Hiro Murai's new video for Earl Sweatshirt is shot with a thermal camera

Date
26 March 2015

If his music videos for the likes of Flying Lotus, St Vincent and Childish Gambino hadn’t already marked him out as one to keep an eye on, Hiro Murai’s latest directorial offering, the music video for Earl Sweatshirt’s new single Grief, should do it. Filmed on a thermal camera and played out in black and white, it’s in the same league as Never Catch Me which stunned us with its simple but incredibly original storyline. In this instance Hiro has taken the level of restraint one step further with a slowed down, monochrome approach – it’s brave, effective and perfectly matched to the pace of the emotive song. Somebody pin him down for a short film, sharpish.

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Hiro Murai: Earl Sweatshirt, Grief (still)

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Hiro Murai: Earl Sweatshirt, Grief (still)

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Hiro Murai: Earl Sweatshirt, Grief (still)

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Hiro Murai: Earl Sweatshirt, Grief (still)

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Hiro Murai: Earl Sweatshirt, Grief (still)

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Hiro Murai: Earl Sweatshirt, Grief (still)

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Hiro Murai: Earl Sweatshirt, Grief (still)

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Maisie joined It’s Nice That fresh out of university in the summer of 2013 as an intern before joining full time as an Assistant Editor. Maisie left It’s Nice That in July 2015.

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