The AKA’s - "Dead Flowers Forever" - (2008) 2:37 (USA)

While the AKA’s songs may sound like they are written to be relatable for 16-year-olds, the lyrics actually go much deeper, inspired by a group of 1960s hippie-terrorists who destroyed a building in New York City and subsequently went into underground hiding for 15 years. The muse for the music therefore became the muse for the video, inspiring the use of raw, unnatural graphics that harkens back to 60s optical art, rather than sleek images of modern times.

To achieve a handmade look, Transistor Studios shot the video on high-definition studio cameras and treated it to look like film. Entirely in black and white, there are sequences that appear to be film negative, with the musicians’ skin the color of dark gray. Price said that the band members were originally meant to resemble silhouettes, so his crew took the liberty of literally painting them black.

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