Synopsis
Set against a vivid blue-screen backdrop, "No Excuse" follows gymnasts as they perform flips, leaps, and suspended movements in slow motion. Their brightly colored outfits and weightless choreography turn athletic motion into abstract, hypnotic imagery, creating the impression of bodies moving through a digital space. The calm pacing contrasts with Jacques Greene's restless electronic production, allowing each gesture, blur, and burst of color to register as part of a fluid audiovisual composition.
Factoids & Trivia
- The video premiered through The Guardian on April 10, 2014, ahead of the release of Greene's *Phantom Vibrate* EP on LuckyMe Records.
- Its blue-screen setting and gymnastic movement were widely interpreted as a visual reflection of the EP's interest in human interaction with technology.
- The video's production credits list Jessica Lee Gagne as director of photography, Emmanuel Mauries Rinfret for editing and post-production, and 1ONE as the post-production studio.
- Gymnacentre is listed among the project's special thanks, linking the video's acrobatic performances to a dedicated gymnastics facility.
- The visual style mirrors the track's musical character: vocal fragments, forceful taiko drums, and hip-hop-influenced percussion are paired with slowed-down images that make physical movement feel almost digital.
- The original video was released in April 2014, while remixes of "No Excuse" by Fort Romeau and Yung Gud followed soon afterward on *Phantom Vibrate (Remixes)*.