Mitski distrugge tutto ciò che tocca nel video di The Only Heartbreaker, il suo ultimo singolo. Come la protagonista di Melancholia, finisce per causare un’apocalisse per via della sua disillusione amorosa,. Nemmeno la catarsi della coreografia o il misterioso volto che cela nel ventre dietro l’abito rosso riescono a scongiurare la sua autodistruzione.
Nel videoclip diretto da Maegan Houang e Jeff Desom, fulgido esempio di “estetica chroma key” molto americana, con l’aggiunta di qualche nostalgia anni Ottanta ispirata probabilmente dal sound del brano, l’artista nippo-statunitense sembra aver trovato una sintesi tra il racconto metaforico di Nobody, dall’album precedente, e la performance concettuale del recente e iconoclasta Working for the knife.
Credits
Directed by Maegan Houang & Jeff Desom
Production Company – Obsidian
Executive Producer – Doug Klinger
Head of Production – Anna Heinrich
Executive Producer – Maegan Houang
Producer – John L. Lozada
VFX & Animation by Thermonuclear.tv
VFX Executive Producer – Sherif Higazy
VFX Head Of Production – Karim Higazy
Director of Photography – Joanna Thanh Há Nguyen
Production Designer – Emmy Eves
Choreographer – Jas Lin
Movement Director – Jaclyn Chu
1st Assistant Director – Ismail “Izzy” Hameed
Production Coordinator – Po-Wei Su
Obsidian Coordinator – Phoebe Loew
Gaffer – Kazmo Kida
Makeup Artist – Akihiro Sawada
Costume Designer – Sajida Silva
Editor – Gus Spelman
Colorist – Andrew Francis
Animation Producer – Aron Fromm
Assistant Editor – Robin Feldman
3D Artist – Adam Knauer
3D Artist – Robert Schober
Lead VFX Artist – Ethan Feldbau
Lead VFX Artist – Jeff Desom
VFX Artist – Cooper Vacheron
VFX Artist – Matthew Wauhkonen
Matte Painting – Ethan Feldbau, Jeff Desom, Thermonuclear
Branch 3D VFX by Thermonuclear x 1881 Animation
VFX Supervisor/CG – Sherif Higazy
Storyboard Artist – Nhan Le
Office PA – John Whang
Set PA – Viacheslav “Slava” Makarov
Set PA – Ferran Molina
1st AC – Felipe Larrondo
2nd AC – Michelle Suh
Jib Op – Joseph Walsh
Jib Assist – Anthony Moreno
Electric – Aaron Jackson
BBE – Dane Gerwig
Key Grip – Steve Forbes
BBG – Roman Reardon
Grip – Gaither Narrow
Art Director – Laura Barr-Jones
Set Decorator – Cynthia Wu
Decorator – Nicole Shara
Art PA – Daniel Fuchs
Art PA – Li-Wei Chu
Art PA – Jorge Flores
Art/Set PA – Amelia Roesner
Art Volunteer – Claire Poon
On-Set VFX Supervisor – Dirk Valk
Sound Design – Grant Meuers
BTS Photographer – Daniel Topete
Director’s Reps – Doug Klinger & Undine Markus at Reprobates
Special Thanks – Henry Kaplan, Joyce Kim, Christopher Ripley, Studio Linguini, The Daniels, Kirsten
Lepore, Andrew Thomas Huang, Paul Sangster, Rachel Kondo & Justin Marks