I first watched it whilst in the shed- Instantly Jaxon and I were like- there is something so much deeper to this shit than meets the eye.
It was cultish, fucked up shit.
We were pretty much right too.
Die Antwoord, which means "The Answers" in their native South African.
I'm convinced that the girl, Yo-Landi, is a white witch or something- there's something definitely oddly addictive about her- she even says herself in Evil Boy:
I'M A BAD ASS CHICK YO MY BLACK MAGIC
SPELETJIES (spells/little games) MAKE ALL THE BOYS GO: DAMN THAT'S SICK!
LIE DOWN ON THE BED BOY LEMME LIGHT THE CANDLES
UH UH! DON'T TOUCH! YO-LANDI JUST TOO HOT TO HANDLE!
BLIND-FOLD YOU TIE YOUR HANDS UP WITH THE HAND-CUFFS
EVEN THOUGH YOU LYING DOWN, I CAN MAKE YOU STAND UP
SPIRITS IN THE ROOM TICKLE YOU LIKE A SNEAKY PRAWN
FUCK A PEN AND PAD I WRITE MY RAPS WITH A OUIJA BOARD
DRAW A PENTAGRAM ON YOUR CHEST WIF MY LIP-STICK
But yeah they say a lot in tribal language, afrikaans as well as english and more just to make it even more insane and greater I say...
I admire them so much-
If you don't like them I say you don't understand them-
They're fucking genius.
Stepped it up in the music world I say.
They don't give a fuck and it's soooo good.
Lady Gaga looks like Jane Doe compared to these guys.
The "Enter The Ninja" video also features Leon Botha, a prominent Cape Town artist who is one of the world's oldest survivors of progeria.
Looks like an alien and is an amazing painter and thinker:
Good read: Interview article. (Talks a lot about the African meanings behind Evil Boy film clip/lyrics)
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i am in love.
and fuck yeah i get to see their weirdness live ;)
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