WATCH: ANTIBOY Takes Fans On An Animated Journey With The Music Video For “Bang Bang”
WATCH: ANTIBOY Takes Fans On An Animated Journey With The Music Video For “Bang Bang”
Harry Hains’ family releases second posthumous single, a reimagination of “Bang Bang”
Words by: Amanda Marano
The family of Harry Hains has released the extraterrestrial animated video for his second posthumous single as ANTIBOY, “Bang Bang,” a reinterpretation of the classic Nancy Sinatra song “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down).” In the original version, she sings about a toxic relationship with a man in her life. Harry switches it up in true ANTIBOY fashion, keeping the classic roots of the song while creating two male characters to center the reimagined cover around. With its glitchy production and his smooth, neutral vocals, the track is guaranteed to earn praise.
The video transports fans to a utopia where art, music, and gaming converge. The visuals are clothed in a green hue against the backdrop of glitchy computer game-styled motif. The project was created by Harry’s brother Sam Hains, in collaboration with @base__mode who animated the video, alongside JustinMillerCreative who produced it.
Of the concept of ANTIBOY, Harry explained “ANTIBOY represents the idea that most things that we are taught to believe in are an illusion. The idea of gender, sexuality and race are social constructs. ANTIBOY is this place of true equality. The surface doesn’t really matter anymore. It’s really who we are…that’s what matters – the amalgamation of our memories and experiences. We are one human consciousness.”
“Bang Bang” is the most recent single Harry’s family have shared, following his first single and animated video, “Good Enough”, a song about questioning whether you’re good enough for the person you love. The video aligns with his vision for a better future, depicting the souls of two beings [equally human and bionic] that long for connection, acceptance, and love. Both singles come from Harry’s forthcoming concept album, A Glitch in Paradise, which is set to be released next month. The album is a mix of rock, electronica, and gothic pop, as genre-fluid as you’d expect ANTIBOY to be. A Glitch In Paradise explores the virtual world of ANTIBOY as he travels through, re-living his mistakes as he tries to correct them and find happiness.
Growing up in Melbourne, Australia, Harry’s creativity and talent started to develop from a young age. From creating horror films on his camcorder to writing short stories and countless poems, Harry was always looking for a new creative outlet to partake in. As he got older, he eventually moved to London to pursue modeling, and then to LA to explore his passions for acting and music. Some of his work included features on series such as American Horror Story and The OA, as well as starring in multiple films including, The Surface and Groupies. Throughout his career as a multi-dimensional and compelling musician, actor, artist, and model, he made a conscious effort to stay true to his beliefs and deflect the social constructs society has created.
A true artist and creator, Harry lived, ate, and breathed music, film, and art creation. In the world of ANTIBOY, there is no inequality, prejudice, or toxicity. His concept of ANTIBOY embodied the pure nature of his dream, an existence of unparalleled freedom to live without preconceptions and societal labels. As ANTIBOY, a genderless, transhuman being, Harry saw a world in which the human mind and the bionic body merge. He embodied these values through his own identity, which was gender fluid, shapeshifting, and open to interpretation just like his music. The concept surrounds the joining of the human consciousness with artificial intelligence, with themes of non-binary existence, to in turn open up a conversation about what the future of our species and society should and could be.
Harry believed that art should not be constrained to the past methods and definitions. In the same way, he believes humanity should break free of those constraints and continue to flow and evolve. His music embodies these revolutionary ideas and possibilities. While Harry is no longer here to speak for his work, his music speaks for him, sharing his hopes and offering up the view he had for a better world for us all.
