Video: Daedelus: "Fair Weather Friends"
Daedelus is a Los Angeles-based producer, but the video for his new "Fair Weather Friends" may be more familiar to those of us dwelling in lessy sunny climes. Directed by Jordan Kim, who does motion graphics for children's TV show "Yo Gabba Gabba!", the animated clip portrays a city that has a sign indicating it has gone "101 Days Without Color."
"You know, when the world gets warm, we get the same things on our minds as you boys do," a girlish voice says, as a bunch of smiling animated characters dance and cheer. Beneath warm, minor-key synths, the percussion (and the animated context) help bring to mind the beat from Peter Bjorn & John's "Young Folks". As in other videos recently, the world gradually brightens, changing the sign to "000 Days Without Color". That voice we heard? Apparently it was the voice of some kind of princess. The video is cute rather than sensual, and she's actually kinda funny-looking, but otherwise, boys, she's thinking what you're thinking. Ah, spring.
[from the Fair Weather Friends EP; out now on Ninja Tune]