MUSIC VIDEOS

HIGH ALONE - JACKSON WANG
PARTIZAN

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Title of Piece:	HIGH ALONE
Client/Brand:	JACKSON WANG
Production Company:	PARTIZAN
Director(s):	RODRIGO INADA
Producer(s):	JACKSON FORSYTHE / SARA NIX / PEGAH FARAHMAND
Agency:	88 RISING
DoP:	Pierre de Kerchove
Instagram Tag:	@rodrigoinada @wearepartizan
Short Synopsis:	Rodrigo Inada directs a dramatic blockbuster for Hong Kong rapper - and member of South Korean boyband Got7 - Jackson Wang. The video for High Alone explores the duality present in all of us, manifesting in two versions of Jackson Wang on screen: as he battles his darker self in his apartment, Inada presents a big setpiece with Jackson as a Houdini-style escapologist sunk into a glass box. The latter has a traumatic and hugely symbolic outcome: despite escaping his shackles, Jackson is trapped underwater in the glass box, to the delight of the audience of onlookers. Infused with a deep red and blue colour palette and a grimy, textural aesthetic, this is a cinematic vision, a powerul addition to Wang's videography - and arguably a very tough watch for his legion of fans.