Fantasy's opening shot looks pretentious - and it really, truly is. Who else calls their pretty average attempt at a music video a "vision"? But there's more here than meets the eye. Note the gloomy cliff tops. Take in the creepy caves. Have a good long look at that Halloween-style lettering. All that murderous foreboding means something. We're about to find out what.
2. Another day, another (hopefully well paid) model
Max Key's previous video, All the Way, featured Key cheerlessly frolicking on an island with a bikini-clad blonde. There was one great moment where he appeared to give birth to her from the back of a jet ski. You can relive those wonderful memories below.
But here, there are some key differences. Firstly, Fantasy's star is a brunette. Secondly, the bikini's been swapped for lingerie. Thirdly, the sunny Pacific hotspot has been swapped for a grim West Auckland beach.
One of the opening shots of Max Key's new music video involves a lingerie-clad woman on a beach. Photo/YouTube
Fourthly, Max Key is barely in it. The changes effectively turn a music video featuring a couple suffering from a lack of chemistry into a B-grade stalker film. I've already seen I Know What You Did Last Summer. I know how it ends.
3. Black hands
That's. Not. Right. Photo/YouTube
Hmm. What's weird with this picture? Well, yes, sure, that artwork is offensive. If I had to look at that all day, I might get murdery. But more worrisome is that a woman in a lacy nightie appears to be running down the hall from a home intruder. Look at those outstretched hands. It's Fantasy's first sign that something is about to go horribly wrong.
4. Somebody's about to get straight up murdered yo
Well this doesn't look good.
Let's paint a picture. You're in the woods, enjoying getting back to nature. The sun is shining, crickets are chirping, and you're sipping from a fresh water spring. Suddenly, a woman wearing only lingerie and a nightie stumbles past you. Behind her is a man sporting dodgy facial hair. He's wearing his cap backwards, and he's filming everything. What do you do? YOU GET OUT YOUR PHONE AND CALL THE POLICE BEFORE THIS TURNS INTO A FREAKING SAW FILM, THAT'S WHAT.
5. There is no escape
There's only one way down from here. Photo/YouTube
Having just seen the first season of Jane Campion's tremendous, traumatising Top of the Lake, I speak with experience: this scenario - two people standing on a clifftop near a windswept beach - looks painfully close to a key moment in the show. There's only one way it can end. Spoiler warning: someone winds up at the bottom of that cliff. If this is a fantasy, it just turned into a nightmare.
Is Max Key okay? Why have things suddenly gotten so dark and grim? Does he need a hug? Or at the very least a haircut?
A recent Instagram post might explain his state of mind. In it, Maxy reveals he might have made the video because "my parents don't love me and went to Europe without me".
