Lotus Plaza, Lockett Pundt's one-man project released it's second album Spooky Action at a Distance in April of this year, and along with it came a video for the album's closing track "Black Buzz".
The video stars Allie Teilz, portraying a distant character "piloted by drug abuse, self-destruction, wild nights, and the party scene" (taken from Allie Teilz's blog). The video starts with a scene of a seemingly distressed young woman, and takes her through a journey of transformation, during which she strips away from illusions, to reveal only for a moment, a raw truth.
The bright lighting of the video in contrast with Teilz's gloomy and vacant expressions create a nostalgic mood, forcing the viewer to feel an overwhelming longing for something nonexistent, and intangible. The video features varying scenes of the heroine, including sitting inside an apartment, driving in a car, running across a beach, and swimming in water. The scenes are unified by the girl's dreamy and absent aura.
Towards the end of the video, the illusion of joy and freedom comes with Teilz smiling as she elegantly glides through cloudy waters, escaping the confines of her lifestyle. However, in the closing scene, we see her again faced with the reality of a dusty and damaged life.
The atmosphere of the video is parallel to the moody lyrics and scratchy vocals of the song. The lyrics dwell into the mind our heroine, distincting her distorted ideas from her realities.
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