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Grimes - Delete Forever

Today’s Music Inspires Design spotlight goes to Grimes “Delete forever” music video. Delete Forever is a part of the Miss Anthropocene album. In her interview with the New York Times she explains how Jack Kirby’s new gods title, inspired her for this album to the theme that gods depict different concepts. For instance she mentions the goddess/demon of addiction being represented in this song. The song itself is very personal to Grimes, as it comes from personal experience of loosing friends due to drug addiction. 

The visual design of Delete forever was inspired by recreating a scene from Akira volume 4 which displays destruction.

Sources:

Genius-Delete Forever Meaning https://youtu.be/FdtdaLbAegQ

New York Times Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUIAkiTYgfY

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NSN-On the Brightside 

“You're only as tall As your heart will let you be And you're only as small As the world will make you seem”

Today’s music inspires design spotlight goes to Never Shout Never’s “On the Brightside” music video. It’s a playful animation that unfolds as the lyrical storytelling progresses. The song has an uplifting message which the animation compliments the energy of the song with its simplistic visuals. 

In times like this I think it’s important to find happiness with oneself and be strong. Life can be tough but you have to find the energy to uplift your spirit and keep moving forward without reason of expecting perfection in this life or the approval of others expectations. 

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Given the situation of the world these words seemed best fitting. I wanted to create #typography #calligraphy art and was inspired by the lyrics from #joeybadass land of the free song. This particular quote derives from #biggiesmalls though. 

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Kanye West - Good Morning

Todays music inspires design spotlight goes to Takashi Murakami for his collaboration with various musical artists implementing his art through music videos, album cover art, and merchandise. 

Kanye West’s Good morning music video is one of my favorite works from Takashi. The artwork is full of color, consists of adorable characters, and a story that keeps you entertained throughout the animation. This precise music video has inspired me to embrace my playful and colorful artwork style, and gives me the confidence that cartoon art can definitely be taken seriously.

Other music projects Takashi has worked on are Kids See Ghosts album cover  which is a collaboration between Kanye West and Kid Kudi. Murakami worked with Billie Eilish on her music video “You should see me in a crown”, where his iconic anime like characters are displayed. Last but not least he recently teamed up with J Balvin on his Colores album, where Takashi’s signature flower is used throughout the album’s theme.

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Bring Me The Horizon - sugar honey ice & tea mv is today’s Music Inspires Design Spotlight! This particular video serves as creative inspiration for its intense visual presence and amount of detail. The video is a collage of videos, for it consists of multiple media forms layered into one. I appreciate the use of color, text, graphics, animation, and style variation. For any creative artist out there, if you are ever running out of editing ideas, this is your go to video. 

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In honor of #macmiller 's birthday I created this illustration. Mac Miller holds a special place in my heart, brain, and ears . 

Love you Mac. January 19 1992

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SAHLO FOLINA

Meaning defined by Tyler- “ A cry out when in need”

The word online is defined according to others as creative expression

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Mac Miller - Blue World

“Hey, one of these days we'll all get by, Don't be afraid, don't fall in line”

Today’s music inspires design spotlight goes to the entire music video collection for Mac Miller’s Circles. Since the first music video that came out of the latest album I fell in love with the visual graphics, and cohesive visual aesthetic that is present throughout the entire video collection. All of them capture Mac’s unforgettable charisma and unique traits that made him who he was. What I personally love about the videos is how there is a combination of different mediums such as real images, video footage, and animation to make one piece of artwork come to life. The videos create a unique experience that encompasses Mac’s music and whole self.