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Franz Ferdinand 'Billy Goodbye' by Diane Martel, Alex Kapranos & Ben Cole

Rob Ulitski - 18th Nov 2021

Iconic pop video director Diane Martel joins forces with Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos and Ben Cole to create the video for Billy Goodbye - taken from the Scottish rock band's forthcoming Greatest Hits album. 

The black and white concept feels experimental and evocative of early music videos, focusing on a group of characters who descend into a riotous party, full of bottle smashing, karaoke singalongs and melodramatic facial expressions. 

Glitchy performance setups, mixed formats and spliced cutaways add a textural element to the concept, aesthetically feeling very much like home-movie segments.

The randomness of the content and iconography in several of these scenes also elevates the absurdist nature of the piece. 

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  • Alternative
  • Absurd
  • Black and white
  • Monochromatic
  • Performance
  • Surreal

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Rob Ulitski - 18th Nov 2021

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