Small Black

"Real People (video)

BY Alex HudsonPublished Mar 25, 2014

There's only one week to go until Small Black release their Real People EP through Jagjaguwar, and they've now shared a music video for the Frankie Rose-featuring title cut.

"Real People" is a synth-dappled pop cut that is dreamy despite its upbeat, danceable tempo. The accompanying video is filled with cinematic slow motion shots and carries an undercurrent of sci-fi mystery.

It was directed by Nick Bentgen. He offered the following statement about the clip:

I love talking about movies with Josh [Kolenik]. He's a huge cinephile, and we recently got to talking about sci-fi films — the big ones from the '70s and '80s. All the guys in Small Black are freaks for anything sci-fi, especially Ryan [Heyner] and Juan [Pieczanski], and their conspiracy theories are incredible.



Josh sent me "Real People", and I couldn't believe what I was hearing. The song had this mysterious, unfathomable quality. I wanted to put those feelings in the context of a sci-fi movie — the kind that doesn't exist anymore — where every scene is throwing a heightened emotion at you. Small Black made such an immense track that I had to visually keep up. So I had to work with aliens.

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