Select is MTV's daily interactive 'jukebox' show which receives over 4,000 calls from viewers selecting their favourite music videos every day. This is the ultimate MTV viewers choice award. The video for this single was nominated for the Select MTV Award as part of the 1996 MTV Europe Music Awards.
VIRTUAL INSANITY SERIES
The signature choreography of Jamiroquai has been implemented by choreographer Takeatsu Nashimoto, with a series of dancers interacting with the white-tiled space. The signature hats of Jay Kay also feature, created by self-proclaimed “silly crown designer” Benny Andallo, against “reimagined and original garments from Jay Kay”. While the floors don’t move in quite the same travelator way as in the 1996 original – which director Jonathan Glazer actually achieved by moving walls against a stationary grey floor – the film uses lens zooms to hint at the same effect. The short film, directed by Masashi Muto, shows dancers dressed and choreographed in the style of Jay Kay, aka Jamiroquai, who was brought on board as a collaborator for the collection. Tokyo-based designer and Comme des Garçons protégé Junya Watanabe has launched his FW22 Menswear collection with a runway presentation inspired by Jamiroquai’s Virtual Insanity. In the words of Jamiroquai, it is indeed a crazy world we’re living in.