#ajr music video

[borbzaby]

AJR’s “The Dumb Song” music video is a work of art

now and I’m realising it might be one of the best music VIDEOS I’ve ever seen.

Most music videos are kind of like movies, they have to tell a story and they mostly have the singers lip-syncing to the song.

The dumb song music video doesn’t really do that. It’s an actual VIDEO. What I really like is that, at the beginning, they have about five seconds where the music doesn’t even start. On most videos, the creators try to jam-pack the first 20 seconds and are basically begging for the viewer’s attention. I’m not saying that this is necessarily a bad thing, but in the dumb song music video, they get rid of the people who don’t really want to see / hear the music. Then, once the music starts (very visually. You can see Jack playing the drums at the beginning). Then they get into some of the best video craftsmanship I have ever seen. 

In the video, they have cuts every two or three seconds. Except for the slower / more important parts. There is one part in the video where there is seven or so seconds with no cuts. This really emphasises when the cut does happen. They also do something quite genius throughout all of the music video. They tell the story of the making of the song during the video. They have text to sort of explain how they made it. This made me as a viewer (and I’m sure other people, too) have another reason to want to watch until the end. Even if you don’t really feel the need to listen to the whole song, you stick around to see the story through. You want the unclosed loop to be closed. You want to bridge the curiosity gap. This is truly a great video. Thank you AJR. You have 100% retention from me.

In case you want to watch it, here’s the link:

AJR - The Dumb Song (Official Video)AJR•2.9M views•8 months ago4K

[doctorsiren]

here’s that animatic idea that I said I had this morning at 1:30 AM

[eclipsedcrystalstar]

Sometimes I wonder how many people have been turned away from bands they would’ve loved by music critics screaming about how bad they are. How many people would’ve loved a song if they didn’t seen it ripped to shreds and called “objectively horrible” by people who just don’t like that type of music. How many people DID love a band but seeing constant hatred of it for no reason other than “their music sucks” made them drift away from it

[bud-like-you]

You know what I would love one day? An acoustic album.

[theworstcreature]

JACK JUST POSTED YALL

“MAYBE MORE MUSIC” GUYS 13TH TRACK?????????

ALSO GUYS WHAT IF WE GET A NEW MUSIC VIDEO

ALSO LOOK AT THE PHOTOS RAGHHHH

[cosmicyellow]

Finding out Jack Met got arrested for trying to take selfies with tourists whilst dressed as Elmo in NYC and then using that as the AJR music video has brought me an unparalleled amount of joy today :')

[clumsyclifford]

thanks for tagging me @4thbrighteststar

rules: shuffle your On Repeat and let people pick their favorite from the first five songs!

here goes fingers crossed y'all get normal songs

lemme tag @igarbagecannoteven @allsassnoclass @kaleidoscopeminds @burstingsunrise anddd @daydadahlias

(commentary on each song under the cut)

wish you were sober: i had a moment with this song several years after everyone else did

chemicals: had a moment with this ALBUM.

stuttering: god okay i don't know WHY this is still on my on repeat except for, i assume, that every time it plays when i listen to my on repeat it self-reinforces its position. i WAS listening to it, and them, a lot, back when i saw them live earlier this year, no shame, but its time is frankly up

kissinginacarcrash: surprised to find this on here! i'm studying for a telltale concert im going to with my friend. this is one of their better songs imo

bet on it: ...i was afraid this would happen. my sister and i jammed out to all three hsm soundtracks on a long drive earlier this week. there is nothing like belting out bet on it and scream in a car with your sister. so then i kept listening to those two songs. scream is also in fact on this playlist right now.

[themaybeman]

warning you all now, i am NOT going to be normal about this music video

[thetreestumptherapist]

Y'ALL I MADE SOMETHING FOR 1/17

I need to infodump about the thought that went into making this video. Please watch it before reading the rest of this post to avoid spoilers for the video because I will be going IN DEPTH in my self-analysis.

So, many thoughts.

First, this whole video came to be because I had the twisted idea to put Johnson's line "send me out with a bang" directly over the sadder and slow version of "let's go out with a bang". I am very pleased with how it came out.

Second, I made this with iMovie on my old iPhone, so please excuse anything that could have been done better. I am aware of it, I just couldn't really do anything about it because I didn't have the tools or didn't know how to use them.

Now, about the video itself.

The synchronization of the clips with the song makes me so happy and gives me all the satisfaction dopamine.

I love the line "the rumpus and ruckus are comfortable now" for Chief. It describes how he's grown comfortable with the chaos of war and it makes me sad to think about it.

It switching to him in the cryo pod as the song says "so I got an apartment" was intentional. The questionable hilarity of the song going "quinoa in my fridge" as we zoom in on Chief in a cryo pod did not escape my attention even though it was on accident. But when he steps out of it and we get that "bang Bang BANG" and it's perfectly synchronized? Makes me so happy.

Pausing to say, I'm not trying to brag about how well I can make a music edit, I am just losing my mind at how well it actually came out. And I am still getting the satisfaction of a job well done from it. So I apologize for that. Now, back to the video.

When it switches to the marines preparing and the song goes "so put your best face everybody, pretend you know this song everbody" it's like it's saying "you've need to be at your best right now. You've never done this before, but pretend you know what you're doing" to the marines about fighting the covenant. This was only half intentional. However, the foreshadowing of it being focused on Johnson while going "let's go out with a bang" in this section was not intentional at all but I am happy that it happened.

Skipping over the scene of Chief and Johnson for now, except for Chief's fist pounding as the song goes "bang" again. I am a sucker for synchronization.

I tried to use a lot of parallels and comparisons. So, him blowing up the scarab and walking out of the smoke switching to him walking away from the burning AA gun felt like a good way to switch from two to three.

Now, this scene here. With Chief looking at the sky as the lyrics "thank you all for coming" feels like he's thanking them for the back up or something. And then the line "Hope you like the show " as the ships are flying overhead feels like an air show and a quip from the pilots as they get ready to blow something up. As well as "Because it's on a budget" alluding to the fact that their resources are spread thin at this point. So, I am really happy with these lines being there.

"So put your best face on everybody" as it switches to the cockpit at the front of the pelican was intentional. And then "let's hang" as the group is "hanging out" in the air. I like this part too. But the next part is what makes me really happy.

The song going "let's go out with a bang" as the ship gets hit, and then then running into the other ship as the song goes "bang Bang BANG". I am especially proud of this part.

Skipping over Chief and Johnson too young and too old section for a bit again, but I have to point out Chief grabbing Johnson's arm and it panning to Chief as the song goes "bang Bang BANG" feels like a big reveal and was half intentional.

Now, it going from the beginning of the game to the end was intentional. And again, I love the parallel.

Pausing again to say, I am analyzing this video the same way I would analyze any other edit. The only difference is, I know exactly what was intentional, what was not, and the thoughts that went into it. Again, not trying to brag. Just doing a heavy analysis of my own video.

"Put your best face on" as guilty spark turns red. I like the irony. I can't remember if it was intentional or not though.

Obviously, "let's go out with a bang" at the EXACT same time as "send me out with a bang" is symbolic.

Now, for the too young too old parts. Throughout the entire song Chief has been too young, and Johnson has been too old. But here, Cortana's too young and Chief is too old. This is important for a few reasons. One, Johnson is still very capable despite his age, so technically not "too old". But, he is older than Chief. Two, Chief is also not getting any younger. Three, and most importantly, in the next game, Cortana is the one to fall apart due to old age. Not Chief. I may have to make a sequel edit tying into this one to show that. Idk.

And the ring lighting as the song goes "bang" was absolutely intentional and took some tweaking to make it work.

The song didn't end softly like I needed it to, so I took a part from the middle and tacked it onto the end. "Everybody come hang" as Thel sits in the pilot seat feels like it means something, but I can't figure out what. Thinking about it now, it's kind of like he's saying "everybody hang on" as he gets ready to pilot the ship away.

I kind of feel like tacking One Final Effort onto the end of the video feels like a cheap emotional grab, but at the same time it feels kind of wrong to make a H3 video and not feature One Final Effort somehow. I don't know that I like it there, but my sibling said to keep it. So, what are y'all's opinions on that?

I think this concludes my infodump about this video. I apologize for any audio issues. iMovie doesn't have a lot of audio adjusting abilities so some things may be louder than others. I purposely made the ending of the song a little quieter after Johnson died. I don't know if that was a good idea or not, but it's like that now.

So, what are y'all's thoughts on the video?

[high-quality-tiktoks]

Headphones for full psychotic effect

[ask-emma-the-cat]

AJR - Karma (Lyrics)

[its-just-me-bro-chill]

The Touchy Feely Fool music video is amazing.

Just thought you all should know that

[someawesomeamvs]

Warning: Comedic violence

Title: Rough Day

Editor: Astro Mochi

Song: Burn the House Down

Artist: AJR

Anime: Aho Girl, Aiura, Angel Beats, Asobi Asobase, Black Bullet, Blend S, Bungo Stray Dogs, Chuunibyou Demo Koi Ga Shitai, Date a Live, Gabriel Dropout, Grand Blue, Gugure! Kokkuri-san, Harukana Receive, Hentai Ouji To Warawanai Neko, Jashin-Chan Dropkick, Joshiraku, Kaguya-Sama Wa Kokurasetai, Keijo, K-On, Kono Subarashii Sekai Ni Bakuen Wo, Love Lab, Lucky Star, Mayo Chiki, Monster Musume No Iru Nichijou, Musaigen No Phantom World, Nichijou, Plastic Memories, Plastic Nee-San, Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi To Akashic Records, Romantic Killer, Sora Yori Mo Tooi Basho, Sword Art Online, Tamako Market, Takt Op. Destiny, Tari Tari, Uchi No Maid Ga Uzasugiru, Watashi Ni Tenshi Ga Maiorita, Yuru Camp, Yuru Yuri, Zombieland Saga

Category: Comedy/For fun

[corvidstars]

bro im laughing so hard rn-

[theworstcreature]

LAST BRACELETS OF THE EVENING HAS BEEN MADE!!!!!!

Idk what I was going for w/ the color scheme here but they both look pretty good

Thanks to @ah0yh0y for the request!!!!!!!

I had to split it into two but now they’ll just be a

✨SET✨

[jumbostickyrice]

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