Lil Uzi Vert really is a man of the people. Fresh off a VMA win for “XO Tour Llif3” and earning a number 1 album with the release of Luv Is Rage 2, Uzi is letting the fans decide which track from the album will be getting a full-length animated music video.
If you head over to his website, you’ll be able to see all of the competing animations for the remaining fifteen tracks. The visualizer for “XO Tour Llif3” is pushing 300 million views, so this represents a big opportunity for all of the participating illustrators.
We’ve included five of our favorite animations below. Check them out and make sure to go vote for your favorite here.
"Neon Guts" by Robin Velghe
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Robin Velghe's entry gives us a top down video of Uzi smoking in his car, in a noticeably better mood than he was in the “XO Tour Llif3” visualizer. Uzi’s car takes off the highway and dips into another dimension, leaving a neon chemtrail in his wake. In the past, Velghe’s done merch designs and his art has caught the attention of Post Malone.
"The Way Life Goes" by Dream Biscuit
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Animated by Anna of dreambiscuit, this one caught our eye with its striking mixed media approach. Anna molds Uzi’s face using different colors of clay, adding more layers until the colors dominate the shot and Uzi’s face is no more. If anything, this submission proves that claymation is a criminally underrated art form. Aside from claymation, Anna does a lot of visual art and video work, which you can check out here.
"X" by Rough Sketchz
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Created by Rough Sketchz, this one finds Uzi spreading his bat wings and dodging a demonic broken heart with a blunt in hand. Taking the metaphor of “X” and personifying it into a gruesome heart floating through a graveyard, this concept gets bonus points for being one of the most Lil Uzi Vert ideas we’ve ever heard. The artists behind this have plenty of other animations on their Instagram, including one in honor of Tupac.
"UnFazed" by Osea.n
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Animated by osea.n, this video features a GTA-esque model of Lil Uzi Vert stumbling through a neon city, surrounded by bats and consumed by his demons. If the 3D animations weren’t enough, the video also works in clips from the music video for “XO Tour Llif3.” Of all the submissions, this one feels the most complete. Osea.n’s other work also features a pop-art-meets-avant-garde aesthetic that's right up Uzi’s ally.
"Dark Queen" by POORMARTY
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Finally, POORMARTY's submission features with Lil Uzi crashing into Earth as a purple comet and landing at the outskirts of a near-abandoned theme park—very fitting. POORMARTY's background includes animations of MadeinTYO busting a kickflip and Gucci Mane throwing money around in the spirit of Drop Top Wop.
See all of the other submissions and vote for your favorite here.
