Synopsis
"Bombay Night Story" turns a Swiss summer party into a surreal, neon-lit spectacle. JAS CRW deliver their verses amid bizarre tableaux involving fluorescent colors, watermelons, luxury cars, and a man in a blue Speedo having his complexion examined. Slow-motion bratwursts fly through the air while the performers and their friends embrace the video's deliberately ridiculous energy. A pony appears among the increasingly eccentric images, giving the clip the feel of an absurd late-night fever dream rather than a conventional performance video.
Factoids & Trivia
- The track began spontaneously at a house party on Zurich's Langstrasse. JAS CRW started rapping over Mannequine's steel-drum-flavored groove, and the informal idea was subsequently developed into a studio collaboration.
- The video was reportedly completed about two months after the song came together.
- Its visual humor includes slow-motion bratwursts flying through the air and people spitting onto the rims of luxury cars.
- Rapper B'Crazy appears in blue Speedo swimwear during a scene built around measuring his complexion.
- The production was associated with Hillton Films, whose involvement helped turn the party idea into the finished video.
- The video premiered through VICE's music platform in August 2013.
- "Bombay Night Story" was released through Continental Records on the 2013 EP of the same name, which also included an instrumental version and remixes by Shindu and Jerry Bouthier.