AMANDA PALMER & THE GRAND THEFT ORCHESTRA – ‘Want It Back’ (2017)

CONTENT WARNING

The following video is not technically NSFW, but it’s as close as you can come so …viewer beware.


Calligraphy. This music video is all about fluid, dynamic, gorgeous and ornate text and I am absolutely here for it.

I cannot relay how many times I’ve watched and rewatched this.

My mind is blown by the amount of effort it must have taken to will this into the world. Words and stop-motion animation and so much skin and ink spatters? Fuck yeah. Reminds me of when as a youth I’d suck India ink in a straw and spit it out all over a page and revel in the black stains.

The fact that the song turns me into a whirlwind? Icing on the cake.

Also? If you were a svelte goth in the late 90s? You’ll certainly recognize the liquid latex utilized at the end. That sort of skin-tight nudity needs to be brought back in-fashion because I miss rocking that.

(Fun fact: Another song of hers will show up in the next Electroclature!)

Lastly? Note the use of BLOCKLETTERING for the chorus. Really, goddamn, the attention to detail here is astounding. Fucking amazing.

“It doesn’t matter if you want it back!

You’ve given it away!

You’ve given it away! Away! Away! Away! Away! Away! Away!”