Perfume Genius - "Grid" (Official Video)

Perfume Genius is, among many other things, one of our great working music-video artists. His video for “Queen,” the first single from forthcoming album Too Bright, was a surreal masterpiece, and his new “Grid” video isn’t far behind. The clip, from director Charlotte Rutherford, finds a glammed-up (and eventually bloodied) Mike Hadreas surrounded by dancing, silver-bodysuited demons, then made to serve as the centerpiece of a bizarre dinner party. The video is a tough thing to parse but an even tougher thing to shake. Its atmosphere is knife-edge intense, and its images burn their way into your brain. As for the song, it’s a stunner, too. Hadreas might be known for piano ballads, but this one is practically a Suicide-influenced rockabilly number, with a pulsating synth at its core. It still leaves plenty of room for Hadreas’ vocal flights, though. The whole thing is just mesmerizing.