Detroit filmmaking duo The Right Brothers have released a video for Chicago-based artist Emily Kempf’s “Dynamite,” from her album FEELINGS. The track, which was recorded live on an iPhone4, also bears a local music connection as it features additional drums and production from Eddie Logix, who has been rebuilding his studio with the help of crowdfunding after it was recently robbed.
“Dynamite” is a simple video, as Kempf mostly performs the song directly to the camera in various locations around Hamtramck and Detroit, but its execution could not have required more careful planning. That’s to be expected when your main talent aside from the musician are of the equine variety. According to director Andrew Miller, “[Kempf and I] would text ideas back and forth and one day I got ‘I want to ride a horse.’ I fucking love horses. When I was a kid I’d pretend my bike was a horse; I love westerns and horse racing. Love them. But where the hell am I going to find a horse in Detroit?”
Fortunately for Kempf, Miller was able to pull through, and the result is a haunting vision of the artist astride a black beauty named Clyde, riding through the deserted streets of Burnside. Of course, horses and the concrete jungle don’t always mix so easily, as Miller was quick to tell us: “It might be my favorite video yet simply for the story of how we filmed it. I had to keep the horse in my neighbors’ [Kate Daughdrill and Brent Blaksmith of Passalacqua] backyard for a week.”
The effort was well worth it, as you can see from the behind-the-scenes photos below. Check out the full video for “Dynamite” after the jump.
