Shortlist COOPED UP MUSIC VIDEOS: CRAFT: DIRECTION

BRANDPOST MALONE

PRODUCTION COMPANYANDRE BATO CORP

DIRECTOR(S)ANDRE BATO

PRODUCER(S)MAXIMILIAN KURZWEIL

AGENCYPLAYLAB

CLIENTREPUBLIC RECORDS

INSTAGRAM TAG @ANDREBATO

SHORT SYNOPSIS “COOPED UP FT. RODDY RICCH,” IS THE LEAD TRACK OFF RAPPER POST MALONE’S 4TH STUDIO ALBUM, 12 CARAT TOOTHACHE PRODUCED BY AB FILMS AND CREATIVE DIRECTED BY PLAYLAB INC., THE ANDRE BATO DIRECTED FILM FINDS POST MALONE PERFORMING IN A SURREAL HOME AS THE IMPENDING SPECTER OF “DEMONS” PRESSES IN FROM A STRANGE AND CLAUSTROPHOBIC VOID. THESE FIGURES, REPRESENTATIVE OF POST’S DARKER DAYS AND MEMORIES OF HIS PAST, ARE WHAT HAVE EVENTUALLY LEAD HIM TO HIDE FROM THE WORLD—A THEME REPRESENTED IN THE LYRICS OF THE SONG.