The Incompetents New Clip Has Arrived

In What Young Women Ought to Know, the latest track and video from The Incompetents, a spontaneous action thriller sequence comes to life on the Beirut –Batroun highway.

Dark but humorous, the clip has an adrenaline pumping feel pulled straight from the pages of an indie graphic novel. It opens with a man smoking melancholically on an abandoned hotel rooftop and entering a decrepit taxi with a bespectacled friend, but soon takes a turn for the crazy when a van of enraged women takes chase. Dark eyeliner, tattoos, and pink boas abound as the rebellious group of girls threaten the Incompetents, hunting them down in knee high boots and brandishing leather whips.

Like a twisted fairytale, the clip ends mysteriously when one of the unknown pursuers opens a stolen suitcase brimming with pink and glitter, answers a phone and laughs manically. We can only imagine whose on the other end of the line.

The director, Gigi Roccati, describes the clip to Beirut.com as a “a Beiruti neon thriller where revenge meets rock’n roll.” He explains that the abstract concept for the sequence was partially inspired by the instrumental nature of the track, a rock meets electronica meets indie fusion that allows the imagination to wander. The aggression and intensity of the music video come from his understanding of a new generation, one that, due to a tough economy and increasingly difficult state of affairs, has been forced to actively reach out and take what is theirs in order to succeed. These days, nothing is given out easily or for free, and the clip’s seemingly senseless but inspiring aggression is testimony to a hungry but motivated generation.

Roccati also tells of how he wanted to give something back to Beirut, a city with an incredibly vibrant, energetic, underground scene.

As fantasy-like as the clip feels, the Lebanese. Complete with an eccentric service driver, beautiful Mediterranean sunset and mad driving skills

For a sneak peek at part 2, check out the stills below:
We can’t wait to see the rest!

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