tiananmen tank!







music video

directed by Robert Burbank
edited by Jojo Carpio
(Oct. 31, 2025)

Robert and I (Jojo) shot everything in this video in one day. Our goals were very clear. Get silly shots in the mall and arcade. Get shots in the weird area surrounded by trees.

There were certain shots inside the mall that were actually a bit humiliating, considering we were in public. I think we can slightly recall being called "dorks" for filming in front of the empty real estate that used to be the Gamestop. It doesn't translate as well in the video. Just looks like an empty space. Doesn't even look like a Gamestop.

The shots in the arcade were actually very fun to film. We didn't want to spend any money on the exorbitantly priced arcade games, so we resorted to walking around the arcade pretending to play games. In here, we also got funny little looks. But we didn't get called dorks this time.

Before we started recording in the area surrounded by trees and bugs, we were promptly welcomed by a massive spider web that we had to duck under. Oh this space was fabulous and amazing. Not uncomfortable at all and all the bugs were really cool actually.