By Charlie Maybee
Yung Kayo is back with a bombastic new music video for the single “YEET,” which feels like a rollercoaster hurtling through space at alarming speeds. Coming hot off the trails of his debut album DFTK, it’s sure to pull viewers right out of their seats.
The first few moments of the video have the feel of a thrill ride’s initial climb up its first big hill filled with hyped anticipation. Once we feel the rush of the first big drop, the D.C. native (now LA based) rapper finds himself on a literal fast train traveling through a variety of post-apocalyptic and sci-fi landscapes. Like the fast-paced visuals, the music’s size and volume feels relentless as it charges from scene to scene stopping only for quick close ups of Yung Kayo and his collaborator, Yeat.
This is the kind of music video that almost certainly requires multiple viewings because it’s easy to miss something in the blink of an eye. Like the lightning-fast lyrics, the visuals are both filled to the brim and vanish as quickly as they appear. It makes good use of CGI environments that feel supercharged with electricity at every turn. Truly, if you ever wanted to know what it’s like to “yeet” a human being through space, this music video gets close to simulating that experience, living up to the song’s title.
“YEET” is available on major streaming platforms like Spotify and Apple Music. The accompanying music video is also available on YouTube. Follow our Alchemical Weekly YouTube Playlist for more great music featured on the site.
Charlie Maybee is a dancer, musician, educator, and writer based in Charleston, South Carolina who currently teaches with the Dance Program at the College of Charleston. His primary work as an artist is with his performing collective, Polymath Performance Project, through which he makes interdisciplinary performance art that centers tap dance as the primary medium of expression and research. He also currently plays rhythm guitar for the Charleston-based punk band, Anergy, and releases music as a solo artist under the name Nox Eterna.
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