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Simon Landrein animates woman falling in love with a stranger for Coco Banana music video

Simon Landrein depicts the chain reaction that follows after a woman falls in love with a random man in Coco Banana's Earthquaker music video.

For the video, the London-based illustrator stuck to his signature style and created simple line drawings using Photoshop.

Coco Banana earthquake music video by Simon Landrein

He wasn't provided with a brief so went ahead and created his own story to go alongside the track.

"I wanted to make a story about a woman who's falling in love with a stranger," he told Dezeen. "From that, I wanted to have this chain reaction that ends up in a completely strange situation like the fight scene at the end."

Coco Banana earthquake music video by Simon Landrein

The video begins with a tropical landscape. The woman, who is the main character, then appears in a car alongside a male driver.

The pair spot a naked hitchhiker, which seems to alarm the driver, who then pulls out a gun and points it towards him.

Coco Banana earthquake music video by Simon Landrein

This prompts the woman to dive out of the car, but she crashes into the naked hitchhiker – landing on top of him in a compromising position.

Coco Banana earthquake music video by Simon Landrein

The video then unravels into a giant fight scene, which results in the driver being arrested and taken away by a pleasant-looking police man.

Landrein's video is for a slower remix of Coco Banana's Earthquaker.

"The imagery has a realistic feel but has its own strange twist," he said. "As the whole tune has slowed down, it opens up another perspective to it maybe."

"In that sense I wanted to give my distorted version of it too."