Glass Animals Travel Through Time In The Strange New Music Video For “Tangerine”
It’s been a successful 2020 for UK indie pop group Glass Animals. Their third album Dreamland continues to grow in popularity, and their dazzling live stream performance just a month back added to the band’s glowing presence.
“Tangerine” is one of the album’s biggest hits, and was even given a makeover featuring singer-songwriter Arlo Parks during the live internet performance. It continues to be one of the year’s strongest pop hits, and has now been given a music video to complete the set.
Starring frontman Dave Bayley in a variety of roles, the new music video travels through time in the strangest of ways.
On making the video, Bayley shares, “The song is about seeing someone get lost in the unimportant things in the world…to the point where they lose what made them unique and incredible. We’re all born naive and curious and playful and open and vulnerable…and over time those parts of us can get stifled…sometimes too much…to the point where all that child-like joy and curiosity is gone except for a tiny little glint of it that appears all too rarely, like a ghost in the eyes.”
The song’s bouncing synth-pop hook and vibrant aesthetic adds to the playful demeanour of the band, coming to life in the music video.
He continues, “I have to thank director David Wilson hugely for this one–we talked about that theme, and he came up with the beautiful, cyclical narrative for this video. I fell in love with it when he told me the idea, but I was petrified of having to act. I have always hated the idea of doing any sort of ‘acting’…however small or subtle the role. But he was so sure I could do it. and I have to say I had a lot of fun trying.”
Bayley sure seems like a natural on screen, as he alternates characters in a seemingly endless loop.
Check out the video for yourself below and read our review of Dreamland.
