 2012, and shows Grimes amongst shirtless frat boys , [46] as well as in a men's locker room surrounded by weightlifting athletes. Along with mutual friend and cinematographer Evan Profofsky, they made the video to Grimes’s song Oblivion on a shoe-string budget last summer. I have an idea for a fiction film I’d like to develop more. Track 3 On. Pitchfork may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. When Grimes ’ Claire Boucher, director Emily Kai Bock, and cinematographer Evan Prosofsky were making their way to a football game to shoot the “Oblivion” video … With Grimes. Ad Choices. "Art gives me a… Who would you most like to work with and why? Grimes surrounds herself with masculine energy.