Grace VanderWaal - "Darkness Keeps Chasing Me" UNOFFICIAL On-Spec Visualizer Video (2016 track)

This video was created by generating still images in AI to simulate oil paintings based on specific shots chosen by the director (me) that were then animated using a variety of other AI tools to attempt to create a narrative that matched the lyrics of the song.

The goal was to create a video that would honor Grace VanderWaal's deeply moving song about battling depression without attempting to simulate Grace VanderWaal's actual image over time, but to use slightly abstracted interpretations of her image. In other words this video isn't a deepfake, or an attempt to simulate reality, but rather to create a complementary piece art to enhance Ms. VanderWaal's song.

It should be noted that this song was written and recorded in 2016-207 when Ms. VanderWaal was either 12 or 13 years old for her debut LP through Columbia Records.

She has since composed hundreds of songs, the vast majority of which have never been released due to various artistic decisions on her part or the complex machinations of the music industry via her label's control.

I highly recommend exploring her song catalog, especially her unreleased material that can be discovered mostly through fan channel like this one and Vandals HQ.

Ms. VanderWaal is currently shopping an album to other labels and is starring in Francis Ford Coppola's upcoming theatrical release "Megalopolis".