Dopo Cheap Motel, video di transizione (ma per questo non meno interessante, anzi), con il promo di Predictable Girl FKA twigs lancia l’estetica della nuova era Afterglow, seguito ideale di EUSEXUA, album uscito solo pochi mesei fa. Alla regia troviamo sempre Jordan Hemingway, con la decisiva direzione creativa di Actual Objects (Rick e Claire Farin), proponendo una rilettura del futurismo Y2K che pesca tanto da Matrix, Sin City e Cronenberg, quanto dai videoclip pop di quegli anni (per dirne una: la Britney Spears di Toxic, per la regia di Joseph Kahn).
twigs si scontra con sé stessa (Afterglow vs EUSEXUA) mentre è sparata alla velocità della luce su una Harley Davidson cromata. Con il suo doppelganger dà vita a una danza che ha tanto della lotta quanto del sesso, concludendosi in una contorta fusione con la motocicletta stessa.
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Credits
Director – Jordan Hemingway
Visual Art Direction – Actual Objects
Production Company – Object & Animal
Producer – Rowan Mackintosh King
Executive Producer – Morgan Clement
Directors Assistant – Max Gabbay
Production Manager – Coco Marinese
Production Assistant – Abbey Malbon
Studio Producer – Rachel Travers
Studio Assistant – Cael Devers
FKA World – Elena, Louise, Pia
Choreographer – James Vu Anh Pham
Dancer – Shivawn Joubert
Stunt Double – Venessa Puma
Body Double – Karwea Sharratt
Stylist – Billy Lobos
Styling Assistant – Luna Lajeunesse
Hair Stylist – Louis Souvestre
Hair Assistant – Britini Campbell
Hair Assistant – Sheree Jourdan
Makeup Artist – Catalina Sartor
Makeup Assistant – Natsu Tomonaga
1st AD – Dan Gibling
1st AD – Oli Hill
2nd AD – Miles Bruce Jones
AD Runner – Gwyn Ellis Mann
Production Runner – Nate Black
Production Runner – Harvey Wallage
Production Runner – Oscar Maher
DOP – Ben Fordesman
1st AC – Malte Huebner
2nd AC – Nadjana Panto
2nd AC – Julia Steyaert
2nd AC – Niyi Ferraria
Phantom Operator – Simon King
DIT – Elliot Chyi
Grip – Dan Huntley
Grip – Fric Lopez
Grip Trainee – Matt Buxton Smith
Playback Operator – Steven Sharpe
Gaffer – Chris Stones
Gaffer – Vianney Kernanet
Spark – Mark Sullivan
Spark – Ollie Craig
Spark – Dylan Shultz-Soo
Spark – Daniel Ansell
Desk Op – Callum Crisell
Lighting Trainee – Eli De Wit Roy
Rigger – Gavin Boulton
Production Designer – Furmaan Ahmed
Art Director – Isabella Furness
Art Assistant – Paddy Mcalindon
Art Assistant – Aryana Sheibani
Art Assistant – Ricardo Montiero
Art Assistant – Hara Spyrou
Props Assistant – Suzanne Elven
Tracking Vehicle – Bickers
Fight Coordinator – Sam Mak
Medic – Jay Rhys
Medic – Jamie Page
Post Producer – Zara Saraon
Post Production – Purple Martin
E.P – Jonathan Davies
Purple Martin Post producer – Neuma Llusiá
Offline editor – Louis Bork
Offline Assistant – Yuuki Uchida
On set VFX Supervisor – Anthony Laranjo
VFX Supervisor – Angus Wilson
2D Compositor – Guilherme Sarinho
2D Compositor – Dario Saquetti
VFX – ULTRAVIOLET
Titles – Collin Fletcher
Sound Studio – Concret Form
Sound Design & Mix – Kai Scheer
Color by Company 3
Colorist – Tim Masick
Senior Color Producer – Colleen Valentino
Associate Color Producer – Morgan Coyle-Howard
Color Operations Manager – Mena Smith
Color Assistant – Stephen Winterhalter
Color Assistant – Quinn Wright
Color Assistant – Christina Miller
Catering – MizCarib
Studio – London Film Studios
Lighting – SHL & GreenKit