Beautiful new Caribou video is as heartbreaking as it is joyful

Date
27 April 2015

When a song is so moving and beautiful and spot-on, making a video for it can’t be an easy task. Something too saccharine would cheapen it, something too literal would feel a bit lame, and something too abstract could seem a lazy solution. Lorenzo Fonda, who has directed the video for Caribou’s I Can’t Do Without You, has deftly avoided all these pitfalls, creating a piece of film that’s beautiful, strange, colourful and gorgeously cinematic. The narrative-driven piece shows a sweet little boy running about trying to catch an enormous, carnivalesque fish; its glorious tones and textures glistening in the sunlight adding a colour and somehow heightening the pathos of the track it illustrates. We won’t tell you what happens, but it’s as heartbreaking as it is joyful; following our unlikely stars through the countryside. The video does exactly what music videos should do – adding a new depth and meaning to a song while letting the listener drift off and form their own, personal narratives while enjoying the one we’re shown.

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Lorenzo Fonda: Caribou, Can’t Do Without You (Still)

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Lorenzo Fonda: Caribou, Can’t Do Without You (Still)

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Lorenzo Fonda: Caribou, Can’t Do Without You (Still)

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Lorenzo Fonda: Caribou, Can’t Do Without You (Still)

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Lorenzo Fonda: Caribou, Can’t Do Without You (Still)

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Emily Gosling

Emily joined It’s Nice That as Online Editor in the summer of 2014 after four years at Design Week. She is particularly interested in graphic design, branding and music. After working It's Nice That as both Online Editor and Deputy Editor, Emily left the company in 2016.

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