Two music videos are better than one

When the vocals kick in at the start, you somehow have no idea where the song is going. Then the drums come in, the beat picks up, and suddenly it makes sense. KAZU's Come Behind Me, So Good! is an appropriate track to accompany a pharmacological nightcap. But even if you don't care for the actual song, the music video is a visual feast, taking advantage of several recent breakthroughs in technology.

The behind-the-scenes processes that went into making this video are just as fascinating as its visuals, so director Daito Manabe shared a breakdown of the techniques they used in choreography, CGI, and photogrammetry, which reconstructs 3D data from 2D still images taken from multiple angles.

Kazu Makino, the iconic voice of the shoegaze/dream pop group Blonde Redhead, released the first version of her video for Come Behind Me, So Good! on September 12, 2019. It was shot in Italy by the award-winning director Eva Michon and features the songstress dancing inside a small church.

Which one do you think is better?

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