Gang Of Youths Release "The Man Himself" Video

New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Today Gang of Youths share a new video for their current single "the man himself". Released to acclaim from the likes of Rolling Stone, NME and Brooklyn Vegan, "the man himself" is an emotionally charged song in which frontman Dave Le'aupepe reflects on living without the guiding hand of his late father.
Directed by their regular collaborator Joel Barney, the track's new video puts a different spin on the song's concept, this time cutting between the intensity and magnetic charisma of Le'aupepe's performance with a visual representation of him as a boy.

Joel Barney commented, "Dave came to me with the idea of creating a video that incorporated the idea of a younger version of himself. We wanted to blur the lines of the connection by making it seem like flashes of Dave reminiscing on his childhood or the younger version of himself imagining the future. One of the main focuses for the video was pulling together a sense of nostalgia whilst keeping it feeling dreamlike. We wanted to incorporate elements of stop motion 2D animation to give the video a textured feeling to it and to separate the two parts of the video visually, whilst still existing within the same world. Mickey, the animator, used real textured brush strokes and materials to give the video an authentic feel that visually brings the video out of the screen into something feeling material."