Synopsis
Lullatone's "Let's Split a Banana Split" turns a simple summer craving into a playful frozen-food fantasy. Banana splits, popsicles, ice cream, and other colorful treats appear in close-up while seeming to assemble and un-melt in reverse. The grainy, faded imagery gives the video a nostalgic home-movie character, matching the song's breezy invitation to share an indulgent dessert. Rather than introducing a conventional narrative or performers, it lets the food, textures, and cheerful visual trick carry the entire mood.
Factoids & Trivia
- The video was released in 2013 alongside Lullatone's *Summer Songs* EP, which came out on June 11, 2013.
- Its central visual device is the apparent "un-melting" of frozen desserts. The reverse-motion effect makes melting ice cream and popsicles seem to rebuild themselves.
- The imagery includes a classic banana split as well as a red, white, and blue rocket-shaped popsicle, both of which are mentioned in the song's lyrics.
- A deliberately grainy, vintage-looking image treatment reinforces the EP's nostalgic summer theme.
- The song's lyrics repeatedly return to the idea of sharing the dessert equally, giving the sugary concept a gentle duet-like premise.
- Lullatone presented the video as a soundtrack for warm-weather activities including poolside time, hammock naps, backyard dinners, skateboarding, and eating watermelon.