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MUSIC VIDEOS www.postmagazine.com 17 POST SEPT/OCT 2023 MØAA — THE ONE Seattle-based MØAA recently released the video for her new single The One. The track is the second off of her sophomore LP "Jaywalker," which arrives on October 13th, via WWNBB Records. The One was directed by Eric Luck and is meant to visualize the song's lyrics, which explore the stubbornness and crossing of boundaries that occur in a sick kind of love. The project was shot in the Pacific Northwest and features scenes in an eerie motel room, along with a blissful car ride through a forested rural town, and a quiet sunset while taking a pit stop at a run down gas station. Luck used a Sony FX3 camera to achieve the cinematic look, pairing it with a variety of lenses, including a Sony GM 24mm, Sony GM 135mm and Tamron 27-70mm. The shoot came together over two separate days: one focused on the motel shots in North Bend, and the other centered around the driving shots and the gas station exterior. "I also used an old GE VHS camcorder that was made in 1988," he recalls. "Absolutely loved to include some of those VHS clips in this video. My friend Nic Mayorga assisted for this shoot and did a lot of the VHS shots for this." Cory Ingram helped with lighting, setting up colored lights for the motel sequences, which cre- ated the look of the business' neon sign illuminat- ing the window. "A lot of the strobing was manually controlled by Cory, clicking the light to the beat of the music," Luck continues. The edit came together in Adobe Premiere, with Luck delivering the final video two weeks after the final day of shooting. MØAA (https:// moaamusic.com) will be on tour throughout October and November. PEEZY — NO AMIRIS (FEATURING KEY GLOCK) Detroit Rapper Peezy recently released a new music video for his single No Amiris. The release comes via Boyz Entertainment/Empire and pairs the artist with his longtime friend Key Glock for their first collaboration. No Amiris marks a new era for Peezy, who is a foundational member of the former Detroit super group Team Eastside. The video was directed by Tremaine "Kardiak" Edwards and Diego Cruz, and features Peezy recounting his success in front of a Rolls Royce. Shapely dancers perform around him, and Key Glock later joins him to share his sky-high aspirations. The video is presented in black & white, a style that Edwards and Cruz feel doesn't get enough attention. "The look and feel it gives off, with the light, real- ly keeps things minimal and lets the audience just focus on what they need to focus on, and that's what's on the screen," explain the directing duo. The team adds that they are fans of the minimal approach used in Craig Mack's Flava In Ya Ear and Pusha T's Diet Coke, and thought the style would work well for Peezy's video too. "The blur within the video, that was a special lens (by) our cinematographer Jon Charles," note the directors. "He chose this vintage-style lens that really gave a targeted feel and focus to the video, with a super dope stylistic approach." The crew used an Arri Alexa for the shoot. "Tremaine 'Kardiak' Edwards and I always look over the videos we do with each artist and try not to do the same thing they've already done," notes Cruz. In this case, their goal was to capture imagery that stayed within the artist's brand and appeal, but hadn't been represented yet. "So when we looked and [said] we could incorporate these elements, and pair them in a cyc wall, and just be able to play with the lights, we knew, 'OK, let's do car girls, but why not add a snake, a diamond-face woman, a stripper pole?' We just work well off each other. It's a perfect sync."