Juice WRLD - Wishing Well

What this video is

Released on July 13, 2020 — seven months after Juice WRLD's death from a Percocet overdose at Chicago Midway Airport on December 8, 2019 — 'Wishing Well' arrived as part of the posthumous album Legends Never Die, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200. The animated format was a practical and symbolic choice: it allowed the estate to produce a full music video without live footage, while the surrealist 3D world…

Why it matters

Represents a landmark moment in emo-trap's posthumous visual canon — the animated format established a template for honoring deceased artists within the SoundCloud rap generation. The video's lyric-mirroring animation style and emotional surrealism reflect emo-rap's core aesthetic of raw…

The director

KDC Visions is the professional alias of Jide Carolan, a London-based animator and director. His known directorial credits include Juice WRLD's 'Wishing Well' (2020), Juice WRLD & The Weeknd's 'Smile', and Central Cee's 'Obsessed with You'. He was hired by…