19, served as a fantastical antithesis to the stark realism of Joseph’s short film. The clip, directed by animation guru Cyriak Harris and released Sept. Meanwhile, it has earned 511,000 YouTube views.Ī couple of weeks later, Flying Lotus unveiled a markedly different visual: an animated video for the album cut “Putty Boy Strut” that features robots working in rhythm to brightly colored beats. The strong response prompted Warp to submit the unedited video to MTV, and, even with the violent content, the short film was accepted by MTV2. The film drew online praise from Spin, the Los Angeles Times and Stereogum, and “Khalil Joseph” briefly became a worldwide trending topic on Twitter on Sept. ![]() “A lot of FlyLo’s music can be very dark,” Warp label manager Josh Berman says, “and this record has some really gorgeous, ethereal, upbeat stuff as well.” Instead of tying the video to one album track, Flying Lotus (known as “FlyLo” to friends) edited pieces of three songs together from “Until the Quiet Comes” -“See Thru to U,” “Hunger” and “Getting There”-and delivered the music to Joseph, who has helmed clips for indie-rap troupe Shabazz Palaces, as well as the Vans sneaker company.
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