If you’ve been following the latest music video viral whodunnit?, you’ll know all about two mysterious Youtube videos that hit last month from someone calling themselves iamamiwhoami. The two teaser clips featured ill-boding electronic music, limbs flailing from forest trees, something gross bubbling out of what looks like a duck’s arse (disclaimer: I’ve never examined a duck’s arse), a blonde woman covered in black goo licking bark (naturally), an owl and other weird shit (watch them after the jump).
Guesses for who the artist was included The Knife, Goldfrapp, Christina Aguilera and MGMT. This morning another clip debuted. Tagged with keywords like “foetus”, “amniotic fluid” “umbilical cord”, um “cream gateau” and featuring more footage of the woman in a foetal position and a whale, I’d say this mystery is about to reveal itself over the next week or so.
For the record, I think it’s more likely to be The Knife cohort Planningtorock or San Fran’s oOoOO or The Golden Filter (though they’re already on a viral tip). The Goldfrapp guess is most popular at the moment thamks to a fake twitter account by a PopJustice forum member (and they’ve featured owls before) but it feels too dark for them, especially after hearing ‘Rocket’ but there’s also a case for Christina Aguilera (who apparently worked with Goldfrapp on some songs) and also this image on a Sony BMG site suggests so. Damn, did I just get swindled into posting about Christina Aguilera? What do you think? Hopefully it’s someone completely random.
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little boots?
I have a feeling this is Christina now.. in one way it’s too highbrow, conceptual and off beat for her but the music fits the supposed style of the new album, the vocals sound like her voice re-tweaked and mixed up. Particularly the part with the whale which feels a bit like they’ve taken a typical OTT Christina vocal and played with it as some sort of deliberate comment on her old image.
and weirdly I find the grotty look of the hair on the person in the foetal position very like the generally horrible look she was rocking during her Dirrty/Beautiful period..
It all feels too willfully obscure to be Christina Aguilera.
There’ll be too much of a gap in the viral campaign and when she debuts her shiny new pop video with arseless chaps and glamourous backing dancers. Unless she’s been listening to The Knife and is about to remake Silent shout.
well I know what you mean but it would be an interesting follow up from the “Back to Basics” era which had a very deliberate old Hollywood movie star vibe to this weird mix of grime and nature. Although apparently the new album will sound “futuristic” which makes me think they’ll just have her in some kind of ridiculous space age get up.
Looks to me to be the work of Chris Cunningham…question is which musician is he working with nowadays??
there is no way this is christina aguellera ,my money on the knife ,or someone up there,hope im right because this looks amazing
This is from popjustice:
title of the first video: Prelude 699130082.451322
6+9+9+1+3+0+0+8+2 = 38 || 4+5+1+3+2+2 = 17
now: A – 1, B – 2, C – 3, D – 4, etc…
38: CH (3 – C, 8 – H)
17: AG (1 – A, 7 – G)
CHristina AGuilera?
Also, this video:
9.20.19.13.5.723378
I.T.S.M.E.(7+2+3+3+7+8=[30=3=C])
‘Its Me C’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8JMRk2VgEA this is supposed to be the new christina aguilera song.. and this little snippet is, to me, in no way in the same style or mood as these clips above.
@elemental
that clip is from the movie Burlesque, which she is shooting right now, so its no hint to the sound on bionic
the more i listen the more i think i can hear goldfrapp like in her vocal style on velvet mountain ,just layerd with effects ,who ever it is they seem to really like fever rays visual style
fuck man it even looks like christina lol dyin to know now ,if its her lets hope there are some instrumental versions.