Synopsis

A woman drives aimlessly while under the influence, her unstable state reflected through stark images of cocaine use, blood, and physical deterioration. As the trip becomes increasingly frantic, she abandons the car and runs toward the water. She strips off her clothes and plunges into the ocean, turning the video's bleak portrait of addiction into a final act of escape. The raw, unsettling imagery matches the song's hazy, uneasy atmosphere without offering any clear resolution.

Factoids & Trivia

• "Black Buzz" appears on Lotus Plaza's 2012 album "Spooky Action at a Distance," the solo project of Deerhunter guitarist Lockett Pundt.

• Pundt has said that the song was influenced by the music of Lee Hazlewood.

• The song was inspired by someone close to Pundt who had experienced addiction problems, giving the video's depiction of substance abuse a personal context.

• The video was released online in September 2012, several months after the album's release.

• In a 2012 interview, Pundt described "Black Buzz" as the best song he had written up to that point.