Synopsis

Set against the nighttime streets of New York City, the video turns the song's idea of a "black city parade" into a stream of passing faces, bodies, and fleeting encounters. Pedestrians of different ages and backgrounds move through the urban landscape while sensual, slow-motion close-ups bring an erotic charge to the imagery. Rather than following a conventional narrative, the clip builds a nocturnal collage of desire, movement, and anonymous city life, matching the song's restless blend of intimacy and escape.

Factoids & Trivia

• "Black City Parade" was released as the third single from Indochine's twelfth studio album, also titled "Black City Parade," which came out in 2013.

• The video was shot in New York City in August 2013, giving the song's imagined metropolis a direct connection to a real urban setting.

• Production credits list Kevin Hayden as director of photography, Jim Demuth as editor, and Sydney Buchan as producer.

• The opening section was filmed in the Brooklyn office of Vice, adding an unexpected editorial-media location to the clip's otherwise street-based imagery.

• The video's sensual imagery reflects the visual background of its principal creative collaborator, whose work has long included underground photography, eroticism, and provocative portraiture.

• The clip deliberately avoids a traditional storyline. Its parade is formed by real-looking urban encounters and bodies in motion, making the city itself the video's central character.

• The song and video were later included among the visual material associated with "La Black City Box," a 2013 release connected to the album campaign.