NANAO
Music video title lettering for GILA and Kloxii’s song NANAO.
‘NANAO’ is a rumination on unrequited love, dreaming of finding common ground but soon realizing you are stuck, alone and vulnerable.
The music video is a haunting tale of two lovers who find themselves drowning in toxic cycles of entanglement and codependency. Inspired by the ancient Chinese mythological book ‘The Classic of Mountains and Seas’ (山海经 ~300 B.C.), two dancers portray ‘MANMAN’（蛮蛮) a mythical beast formed of two conjoined one-eyed birds. As the video spirals, the two halves undergo a violent process of merging with flashes of fleeting intimacy and tenderness.
Graphic Design, Lettering
Tool
Glyphs, Photoshop, After Effect
Credit
Writer/Director/ Cinematographer: Jay Swuen
Editors: Jay Swuen & Jas Lin
1st AC: Christopher Felix
Lead Dancers: Jas Lin, Jaclyn Chu
Ensemble Choreographer: Diana Schoenfield
Ensemble Dancers: Reese Taylor, Sakura Amano, Delaney Davis, Rachel Odebunmi, Ulara Amano, Jordan Mendelsohn, Kira Bartholomew
Graphic Designer: Marshall Wang
Stylist: Xiyu Lin
Makeup Artist: Justine Fang
Foreword Quote: "In The Mirror" by Zhang Zao
Editors: Jay Swuen & Jas Lin
1st AC: Christopher Felix
Lead Dancers: Jas Lin, Jaclyn Chu
Ensemble Choreographer: Diana Schoenfield
Ensemble Dancers: Reese Taylor, Sakura Amano, Delaney Davis, Rachel Odebunmi, Ulara Amano, Jordan Mendelsohn, Kira Bartholomew
Graphic Designer: Marshall Wang
Stylist: Xiyu Lin
Makeup Artist: Justine Fang
Foreword Quote: "In The Mirror" by Zhang Zao
NANAO Official Music Video