Robbers Music Video - The 1975 - Review

The 1975 released the music video for their song 'Robbers' from their debut self titled album 'The 1975' on 27th April 2014. Robbers was directed by Tim Mattia with the influence of the Mathew Healy, the lead singer of The 1975. The music video is based on Healy's vision of the video being based on Tony Scott's 1993 film 'True Romance' as he had always envisioned. Mattia made the vision come alive with his talents to create a piece of video art. 

Unlike many music videos that are out in this time, Robbers tells a story that is like a condensed film yet it doesn't make you feel as if you need more to the story. The video also perfectly captures the lyrics to the song and the music so it doesn't completely distract the audience from the music or from the video; you watch this video paying attention to the both which i think is a talented thing to create as usually the music video will drag you away from the actual music. 

One of the aspects of this video that creates an emotional feeling to it is the arrangement of the clips. The video is not set in a chronological order, it shows bits through out their relationship going back and forth between clips. This creates the viewer to become connected to the video as it is as if you are seeing the memories that are flashing back to Matthew as he nearly dying from the gun wound. Also the lighting has a massive affect because it isn't sharp and clean were everything is perfect; it is musty and dank but in a way that is aesthetically pleasing and really fits in to the story behind it, a messy dark hearted love. This adds a sort of realness to the video because it is not over the top and unrealistic, it's an honest video of things that are happening in the world today. 

Overall, i think that the Robbers video is one of the best videos that The 1975 have released so far and I can not wait to see what else they have to release later this year with their new upcoming album.