Winnipeg Art-Pop Group Royal Canoe Share Oddball Music Video For “Surrender”
From their recent album Sidelining, Winnipeg-based art-pop group Royal Canoe have shared the surprising visual accompaniment for the hit single “Surrender”. Featuring a clever twist on the heist theme, the Vince Tang-directed music video couples dance-offs with the bouncing indie pop tune.
“From my initial listen to Surrender, the song begins and I couldn’t really predict where it was going. I found that to be one of its best attributes,” shares Tang. “It was a very unique song in my opinion, it played out like a story with many twists and turns along the way. Therefore, unpredictability became the theme. As a filmmaker, my source of inspirations are films and we decided to go with a narrative that was heavily influenced by specific genre elements and right before the audience is getting comfortable with what they believe the story is to be, we completely twist into another. The visuals and the song are completely different but in a strange way reflect one another.”
“We’ve been fans of Vince’s video work with other artists in the Winnipeg scene over the last couple of years,” notes Matt Peters on behalf of the band. “We instantly loved the idea (for the video) and are so happy with how it turned out. It was nice to leave the dancing to the professionals this time.”
With striking masks and killer dance moves, “Surrender” is given an entirely new energy and aesthetic courtesy of the new music video.
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