Produced by Cekai and directed by Masanobu Hiraoka with Kota Iguchi (Tokyo 2020 Olympics) and Armand Beraud (IRIS, A Space Opera by Justice), the ‘Neverender’ music video is a fantasmagoric journey through the minds of Justice and Tame Impala as they explore the world of Hyperdrama via an animation style that seamlessly fuses classic Art Nouveau aesthetics with vintage Japanese anime.
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Justice say:
The Neverender music video gave us the perfect opportunity to channel many of our visual influences, all while making them more distinctive through Masanobu Hiraoka’s unique reinterpretation,” state Justice. “Together with longtime collaborators Pascal Teixeira and Armand Beraud, we drew initial inspiration from the title sequences of the 1980s anime we grew up on, which set the visual tone for the video. From there, other key images from our teenage years naturally came into play. Whether it was the work of Moebius, psychedelic art, graphic novels, or iconic film posters that fascinated us, Masanobu’s style seamlessly absorbed and unified them all.”
The video is accompanied by the announcement that a new ‘Neverender’ Remixes EP – featuring two new edits by Justice alongside reworks by Kaytranada and Keinemusik’s Rampa – is set for release this Friday.
Tracklisting for the Neverender remixes EP is as follows:
1: Neverender – Radio Edit
2: Neverender – Extended
3: Neverender – Kaytranada Remix
4: Neverender – Rampa Remix
Hyperdrama, the multi GRAMMY Award-winning duo’s first new album in eight years, features “Neverender (starring Tame Impala)” – one of two collaborations with Kevin Parker – and twelve additional songs that play host to a panoply of esteemed, handpicked collaborators including Thundercat, Miguel, The Flints, Rimon, and Connan Mockasin.
