Oneohtrix Point Never - Lifeworld

What this video is

Released October 20, 2025, 'Lifeworld' arrives as the lead single and music video from Oneohtrix Point Never's eleventh studio album Tranquilizer (Warp Records, November 21, 2025). The album — and by extension this video — emerged from Lopatin's discovery that a vast archive of 1990s sample CDs had been deleted from the Internet Archive, prompting a process-oriented compositional response described by Lopatin as…

Why it matters

Represents the apex of post-internet experimental electronic auteurism: a self-directed video by one of the form's defining figures, functioning as both promotional artifact and standalone artwork. Situates Tranquilizer within OPN's lineage from eccojams through Replica and Age Of, demonstrating…

The director

Daniel Lopatin (born July 25, 1982) is an American electronic music producer, composer, and songwriter operating primarily as Oneohtrix Point Never (OPN). He emerged from Brooklyn's noise music scene in the early 2000s and gained international acclaim with…