“I’ll Be With You,” off of the Black Lips‘ 200 Million Thousand, just received video treatment with plenty of the band’s input. Music vid below, acoustic sesh here and tBL talking about the track here.
I’ll be with you is a pretty sappy, but heartfelt song about a dear friend. I wanted the video to reflect the feeling and mood of the song as I feel it. I wanted to kind of recreate old home movies I’ve seen of my family in the 60’s, but make it a little more subversive and somewhat sinister. We playboy’s laying around, and some satanic elements, and charlie manson. But still semi-innocent and silly and happy. It was alot of fun to make it. I got my roommate to dress as a clown, and we got to throw cake all over my friends kitchen, making her scream like a maniac, while we laughed like maniacs.
Black Lips – I’ll Be With You
The Black Lips – Veni Vidi Veci (Diplo RMX)
Fun Fact: Alex Levin aka ECK$, an ex-blogger and very close friend of the FMLY who currently works at Vice is responsible for the trippy album art on 200 Million Thousand. He’s also an excellent musician, I’ll make sure to post a track of his once I can get it back to my computer.
