John Grant‘s video for ‘Disappointing‘ is up on YouTube just under a month before the release of his third album ‘Grey Tickles, Black Pressure‘.
It was directed by David Wilson, who received a Grammy nomination for his work on Arcade Fire’s ‘We Exist‘ and more recently collaborated with Tame Impala on ‘Let It Happen‘.
“When John sent me the track I loved how it read like a ‘these are a few of my favourite things’ list,” Wilson says. “When describing the track to friends I loved hearing their reaction (usually laughter) to my explanation that it’s the most beautiful love song, and it’s called ‘Disappointing’.”
“There was left-field humour there right from the start. The idea for the promo came very clearly to me. I pitched the idea of John being surrounded by men and objects that would be temptations or distractions from a monogamous relationship.”
“This concept then developed into the camera becoming distracted by these temptations, and for John to be stead-fast: addressing the viewer, often appearing, as if by magic at the beginning and end of long, flowing camera moves.”
