Watch New Video -> ALIEN ARMS – made by hundreds of amazing people 🙌
We are so happy with the video and the whole Developed project. Love and thanks to everyone who participated 🙏
‘Alien Arms’ is the opening song on our Windflowers album. The song was first released through the Efterklang Developed platform in September 2021. For five days, fans and friends were invited to collaborate by using their eyes and cameras to respond to the song while listening to it. Hundreds of people, from all over the world, contributed with thousands of videos and photos which now has formed the music video for ‘Alien Arms.
This is the second video to come out of the Developed platform. The first one was ‘Hold Me Close When You Can’ and for that project we noticed someone posted photos from their hospital bed. We reached out and found out that the photos were taken by Bhavesh Bangdiwala from Mumbai in India who was in hospital due to Covid-19.
When the videos and photos started rolling in for the second Developed event for ‘Alien Arms’ we noticed that Bhavesh was back. This time healthy and active submitting one breathtaking video after the other from his home city of Mumbai. Seeing all the footage from Bhavesh we reached out again asking if perhaps Bhavesh would be interested in directing the video. He accepted and began the huge task of going through all the submitted material. He began carving out a storyline and journey through the music and all the photos and videos that people had recorded while listening to the song.
Bhavesh Bangdiwala (there is a photo of him below) was happy to be asked and involved and has emailed us this statement to share with you all:
"I could see the love that was poured in from different corners of the globe by fans through their videos and photographs. Stitching them together to create a visual story was frightfully challenging and yet exciting. We’ve all endured a rough two years together, but the fans who participated in this video have shown that the world is still bright and blue filled with love and hope. I still can’t believe that I got to create this. Thank you for the opportunity Mads, Casper and Rasmus. This was my fan moment. To the participants, this video goes out to you."
The video has been beautifully edited by Niels Buhl Hendriksen in Denmark and today we are sharing it with everyone who participated and the world ❤️❤️❤️
Bhavesh Bangdiwala - director of ‘Alien Arms’ video and Developed collaborator.
