Coming off the release of his 23rd album Packard Bell 96, Michael Myerz is showing no signs of slowing down. In fact, the Atlanta rapper and known internet hater is in the midst of one of his of his most fertile creative streaks, and today we’re excited to share his latest artistic endeavor—a simple yet typically zany video shot in collaboration with local photographer and videographer Casey Doran.
Like the rest of the new LP, “Kaputz” features production from Jacob Chisenhall of Delorean Gray, and the combination of eerie post-punk guitars and plodding drums helps provide Myerz a murky canvas upon which to unleash some of his darkest rhymes yet. Inspired by the Icelandic documentary Rokk í Reykjavík, and in particular Þeyr’s anti-fascist anthem “Rúdolf,” the track speaks towards a kind of grim existentialism, while still retaining the oddball turns of phrase that have helped define the rapper’s aesthetic.
“The song is about my anger, angst, and sadness I have towards the world,” Myerz explains over email. “We all feel like the ‘man’ (maybe the man is death?) is out to get us and we latch onto all of these ideologies to save us, whether it’s religion or drugs, but in the end, we are fucked. But no worries, so is the ‘man.’ He can push us to the end, but when we are all dead all our tombstones look the same and his plan will be Kaputz! You can’t take money from a dead guy haha.”
Shot on a camcorder in what appears to be the dead of night, the grainy video provides the ideal visual counterpart to the track’s raw vibes. With the exception of a few cartoon and movie cut-ins, the footage consists solely of Myerz performing wildly for the camera, but the clip’s lo-fi grit, coupled with the subject’s outsized energy, make it worth the watch.
Watch/listen above.
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