Milky Chance - The Game (Lyric Video)

Опубликовано 2 сентября 2021, 15:45

This lyric video for "The Game" was created by Nicolás Botana.

“When we first got the list of possible songs and saw that ‘Stolen
Dance’ was available our first reaction was: Let’s pick that one!
Because we first knew the band through that song. But ‘Stolen
Dance’ had been chosen by another artist a few hours ago (you
can’t imagine the wonderful idea we had for that video! lol)
So we listened to every song on the list and ‘The Game’ was the
one we liked the most. We felt identified with the lyrics or rather with
what we interpreted from the lyrics, because songs can have as
many interpretations as people who listen to them.

We’ve seen a lot of lyric videos throughout the years and most of
them are usually animated. Therefore the first aesthetic decision we
made was to film live action to make something different. Although
we wondered… does it look too much like a music video? What’s
the difference between a lyric video and a music video? Only the
fact that the lyrics appear on the screen? And so, between many
philosophical conversations about the origin of lyric videos we
started searching for ideas and references.

We wanted to tell a story about grief and change in a person’s life.
When nothing will ever be the same and no matter how much you
don’t want to all you can do is get your things and leave. Move on
and keep on moving.
Along with the animator Frank Guzman we decided to display the
lyrics in a messy and chaotic way; somehow that represents his
mind, his feelings of guilt and search for redemption that haunt and
surround him.

We as filmmakers often use humor and absurdity as tools to tell
stories; and although in this case we are showing a mourning
process, we didn’t want to represent it in a solemn way, but in an
absurd and ambiguous way. We chose to work from that place to
avoid a common place for the video to have a differential.
But of course lyric videos, like songs, can have as many
interpretations as people watching them.”

CAST
Him: David Roizner
Dog: Milú Nieto
Ex-girlfriend in picture frame: Mariana Pagliari
Script and direction:

Nicolás Botana
IG: instagram.com/nicobot7
Vimeo: vimeo.com/user30089129

Alejandro Rocchi
IG: instagram.com/ofelio.polenta
Website: polisemia.uy

Animation graphics: Frank Guzman
Production designer: Leticia Damiano
Dop: Alejandro Rocchi
Color grading: Alejandro Rocchi
Special thanks to: Lucía Nieto

LYRICS
I’m about to lose the illusion I had
Pictures that I thought I could frame
Colors I’ve used on my wall getting blurred
Like it ain't never gonna be the same
And I know that I messed up with the chances I got
All I do is trying to make it right
All I do is trying to make it right
Guess I’ll do this all my life

Nothing ever seems to be easy
All I do is stand in the rain
I don’t really know how to get there
Just tell me about the rules of the game
Everybody says that I’m dreaming
But I’m just trying to cope with the day
I don’t really care for the rumors
Just tell me about the rules of the game

Wanna play (play), wanna play (play)
But I don’t know about the rules of the game
Wanna play (play), wanna play (play)
But I don’t know about the rules of the game

Images of color giving peace in my head
Taking all the dust from my mind
Captured by the echo of the words I have said
Please let me keep up with the time
And I hope there will be any other chances I get
And I hope I can take them with the mood that I have
Anything can make me getting close, but instead
Everything is pushing me away

Nothing ever seems to be easy
All I do is stand in the rain
I don’t really know how to get there
Just tell me about the rules of the game
Everybody says that I’m dreaming
But I’m just trying to cope with the day
I don’t really care for the rumors
Just tell me about the rules of the game

Wanna play (play), wanna play (play)
But I don’t know about the rules of the game
Wanna play (play), wanna play (play)
But I don’t know about the rules of the game

Nothing ever seems to be easy
All I do is stand in the rain
I don’t really know how to get there
Just tell me about the rules of the game
Everybody says that I’m dreaming
But I’m just trying to cope with the day
I don’t really care for the rumors
Just tell me about the rules of the game

Wanna play (play), wanna play (play)
But I don’t know about the rules of the game
Wanna play (play), wanna play (play)
But I don’t know about the rules of the game

I don’t know about the rules of the game
But I don’t know about the rules
I don’t know about the rules of the game
But I don’t know about the rules
I don’t know about the rules of the game

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