14 years ago today, Odd Future (@ofwgkta) dropped "Oldie"—one of their most iconic videos that almost didn't happen. It only did because @tylerthecreator refused to let anyone turn the camera off.
The members of the group told the story of that day in an oral history published by The Ringer in 2022. When Odd Future descended on Milk Studios in Chelsea, the session unraveled fast. The XXL staff "were understandably trying to contain a group of rowdy kids," Mike G recalled, "but we weren't having it."
Someone plugged in an iPhone, "Oldie" came through the speakers, and director Lance Bangs kept his camera rolling over objections from the room. The moment Tyler realized what was happening, he called the shots: "No, f*ck that, Lance, keep shooting this sh*t.” What followed was a single, unedited take of the entire 10-minute posse cut performed live.
For @earlxsweat, freshly back from Samoa and still finding his footing, the whole day had a surreal quality: "It just felt like a cartoon, in the sense that n****s just was doin' whatever they wanted to do." For Tyler, zooming out in real time, the stakes were clearer: “I’ve seen music documentaries, this might be the last time everyone's together so we need to document this."
He was right. "A f*ckin' balloon popped that night, and we all went in our own directions. That was the last time we was all together like that. Still,” Tyler explained. Frank, looking back, arrived at the same place: "The atmosphere reminds me of how it feels to be in a room full of musicians where everyone is improvising and for a brief period it's pure magic. It's the same rush."
Bangs edited the footage on a laptop during a red-eye to Portland. It now sits at over 56 million views. It cost nothing.
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Should I ever be murdered by the state, I want it to be known I do want vengeance. I want people to make whatever decisions they feel necessary, in righteous anger and rage. I wouldn’t want y’all to be peaceful, accept any apologies, or forgive my murderer. I don’t forgive them.
the most concerning thing about them justifying murdering an obviously completely innocent murder by ICE is if they can justify and defend this, there’s nothing that’s too far for them. anything you can imagine them doing is very likely something they’ll stand behind
totally not the point but one thing i haven’t seen people point out is that, even if she was fleeing, shooting a driver in the head who’s coming toward you would only make them lose control of the vehicle, making it even more dangerous for the pig.
Just saw Drake working the Apple table at Best Buy. Blue polo and all. Said he didn’t need the money, just wanted to help out over the holidays. I said man, aren’t you worried about what people will think? He said nah. It’s not about what people think, it’s about what they feel.
“wait 15 minutes for the train that’s 3 minutes away and wait 30 minutes for the bus that comes every 10 minutes” should just be the @cta slogan at this point.
i wonder how much money @cta would have saved by not rolling out the lying “never wait more than 10 minutes” ads. it’s just never accurate. currently riding the red line back two stops bc it’ll take me less time than waiting 30 minutes for the bus.