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“Glaive - 1984”
What do you get when you put Lyrical Lemonade in a blender with Nick Mira, Whethan, and a rising talented Hyperpop artist? “1984”.
What do you get when you put Lyrical Lemonade in a blender with Nick Mira, Whethan, and a rising talented Hyperpop artist? “1984”. I’m not sure how this equation works out, but it creates a very complete, aesthetic, and satisfying product. I have seen Glaive’s name quite a few times, primarily through Lyrical Lemonade associations, such as their playlist and the second channel, Lyrical Lemonade 2. Regardless, I should have listened to his music before now. He is a resident of Hendersonville, NC, which is dope, and he is currently a junior in high school. ”1984” is an excellent track that gives off heavy vibes that somehow float around between a fun summer road trip, high school heartbreak, and raving at a massive festival. However, considering the contents of the video, and the fact that I watched the music video before I heard the song, this is no surprise. The video sees the artist going on a road trip through the woods with an unsettling, yet oddly beautiful metallic 3D woman driving. There is also a really cool scene weaved in with an animated version of the car on the road. Additionally, in the opening scene, he is laying on the hood of the car doing a performance while it’s in motion, which I thought was really cool. There is also a guy in the backseat who appears to be frozen; he only makes one appearance throughout the video, which is very interesting. After the opening scene, the talent lovingly holds hands with the “woman” and then the beat drops, setting the tone of angst and heartthrob, and bringing us into a sequence of very cinematic shots all throughout a forest, with cool architecture incorporated as well—e.g. a maze and a stone platform. There is also a cool house with lots of chairs and plants. We are given another cool performance where he is seemingly performing on some sort of platform at an empty sports field. Then we are brought back into the forest, except this time to a white green screen that has been set up on the forest floor. Cole creatively uses this concept to mess with the subjects’ saturation as well here; it gives me Yamborghini High vibes. Then we get an aerial of the lake that was briefly shown earlier in the video, leading into a cool little animation of mini-Glaive and his mini-“lady” running in the forest. This brings us to a lake scene, the same one that closes the video out, as well as more forest scenes. This segment includes what is probably my favorite clip of the video—the one where Glaive is in the forest walking into multiple versions of himself. This appears to be a similar take on the effect in the Sicko Mode video where Travis is walking in front of the pool. Then he goes to the car only to discover that his Karen Plankton is not there, she is sitting in front of the lake “crying”? I think that it’s really cool how they were able to pull this much emotion out of the 3D model so smoothly here. Then comes the second beat drop, along with what appears to be Glaive telling his (now ex) “girl” off, and another explosive sequence of performance shots, this time without Karen there. The music video certainly painted a permanent picture in my mind of Glaive and “1984” alike; this may be because it was my first impression of both, but regardless, it did the job, and the aforementioned associations I now have with the song tie in directly with the video. Cole, his crew, and Glaive have all done an excellent job here, and Glaive has proved himself to be very capable of performing; the emotion and expressiveness that he has shown here both in the song and video are enough for me. He could certainly be a superstar if he continues on the already-promising path that he has paved for himself, especially considering that he is only 16 years old at the time of writing this, and simultaneously signed to Interscope Records. The project that this song came from: all dogs go to heaven, is a very emotional, explorative, and cohesive listen, and it only asks for about 17 minutes of your time. Be sure to check out the video for “1984” as well as Glaive, his EP all dogs go to heaven, and Lyrical Lemonade.
