The video to Atlantis by Azealia Banks, initially looks like another "seapunk" internet video. Which aestheticly it is, however it has a hidden narrative. A story of time travel, Greek mythology, and the rise and fall of the economy. The music video is decoded on this YouTube video.
However Miss Banks' music is more true to the experimental pop genre, similar to Grimes, Robyn, Nelumbo and Telsie. Her videos are always different, and never similar. This is the same for most experimental pop musicians, mainly because it doesn't stay within it own genre it borrows ideas from many different genres like rap, dance and electronic.
This video directed by Fafi, is very conceptual - although it obviously includes elements of performance due the the lip syincing and dancing. The video links with Goodwins codes and conventions, through the music/visual link of the dancing and intertextual references of Greek mythology, and the seapunk culture. Furthermore the relationship of the lyrics is shown visually through the "Pray, Prey" line of the song being shown literally, to define the difference of the homophones.
However Miss Banks' music is more true to the experimental pop genre, similar to Grimes, Robyn, Nelumbo and Telsie. Her videos are always different, and never similar. This is the same for most experimental pop musicians, mainly because it doesn't stay within it own genre it borrows ideas from many different genres like rap, dance and electronic.
This video directed by Fafi, is very conceptual - although it obviously includes elements of performance due the the lip syincing and dancing. The video links with Goodwins codes and conventions, through the music/visual link of the dancing and intertextual references of Greek mythology, and the seapunk culture. Furthermore the relationship of the lyrics is shown visually through the "Pray, Prey" line of the song being shown literally, to define the difference of the homophones.
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