"Jackie" by Sean Bowie - about the track, about the music video, details and facts
Содержание
Sean Bowie (a.k.a. Yves Tumor) has already conquered the music scene, surrounding himself with an army of thousands of fans... In mid-July. 2021 of the year he released the EP "Asymptotic World" (Asympototical World), which included only 6 tracks. However - even among them there is a gem! The opening track of the mini-album "Jackie." The song is undeniably noteworthy: with its psych-rock guitar barrage, massive pop drum sound and neon synths swirling around Yves Tumor's brooding vocals, it seems perfect... Interest in the song is fuelled by the spectacularly juicy video published on the musician's channel 15 June 2021 More than 330 thousand views and a sea of enthusiastic comments... Apparently, fans and people interested in contemporary music appreciated the work done by Sean!
History of Creation
Regret, longing and heartache is what defines the track "Jackie" Yves Tumor, an artist who spent much of his quarantine recording new music. "Those days were tragic," Tumor sings on "Jackie," the standout track from the recently released EP The Asymptotical World. "I don't sleep / refuse to eat anything..." After their breakthrough with a 2020 record. Heaven To A Tortured Mind, the European experimental rock musician has finally shared a new, equally uplifting single!
Tumor wrote a song "Jackie." co-authored by the producer by Chris Grattybut the creative studio Actual Objects from Los Angeles directed and produced the song's visuals. Even his standard breakup lyrics have some dreamy depth, with Tumor hoping to see himself in the subconscious of a lost love: "I said: "Hey Jackie, baby / When you calm down, do you think about me?" "Jackie." - is a supernatural ballad charged with drugged, distorted guitar riffs, percussion and a fierce vocal wave... The accompanying psychedelic visual is a magical battle between lovers, but - more on that later.
The mood, the sound of the track
Distorted guitar and heavy drums open up the dark atmosphere of the first track from The Asymptotical World EP. Known for combining genres such as pop, rock, psychedelia and electronica, Yves Tumor is more experimental than ever in his latest work..... "Jackie." features familiar musical elements with an otherworldly sound, as Tumor sings about separation and a general sense of unease. The music video is as artistic as the song, with a vibrant colour palette and psychedelic effects. In it. Tumor is depicted sword-fighting with presumably Jackie himself! In the final scene it's unclear whether anyone wins... The same sense of ambiguity is constantly reflected in Yves Tumor's music, which makes it so exciting....
Music video
The track is accompanied by a psychedelic music video created by Los Angeles-based visual artists Rick Farina and Claire Cochran. from the studio Actual Objects. The video combines footage of live performances, three-dimensional digital characters and dipfake technology to depict, as the video's directors themselves say, "this fiery and violent relationship between Tumor and Jackie...". Its shifting ideas of identity reflect Tumor's own musical shape-shifting, as The Asymptotical World intertwined with post-punk, dark synth-pop and experimental rock 1980-х Years in the mix that nods to his past idols while not emulating them.
"We loved collaborating with Yves Tumor on 'Jackie' - we've been huge fans of his for years!" - Rick and Claire stated in a press release. "His work is always forward-looking and has always been a major source of inspiration for us... 'Jackie' was an opportunity for us to delve deeper into our toolbox and work with some of our most experimental techniques!"
Music video "Jackie." puts up a fight Tumor into an alien world absolutely saturated with hallucinatory colours... The clip is about Tumor and the guitarist as they travel through an alien landscape and a solar system that melts and merges with textures... The two meet in the climax of the song when Tumor hits the guitar with a rainbow sword! The collision creates a spectacle of light, colour and sound... It eventually pushes them out into space.
One last thing...
Yves Tumor always pushing the boundaries! В "Jackie." they are electrifying... The single is the latest wrinkle in Tumor's sonic universe: by layering dueling emotional guitars over a captivating drum rhythm, Tumor creates a textured, spiralling sound that takes the listener far into their astral plane....