Empire Of The Solar’s 2008 observe “We Are The People” had an enormous resurgence on TikTok up to now yr, and musician Lord Littlemore thinks he is aware of why: “It is pure of heart.” This is among the many details that may be gleaned from their new video for Vevo Footnotes, taking followers behind the scenes of the music video for the beloved observe.
Each Littlemore and his co-musician Emperor Steele inform Vevo that the tune was partially impressed by their want to carry extra creativeness to music than what they have been seeing on the time. “At the time it felt like the landscape of music had lost a lot of its mystically. We are dreamers and trippers and we wanted to lean into that,” Littlemore explains. Provides Steele, “We spend a lot of time searching, gathering, asking for the songs that are meant to be sung, I think that comes through to the listener.”
The spirit of freedom and creativeness extends to the duo’s wardrobe within the video. “We design all our own wardrobe, gather materials and fabrics, feathers and props and weave it altogether,” Steele says. “That’s the beautiful part when elements from what you’ve searched for or discover are combined, it creates your identity.”
In fact, it’s the putting panorama within the “We Are The People” music video that injects the clip with a wholesome dose of magic as effectively. The duo headed to northern Mexico to shoot the video first, beginning within the Icamole Desert. “We then traveled to the Lost Gardens of Las Pozas in Xilitla,” Steele recollects. “Incredible, magical, enormous butterflies, waterfalls, surrealist sky-high sculptures: this untouched paradise was made for us and this song.” The pure great thing about Mexico has lengthy impressed artists, reminiscent of Chilean movie director Alejandro Jodorowsky, who the group cites as an inspiration. “We loved The Holy Mountain but equally we loved the films of Stanley Kubrick, Peter Greenaway, Gregg Araki, and Matthew Barney.” Because the shoot ended, Littlemore and Steele interacted with some locals, elements of which made it into the ultimate product. “They were holding the Day of the Dead and it was a beautiful syncopated celebration between us all,” Steele remembers.
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