FrankNotOcean 1,134 Posted June 13, 2023 I'm so confused...... Was this supposed to be a continuation of the first MV? Like what 6 Quote First we feel; then we fall. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ButterflyBones 2,231 Posted June 13, 2023 I can appreciate what she's going for but I'm not really into these visuals. It's just missing the immersive feeling and "magic" of her past work. VOID was 90% violent dance-thrashing and blurry CG IMO, particularly the scene where she's being chased by herself, which looked a little.. low budget? I just expected something completely different I guess. I'm glad we at least got to see her again outside of the costume again, though. For that alone, 10/10 8 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sadness is a butterfly 5,794 Posted June 13, 2023 The opening was good, underwhelming and blurry otherwise. 5 Quote It's a beautiful life, remember that too, for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ButterflyBones 2,231 Posted June 13, 2023 19 minutes ago, sadness is a butterfly said: The opening was good, underwhelming and blurry otherwise. The opening WAS really good, pretty much up until the first chorus for me. After that it just felt kind of messy and fell a little flat. I'm hoping she's going to give it a much better treatment in the movie(if it even gets approved), but I really don't see the point in having both when she could've just put out some really great, high budget music videos and left it at that. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anonymcomenter 4,390 Posted June 13, 2023 The visuals are well done and I get the concept but to me it felt flat. A lot of chaos and little meaning… I’m also sooo over the costume by now Those awkward movements felt cute during CB and K-12 (or even sexy in The Bakery) but I think she’s over-doing it here, no need to seem THAT insane every moment 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ButterflyBones 2,231 Posted June 13, 2023 30 minutes ago, Anonymcomenter said: The visuals are well done and I get the concept but to me it felt flat. A lot of chaos and little meaning… I’m also sooo over the costume by now Those awkward movements felt cute during CB and K-12 (or even sexy in The Bakery) but I think she’s over-doing it here, no need to seem THAT insane every moment I'm not sure she's trying to look insane so much as desperate, but I know what you mean. It'd be nice to see her do more actual dancing than all of the violent thrashing and head-whipping. And I wonder what Cry Baby era Melanie would've done with these songs.. She would've killed it with the budget that these videos must be getting. Even when she hardly had a budget, she still created some of the best, most creative videos I've ever seen. Just compare the clean CGI and set design in Mad Hatter to VOID, for instance.. it's probably just me, but I feel something missing here. 8 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WildChild 749 Posted June 13, 2023 it was visually beautiful and hella creative Imo, I'd say only downfall is the lower budget of CGI. 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anonymcomenter 4,390 Posted June 13, 2023 40 minutes ago, ButterflyBones said: Just compare the clean CGI and set design in Mad Hatter to VOID, for instance.. it's probably just me, but I feel something missing here. What I think she’s been missing lately is to sit down a bit with her art and give it a though before releasing anything… idk but it feels messy, chaotic and all over the place. Even the album tracklist goes with no clear direction opposed to the demos leaked. Same with visuals, she’s going with the flow (which is great) but I think the major problem here is she’s not getting exterior help or output. She wants to do it all by herself but to make this things right she should let experts have a say… same with songwritting Ur sooo right, Mad Hatter was great and she did it with no crazy choreography… Im happy she’s happy to express herself and comfortable enough to dance, but some direction would be great. Just look how good Detention, The Bakery and Drama Club (except that cringey last “woke” part) turned out to be 7 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ButterflyBones 2,231 Posted June 13, 2023 I am feeling so gaslit right now by all of the people on IG and Twitter saying this is her best video ever made... 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anonymcomenter 4,390 Posted June 13, 2023 1 minute ago, ButterflyBones said: I am feeling so gaslit right now by all of the people on IG and Twitter saying this is her best video ever made... we’ve been knew about there twitter crybabies… she could literally release a video of herself farting and they would eat it up 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sadness is a butterfly 5,794 Posted June 13, 2023 The two Portals videos are cool, but they don’t really go anywhere or do anything. No story line. Methinks the budget was spent on CGI. Album still slaps tho. 6 Quote It's a beautiful life, remember that too, for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Siren 29,067 Posted June 13, 2023 1 hour ago, sadness is a butterfly said: The two Portals videos are cool, but they don’t really go anywhere or do anything. No story line. Methinks the budget was spent on CGI. Album still slaps tho. truthfully, i dont think she's thinking about the plot for the separate music videos. shes just going with something quick to get them over with so she can get to the full film quicker - but thats dreadfully taking away from what COULD be her best visual work overall. im upset 7 Quote Last.FM | Discogs | Letterboxd Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
misslonaxo 1,732 Posted June 14, 2023 On 6/7/2023 at 5:54 PM, Coloringbooks said: Omer Fedi had nothing to do with NDJE lol wut Ok i should've put that in the "I have no clue" section. MY bad 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BowOfLove 602 Posted June 14, 2023 Yeah I think the last of her MVs from the Crybaby era were best. Pacify Her, Mrs. Potato Head, Mad Hatter >>> 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ButterflyBones 2,231 Posted June 14, 2023 19 hours ago, The Siren said: truthfully, i dont think she's thinking about the plot for the separate music videos. shes just going with something quick to get them over with so she can get to the full film quicker - but thats dreadfully taking away from what COULD be her best visual work overall. im upset Exactly. These videos were probably intended to be placeholders that are nice to look at, but have little to no plot or substance because she's "saving that for the movie"(that most of her fans don't even want now that she's cutting quality elsewhere to make room for it). I get that this is her vision, and to an extent I was willing to sit back, shut up, and appreciate that. But now it just feels like she's more or less given up on her art outside of the film medium, which isn't giving me much hope. Even K-12 was more fun than this.. like, right off the bat. I'm just confused I guess. This era feels like it should be so much more fun than it has been, but something's so off. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Veinsineon 70,532 Posted June 14, 2023 I’m fine with these videos instead of a film. Please no more films. This album is really her most palatable but still keeps her quirk. She’s def not going back to anymore super involved concepts after this though. I think after this she’ll start to tone it down and focus more on writing less narrative focused music like we’ve seen on PORTALS. I’m excited for the future. I wouldn’t have this opinion after k-12/after school. She seems to be in a good place rn, so I’m chilling too 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anonymcomenter 4,390 Posted June 14, 2023 Thinking about how the Void was a BOP when she teased it as a snippet but as soon as she released it it got boring real quick… idk 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ButterflyBones 2,231 Posted June 14, 2023 28 minutes ago, Anonymcomenter said: Thinking about how the Void was a BOP when she teased it as a snippet but as soon as she released it it got boring real quick… idk Probably because she(and every TikToker, apparently) uses it for almost every single video and "teased" more than half of it before it even released. It's a great song, even better that she did it all herself, but the fact that it already feels overplayed and it's only been out for like 3 months says a lot, lol.. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WildChild 749 Posted June 14, 2023 someone leak 2013-2016 tracks please and thank you. 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WildChild 749 Posted June 14, 2023 3 hours ago, BowOfLove said: Yeah I think the last of her MVs from the Crybaby era were best. Pacify Her, Mrs. Potato Head, Mad Hatter >>> absolutely all crushed. Tag, You're It and Milk and Cookies too though>>> regardless, Idc VOID is one of her most creative visuals she's done, regardless of CGI quality/storyline. The worm scene is absolutely beautiful and I got such a special feeling when she cut the head off... she's killing it Imo, and I wasn't even hyped about VOID based on how DEATH was, but she served Imo. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
