A unique scenography having the band members’ moving around on Honda Uni-Cub’s prototypes and an army of Japanese dancers dressed in schoolgirls is the latest scheme Los Angeles-based OK Go indie band pulled off to impress their fans. Known for their quirky and elaborate music videos, their latest release seems to have beaten them all so far.
There is a Japanese brain hiding behind the making of this video, but you probably guessed that already. Directed by the band’s Damian Kulash with Kazuaki Seki, the four singer-dancers are seen doing synchronized moves from out of a building at Japan’s Chiba Prefecture and onto a courtyard. Things turn into quite a Cirque du Soleil type of act when some hundreds of Japanese dancers move in and turn the video into one heck of a show.
Oh, did we mention the dancers are all dressed in school girls?
Then there are a lot of umbrellas as well which bring a bit of color to it. Using some first-person on-the-ground footage with an alternate kaleidoscopic overhead footage, the video is quite impressive.
Now, you guys know that the only reason we brought up OK Go’s new video is because the band is using those Segway-lookalike one-wheelers.
Honda's robotic expertise in action
Dubbed Uni-Cub, Honda’s Personal Mobility Machine is an electrically driven machine which can carry its passenger at a maximum speed of 5.92km/h (3.7mph). Its forward motion and steering are achieved via shifting one’s weight around in the desired direction. This is in case you’re wondering why the band keeps moving their legs in a weird way, in the first part of the video.
The Uni-Cub project demonstrates Honda’s robotic expertise and is scheduled for extensive testing in real-world environments before appearing on the market, so unless you’re a famous band you're probably not going to be able to get your behind on one of them. Not yet, that is.
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