I am so so so bored of lofi music videos shot on mini dv / hi8 / 2000s camcorders. Itās 2025 people - have some ambition.
Feels like people are relying on the aesthetics of the medium to carry their work and forgetting that the concept and subject and content of the video itself needs to be interesting.
felt like being a hater today.
I do generally hate the way people use nostalgic aesthetics to attempt to elevate their mediocrity on a surface level rather than making something creative or interestingā¦
I loathe short-form videos. Every time I'm lured into watching one, I feel like I'm stuck in an episode of black mirror or that one scene in a clockwork orange. I can feel my attention span getting chiseled away with every vacuous second. Just absolute baby-brained entertainment - and don't even get me started on the endless echo of copies and references that lack even a hint of originality.
I just watched a TikTok (š) OK Go made about making the music video for Here It Goes Again and it warmed my heart. Sometimes we become so familiar with something we forget how magic it is. I really love reminiscing early internet / YouTube stuff, and this sums up the silliness a lot I think. OK Go were truly ahead of their time! Fuck ur big budget mv!!
YT, Lancey Foux, and Fimiguerrero have the best music videos if youāre looking for frutiger metro/y2k visuals. So refreshing in an age where ppl are caring less and less about their craft. I shall make another rec about craft iām thinking.
to me this is one of lifeās most simple joys - especially during the winter.
The combination of not driving + the heat from the pie keeping your legs warm + direct pizza fumes provides a precious and rare sensory experience
Not to beat a dead horse but google has now foisted integration of itās Gemini AI into basic gmail / drive functionality.
Donāt offload your critical faculties to a super computer. Write that email. Use your brain.
Every time you feed this thing it will get ābetterā and you are training it to replace you.