The animator John Kricfalusi, who was behind the slightly demented '90s cartoon The Ren and Stimpy Show, has teamed up with Miley Cyrus to create an opening video for her Bangerz tour. The clip shows caricaturized versions of Cyrus, her producer Mike Will Made It, goofy animals and robots.
In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Kricfalusi explained the genesis of the collaboration. Cyrus and her Bangerz tour creative director and "We Can't Stop" video director Diane Martel came across some of his animation loops of Hanna-Barbera characters. The LA-based animator has also worked on videos for Weird Al Yankovich and Tenacious D.
You can expect to see the many incarnations of Cyrus in the video as well as her French-kissing a giraffe and butt-dancing with her dog. As for why he and Cyrus synced up, he explained:
"Honestly, whenever I do music videos, they're generally more creative than when I do television shows. Musicians like weird stuff. They like creativity, whereas TV executives don't, really. They're always telling me to tone it down: 'Don't make this as funny'; 'Can you make it not look so weird?' If I get to be creative, I'm not going to turn that down, that's for sure. I love doing caricatures, so it was fun to animate caricatures. It's hard to do it, but I like to do it."
Check out the full interview and some sketches here, and let us know what you think in the comments section below!
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