HAPPYSAD MUSIC VIDEO TREATMENTS
"REAPER"
The video opens with a view of pretty boy pinata. it's morning. The sky is blue. the scenery is extremely cheery
he's walking down a suburban street waving at neighbors. (walking his pinata dog? watering plastic plants?)
The next scene opens with a received text that reads "party at 8?" and dude bro pinata is introduced.
dude bro pinata is sitting on a couch vaping looking at his phone. his room is messy. he's wearing sunglasses indoors. there's blurred out posters on the wall suggesting it's porn. and video games on the tv screen. he replies to the text and walks out the door.
douche bag pinata is introduced through bench pressing/weight lifting at a gym. (this pinata has shoulder pads making him look buff). he's wearing a sweatband. and he's hitting on hot chicks. he looks at his phone and it says "7:45pm" and leaves the gym.
cut to performance scene
dude bro pinata walks into a crappy liquor store. it's sunset. the sky is orange and red. pinata grabs a case of pabst blue ribbon implying the party is a byob party.
all three pinatas are in the drinkin' bros vehicle. their paper mache hair is slow-motion blowing in the wind. the odometer is at 80mph. eliza grace song abruptly stops and car radio is playing USHER.
pinatas arrive at front door. holding cases of beer. acting animated and excited to be there. door opens and two little girls are seen. both with baseball bats. also excited.
pinatas drop cases of beer in surprise as one of the little girls comes at one of the pinatas with a baseball bat. and kills him in the doorway.
video switches to clips of out of context natural explosions, paint balloons bursting and rainbow sprinkles and candy being thrown symbolizing the pinatas death.
the two other pinatas run through the house in slow motion. the color scheme is rainbow. one of the little girls corners a pinata and a front view is of her coming at the camera with a bat.
and once again clips of out of context explosions are shown to symbolize the death of a pinata.
the last pinata alive is seen tripping over something and gets ambushed by the two little girls. they kick and hit the pinata with a bat and beat him up while smiling and laughing until previous out of context explosions are seen. (symbolizing a g rated death)
in the final scene, the pinatas wake up in "heaven". a pinata spa. they have cucumbers over their eyes, are getting pedicures and are being served mimosas BY HUMANS. the scene is edited in soft focus. and large kitschy clouds are hanging from string along with fog. scene ends with all pinatas coming together, with a close up of a highfive between the three.
the end.
lyrics
VERSE 1
Keep my seat warm for the day that I return
Still wiping crud out of my eyes
Too early to say goodbye
Sleeping harder ever day it gets
More irrational dreaming
Strange as it seems
Time flies
Too early to say goodbye
PRE CHORUS
Black eyes, and pink hair
And a good first impression
It’s all happy lies
Plus a million questions, i know
A million questions, i know
CHORUS 1
I cut off my sleeves
Turned my entire life black
Shut off the lights
And never looked back
Grim reaper
VERSE
Woke up somewhere else i’m lost again
I’m still wiping
mushrooms
from my eyes
One room down from cloud 9
Skeletons in my closet started
Paying rent to stay
Time flies
To early to say goodbye
PRE CHORUS
Those eyes, I know them
It’s a good first impression
It’s all happy lies
Plus a million questions
CHORUS 2
I cut off my sleeves
Turned my entire life black
Shut off the lights
And never looked back
Grim reaper
Grim reaper
I’m cheering you on from the passenger seat
Blue lights on behind your body and me
Drunk driver
Grim reaper
BRIDGE
Keep my seat warm for the day I return
Hearing my voice would only make you feel worse
Grim reaper
Grim reaper
CHORUS
I cut off my sleeves
Turned my entire life black
Shut off the lights
And never looked back
Grim reaper
Grim reaper
I’m cheering you on from the passenger seat
Blue lights on behind your body and me
Drunk driver
Grim reaper