Synopsis
"ALRIGHT (cos nothing is alright)" turns the band's unruly world into a rapid-fire visual collage. Thousands of still photographs capture chromatic BLaCK performing live, partying, drinking, and moving through the band's social orbit. The images flash and shift in stop-motion fashion, creating a restless portrait of excess, camaraderie, and barely controlled energy. Rather than following a conventional narrative, the video builds its momentum through accumulation, making the band's chaotic lifestyle and performance intensity inseparable from the song's defiant mood.
Factoids & Trivia
- The video uses 4,101 photographs over roughly four minutes. Its creator described the approach as "stop motion in its own new way."
- More than 30,000 photographs were taken from live shows, parties, drinking sessions, and time spent with the band. A much smaller selection was assembled into the finished video.
- The production was made with no budget and developed as a DIY project.
- Work on the video lasted for more than six months.
- The project was also part of Daniel R. Mueller's design master's work, connecting the band's music with his visual-art practice.
- The rapid editing rewards repeated viewing: the original presentation specifically encouraged viewers to watch again to notice more of the individual photographs.
- The video reflects chromatic BLaCK's broader identity as a multimedia project combining music, performance, photography, design, and video rather than functioning as a conventional band presentation.
- The song appears on chromatic BLaCK's self-titled album, released in 2010 through OK! Good Records.
- Contemporary coverage reported that the video attracted attention online and appeared at film festivals in several European countries.