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Directed by: NABIL.com
ARTIST: Kanye West feat. Kid Cudi
SONG: Welcome to Heartbreak
ALBUM: 808's and Heartbreaks
LABEL: Def Jam
DIRECTED BY: NABIL
EDITOR: Ryan Bartley
POST: Ghosttown
DP: NABIL/Josh Reis
PRODUCER: Kathleen Heffernan
PROD. CO: Partizan ent

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  • Bildheinzer 2 years ago
    When will they finally stop using this stupid voice effect?
  • nabil elderkin plus 2 years ago
    to each there own i guess.. its your choice to listen.. but yeah its not my thing either.
  • Dallas Bohun 1 year ago
    As much as I dislike auto-tune, combining it with this video artifact effect is a perfect combination. Bravo nabil. Read about this in Stashmag.
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  • Kevin 2 years ago
    The song is great, the video is great. Too bad it isn't official... I mean, this isn't on TV or something.
    Now Kanye needs to drop a rap album again, haha.
  • STEEP SLOPES MEDIA plus 1 year ago
    it is too
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  • nabil elderkin plus 2 years ago
    it is.. and he is
  • Ali 9 months ago
    At first I thought the video was out of sync but that distortion effect was a nice idea.
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  • George Mason plus 2 years ago
    Old man here to say you nailed it. When something is good, it's good.
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  • Ade RockStar 2 years ago
    love your work man im part of a group called The NdotE project definitely interested in working with you. myspace.com/ndoteproject flownerds.com
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  • Teddy Pemberton 2 years ago
    hahaha digital artifacting as a medium

    cool
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  • THE LIGHT SURGEONS plus 2 years ago
    nice. like the use of artifacts, compression and processing.. shame about the tune!
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  • Boofa 2 years ago
    saw some snippets of this online a few months ago and wasn't sure if was a shit connection... always loved those compression artifacts and this just nailed it... fantastic video
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  • Eoghan Kidney 2 years ago
    I was one of the many vid makers just about to make a music video using pixel moshing until I saw this and that other one a few months ago. Irritating but that's the way the creative cookie crumbles. You gotta pluck that idea as soon as it surfaces.
  • nabil elderkin plus 2 years ago
    well i think their is still PLENTY of ways to explore the method.. we both used it in our own way.. go for it.. i'd love to see how you flip it in your own way.. if u do send me the link
  • Eoghan Kidney 2 years ago
    i smell a challenge. gauntlent DOWN
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  • Chris Sharp 2 years ago
    F3ckin love this, was hypnotized by it when I 1st saw it, amazing work man.
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  • Chris Sharp 2 years ago
    you really nailed this, its like watching a moving painting. Perfect.
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  • Rick Voorneman 2 years ago
    can't stop watching this vid!
    This is the first pixel moshing vid which I realy like!
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  • pauline howle 2 years ago
    not heard this b 4.confused song in it ? who wrote this ?
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  • pauline howle 2 years ago
    powerfull man!
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  • Mikko Walamies 2 years ago
    really nice touch at 2:11. great video.
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  • Dillon Morris plus 2 years ago
    that glitch/artifacting work was next level. great concept.
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  • halil turaçtemur 2 years ago
    it's back!!
    7000+ hits for this vid.. 5000 of em are mine :))
    it's just madd good
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  • 'J' [^_-] 'D' 2 years ago
    Just Wanted To Tell You That This Video Inspired Me To Create My Own...Thank You For Creating This
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  • Victoria P 2 years ago
    So, I swore I kept reloading my video thinking that there was something wrong for the first :30....but then I saw how amazingly planned it was...and just enjoyed the ride.

    On another plane with this one.
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  • Purrple Heyse 2 years ago
    Really, really amazing effects... this video is beautifully done! Take Kanye West out of it, and put in a different song, and it'd be perfect!
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  • N Rad 2 years ago
    Amazing video !!! I heard the song first, loved it, and the video has only added more power to the music.
    Love it.
    Love it.
    Love it.
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  • Jordan Baylor 2 years ago
    I think this vid is dope.

    When you write a treatment for a video.
    How do you convey how cool it'll look as a finished product? because this music vid seems like it was probably a hard idea to sell.
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  • mike quintanar 2 years ago
    get fresh gear at karmaloop.com and use rep code: blue88 for a 20% discont!
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  • DjRefleX403 2 years ago
    Nabil, this video is amazing. Its unlike anything I have seen before, I dont think I will ever get tired of watching this...doesent hurt that I love the song. Truely artistict.
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  • P2Design 2 years ago
    i've never seen something like that!
    the song and the video ist PERFECT! nothing compares with this video!
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  • Stephen Vuillemin 2 years ago
    Congratulations ! it is really good !
    I wonder how you have done it...
    It look very raw, as real artifacts, but i guess you had a total control on everything... So did you really compressed the shit so that it looks raw, or are these post-prod tricks to make it look raw ? I guess it's a mix ?
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  • GOSHone 2 years ago
    very impressed by the visual styling on this one. How did they do that youTube compression artifact gag?
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  • Eli Firmeza 2 years ago
    The song is OK... but, WOW what a fuking edition concept!!! Cabo TV losing signal rules!
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  • Eli Firmeza 2 years ago
    Matter of fact, they shoot the clip with a mini-dv cam, using old and rotten tapes that the director found in his garage...
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  • AL HUYNH 2 years ago
    Bravo.
    Très beau contre pied.
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  • Brendan Griffin plus 2 years ago
    When you change it from Widescreen to Fullscreen after the window break affect is the craziest thing I have seen all year.

    This is one of my favorite music videos.
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  • Simone J. 2 years ago
    I love this song. And this vid. Amazing
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  • Eric Guerrero 1 year ago
    reminds me of the windows media player default visuals!..lol
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  • 3rdEyelander Productions 1 year ago
    Awesome Awesome Awesome.

    I've loved this video (and song) for over a year now.
    I'm just totally impressed.

    Eoghan Kidney is right about plucking an idea once it surfaces. I've had (like everyone else I'm sure) so many flashes of genius only to see somebody else actually do the work.

    IN MY OPINION- Kanye has the best video portfolio of all current artists. He has so many, and he's explored a lot of different styles.
    Obviously the credit goes to the directors of the videos, but he deserves credit for choosing to work with such talented people.
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  • Maniac plus 1 year ago
    till this day, this video blows my mind as to how good and complex it is, as an up and coming director this is definitely one of the videos I look to for inspiration..Great work Nabil
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  • Gustave Skeloqui 9 months ago
    Where I can find a HD version?
    Où puis-je trouver une version HD?

    Grosse balle ce pecli t'as vu.
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  • chantalthibert 9 months ago
    love
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  • The New BEAT plus 5 months ago
    You killed it here man. I see the work, I see the detail. Amaze.
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  • daniel ible plus 5 months ago
    tight
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  • MASA 2 months ago
    Really good ! You are lucky to have an open minded artists to work with.I can imagin you pitching your treatment to kanye :
    First of all , your video gonna look like shit )))

    cheerz,

    mate
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  • Al Pacino 3 weeks ago
    awesome video, captures the mood of the song perfectly and that's what great (music) video's do, there's too much brainless garbage on tv nowadays. Great song, love that whole album.
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  • Heavy Zeb Vision 2 weeks ago
    I have a DREAM...that ONE DAY... Nabil will direct all my videos. #Imcomintho
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