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The official music video for the Gorillaz song Hallelujah Money, featuring Benjamin Clementine, the nineteenth track from the album Humanz. It was released on the eve of the Inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, on 19 January 2017..
Synopsis[]
The video has Clementine singing in a gold-played elevator, and features a cameo from Gorillaz lead singer 2-D, who appears in puppet form at various points through the song. Various video clips, including from Animal Farm, Fantastic Planet, Village of the Damned, a spaghetti western starring Clint Eastwood, CCTV footage of an evil clown, documentary footage of tribal dancers, and a procession wearing white capirotes, are projected behind Clementine. The video ends abruptly with a clip from the episode "Karate Choppers" of the TV series SpongeBob SquarePants, although this is not present on the album version.
Availability[]
- Official WMX Presents YouTube channel (formerly Uproxx).
Credits[]
- Director: Gorillaz & Giorgio Testi
- Editor: Sebastian Monk
- Lead Actor: Benjamin Clementine
- Producer: John Bannister
- Director of Photography: Luca Ciuti
- Online Editor/VFX: Aislinn Clifford
- Rotoscope Artist: Joel Harrison[1]
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Gallery[]
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Trivia[]
The Test Card
- It was the #1 trending video on YouTube on the date it was released.
- The image at the beginning of the video is a parody of the Test Card FW but with Murdoc replacing the young girl and the clown resembling 2-D.
- Throughout the music video, different clips and footage appear behind Benjamin Clementine. Some of them are:
- A 2-D cosplayer from a fan video (timestamp 0:54);
- Scenes from the 1954 animated film, Animal FarmW;
- 2-D's shadow from the Clint Eastwood music video, which also turns into Donald Trump's shadow.
- A clip from a Killer Clown prank video (timestamp 2:35);
- Scene from the 1960 movie, Village of the DamnedW;
- A shot of the actor Clint EastwoodW, making it another reference to him like in previous Gorillaz songs and videos;
- A clip from the SpongeBob SquarePantsW episode Karate Choppers (S1 E14b), which shows SpongeBob crying in response to Mr. Krabs saying "You're fired"; this was also Donald Trump's catchphrase from the 2004 NBC game show, The ApprenticeW.