Vampire Weekend’s “Cousins” video premiered today (November 19) on MTV, and has already earned itself praise from several artists including Lil Wayne. Read more below.
Garth Jennings, who did a terrific job of making the most out of a seemingly low budget, directed the vid for “Cousins”. A matter of fact it’s a masterful piece in its own unique, amateurish right. The 2 minute and 32 second clip compilation complements the songs staccato nature perfectly. So unlike many other music videos, this one is actually in accordance with the song… Yay for good filmmaking!
The short Indie type flick that was put to music has already garnered attention from pop culture phenomenon Weezy. Not too long ago he vowed upon its “FNMTV” premiere to make a similar style single-take clip one day. We are still waiting to hear word on when or if this will happen… I for one hope he does, but something just doesn’t sound right about the words Lil Wayne and low budget being used in the same sentence, does it?
The song is littered with catchy lyrics, so lets take a look at a few.
Me and my cousins
You and your cousins
It’s a line that is always running
Me and my cousins
You and your cousins
I can feel it coming
Or something along those lines… I couldn’t clearly make out what he was singing. So if I missed a word or two, sorry!
Perhaps this is what the band needed in order for them to be less recognized as (according to MTV.com) “children of privilege and private schools,” and transition over into being more recognized as musical talents.
Tell us what you thought about in the song in our comment section after you check out the Vampire Weekend “Cousins” video below.
Photos: Hugh Dillon/Nick Pickles/www.wenn.com