Mastodon dropped a pretty interesting video forThe Motherload yesterday, which is their latest single from the new albumOnce More ‘Round The Sun!The video is not what you would imagine when you heard the track, but is pretty epic in it’s own way.Brann Dailor recently caught up with Pitchfork to discuss how the ideas came about and the importance of twerking was in the video!
On the video’s concept:
I guess I thought that maybe people would be concerned that it wasnt very imaginative if it was some kind of shitty 90s video. Then all of a sudden, twerking started happening, and it kind of went from there. I just wanted to make something that was bizarrethat would confuse people. I also thought to myself, whats the most bizarre thing, or whats something people would say completely does not belong in a Mastodon video? And the twerking was sort of what I came up with. I had a bunch of music video ideas but this was the one we were able to do in like a day, because we didnt have a massive budget and we couldnt pull off some of the other concepts I had.
On twerking - appropriate or sexist?
With the video itself, we wanted to make sure that the women that were there were in charge and that they were having fun. They made the video what it is. If it wasnt for them and their talent and going out and doing flips and splits and just bringing it, it wouldnt be great. All of them are forces of nature. It was amazing to meet them and amazing to watch them do their thing. Theres a scene where the garage door starts to open, andKhristine Moore, who plays the “queen,” is there. It gives me chills when I watch that, she just looks so awesome.
On the video being labelled as 'sexist’
I dont know, I just dont see the sexism in it. I know theres half-naked women that are shaking their butts. For some people its titillating, but for me it just looked amazing. I thought the girls were awesome and talented, and I thought it was amazing to watch. I love when it turns into that kaleidoscope effect thing; it brings the video to a whole new level. But its gotten people talking obviously, you know. I figured that would happen, you know what I mean. I knew there was going to be some negativity. But we do that; were that kind of band. It hadnt been done before, and we were kind of looking for something that hadnt been done before because its hard to come by these days.
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