Flying Lotus - Black Balloons Reprise ft. Denzel Curry

What this video is

Released December 2019, the video closes a thematic trilogy rooted in Denzel Curry's public engagement with mental health, depression, and systemic inequality. The black balloon functions as a recurring metaphor across three songs spanning two artists' catalogs. The track itself samples Alain Goraguer's score from the 1973 French animated film Fantastic Planet, a lineage Flying Lotus traces directly to Madlib's…

Why it matters

Represents a high-water mark for late-2010s experimental hip-hop visual culture, in which producers with art-world credibility (Flying Lotus / Brainfeeder) commissioned prestige directors to build coherent visual universes around albums. The monochrome surrealism and mental-health thematic content…

The director

Miami-born, Los Angeles-based filmmaker and USC Film School graduate. Began career in VFX and editing before transitioning to directing. Known for surrealist visual effects aesthetic. Music video clients include Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Flying Lotus, Childish…