Paris Texas. Photo by Aus Taylor.
It takes a special kind of artist to draw humor out of the United States' mass shooting epidemic, but Paris Texas have managed to do it with the music video for their latest single "Bullet Man." The title (which may or may not be a reference to Shinya Tsukamoto 2009 cyberpunk film) takes on a very literal meaning in Aus Taylor's music video, written by the Los Angeles alt-rap duo themselves. The clip stars a young white kid who, after a sudden and unexpecting race swapping into a Black teen, finds himself stalked by the bullet of a gun fired by his own grandpappy. The bullet's improbable path — around corners and across landscapes as if tracking its target — gives the clip a darkly funny, Looney Tunes-esque humor that's enhanced when you consider the clip's implications of gun violence's inescapable presence. Watch below.
