Watch: Incredible Animated Music Video for Yu Su’s Song ‘Melaleuca’

Watch: Incredible Animated Music Video for Yu Su’s Song ‘Melaleuca’

by Alex Billington
January 20, 2022
Source: Vimeo

This is a trip and a half. There is a long history of animated music videos being edgy and totally ridiculous, and this one joins the ranks as another animated music video you just have to see. An indie Montreal-based animator named Jordan Minkoff has created a video for a song by Yu Su – a Chinese-born, Vancouver-based electronic musician. The downtempo track is called “Melaleuca” and it features some nice vibes. But what is going on in this video…? “So there’s a buncha ppl and they go on a plane and then the plane falls in love w/ another plane! In the sky!!! The pilot also ends up with a super bad case of fomo cause he ejected before they arrived at a beach!” The animation style is funky, but it works, making this video unforgettable.

Thanks to Vimeo Staff Picks for the tip on this. This is a video for the song “Melaleuca” by Yu Su – from the album Yellow River Blue. A hand-drawn, animated music video directed & animated by Montreal, Quebec-based filmmaker Jordan Minkoff – you can find more of his work on Vimeo or follow him on Instagram @jordzigram. “I mostly animated make music videos.” Featuring additional animation by Lee McClure, and additional color by Scott Gailey. Made “thanks to the generous support of the MVP Project, a joint initiative of RBCxMusic and the Prism Prize (administered by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television).” For more info on the video, visit Vimeo. To discover more shorts, click here. So how rad was that music video?

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