Synopsis
The video for "Prove You Exist" unfolds as a turbulent collage of natural-world imagery, built from rapidly re-edited stock footage. Oceans, waves, and other overwhelming scenes replace conventional performance or narrative, creating the sensation of being pulled beneath a vast, uncontrollable force. Rather than presenting nature as calm or picturesque, the clip emphasizes scale, motion, and engulfment. Its expansive visuals mirror the track's sweeping electronic and post-rock textures, turning the song into an audiovisual experience of pressure, disorientation, and catharsis.
Factoids & Trivia
- LuckyMe shared the video in October 2013, several months before "Prove You Exist" appeared on Claude Speeed's 2014 debut album, "My Skeleton."
- The clip is built from re-edited stock footage of the natural world. Its emphasis on overwhelming oceans gives it a more imposing and disorienting character than a conventional nature montage.
- The song's title came from something Stuart Turner saw while traveling: a teenage girl in a Bangkok temple wearing a bright yellow shirt marked "PROVE U EXIST."
- "Prove You Exist" reportedly began under the working title "Claude Speeed You Black Emperor," a playful reference to the track's doomy post-rock build.
- "My Skeleton" was created during a period of travel through the Far East, with Turner working from a laptop and borrowed headphones while incorporating field recordings, found sound, and dialogue.