OK Go presents a sultry new clever dancing video for their song "Skyscrapers," taken from their third studio album "The Blue Colour Of The Sky," which came out two years ago. As usual the Chicago-based alternative rock band finds unique ways of visually translating their songs into interesting pieces of art, all while keeping it rather simple."Skyscrapers" has lent its playful elegance, and is also heavily influenced by Prince both musically and in the fact that it references his classic cuts like "1999" and "Purple Rain." Reflecting the emotionally-driven tune, the video is driven by a chromatic tango between the video director Trish Sie and dancer Moti Buchboot. Although there are no choreographed treadmill numbers to note, the less involved video still presents a good representation of OK Go as a band who is not afraid to break the mold when it comes to their accompanying visuals.
We've always loved OK Go before the treadmill video and they have always delivered both musically and visually. Their new video, for the song "Skyscrapers," isn't as visually impressive as one of their Rube Goldberg machines, or driving a car into stuff and having the noise of the collisions compose a song, but it is mellow and very pretty. The latest video features a sultry montage of dance moves through a series of colorful urban backdrops that Grammy Award-winning American choreographer and director along with Buchboot do a beautiful Tango dance that carries the action through the video.
It focuses on a couple who dance a tango in a quintessentially dreamy and romantic street scene through a gritty, yet vibrant, urban rainbow. The band actually gets a break this time. They're not even in the clip. Tangoing in front of vibrant-colored walls and their outfits mimic each scene to give the video a chameleon-like feel. The colors and wardrobe changes continue throughout the video. It's deceptively complex, with the dancers moving in and out of the frames to make it appear like one continuous shot.
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