Worthy ‘Work The Walls’ official music video and interview

Worthy ‘Work The Walls’ official music video and interview

27 May, 2008 | 1.00PM

• Section: Videos
• Written by: worthy

Worthy of Katabatic and Dirtybird records have officially released a music video for his track “Work the Walls.” It is a hot 80s- and spandex-infused video that was shot in Oakland.

To get a more indepth view into the background and creation of the video check out the interview with the directors, Tiffany Shanel and Annie Sloan along with Worthy.

How did you two hook up with Worthy to make the video?

Annie: I’ve known Worthy for a while in the San Francisco music scene - I dj a weekly radio show and have played the early set at a few Dirtybird events. 

Beyond that, I’m a TV writer/producer by day, so ‘Work the Walls’ coalesced as a perfect project for me.

I also produced Claude Von Strokes ‘Deep Throat’ video a few years ago. 

So good when the things you love come together!

Tiffany: One day after dancing, after an insane Dirtybird party, Worthy approached me with the idea of doing a music video for his new track, ‘Work the Walls’.

I didn’t know what to expect. 

I was only told that he had another good friend, Annie Sloan, who worked in the field, and that together, we could make an awesome team. 

So one afternoon, we all met up and collaboratively worked out the concept of the video, went into production, and created an AWESOME, high energy, entertaining music video.

What was your favorite part of making the video?

Annie: Working with Tiffany and Worthy!

That and all of the asses in spandex, of course. How can you not love that?

Tiffany: Working with Worthy and Annie, because there was so much trust in everyone’s point of view. 

It’s rare when artists who have never worked together can creatively collaborate without discouraging someone’s point of view.

Worthy: Getting to work with all of my friends to make something amazing, the girls in spandex, and busting through the wall.

How did you come up with the premise for the video?

Annie: We had our first meeting one afternoon and brain stormed on the concept.

Tiffany: I pitched seven girls getting ready in separate bathrooms who would roam the city with Worthy leading them into a club where he would deejay and everyone would be “working the walls.”

Christian Martin, who was at our first meeting, had an idea of a moveable wall that the girls would work.

Annie: I was at first thinking of Worthy as a sort of Charlie’s Angels type guy (aka Charlie), and the girls were his puppets.

The girls dancing against the walls was kind of a given.

Doing videos with electronic artists can be hard, because usually the producer isn’t the icon behind the song.

It’s unlikely that 3 minutes of watching anyone behind a computer will hold your interest.

Like in the Claude Von Stroke video - he just makes a cameo as a homeless guy.

Tiffany: We came up with the idea that Worthy would represent the energy that comes from the music that makes your body dance. 

Worthy is then able to transmit this “dancing energy” through a microphone that permeates through the city into the bathrooms of four girls who are getting ready. 

Their daily routines are halted by the urge to want to “work the walls” and they roam the city in search of finding the source.

Annie: I just loved the idea of the song calling out to these specific girls… like an itch you can’t scratch, or like the beat you just can’t NOT move to. 

While directing the girls I kept yelling, “What is that in the walls? Do you smell chocolate chip cookies in the walls?  Are the walls driving you crazy!?  There are pheromones in the walls, find them!!”

Tiffany: During the peak of the song, the four girls surprisingly converge in front of the warehouse at the same time, search out the source, find the source by accidentally cracking the wall, and pull out Worthy revealing he is the “dancing energy” that makes the girls “Work the Walls”, though this video can be interpreted in many different ways.

Worthy: I’m not sure how we got the idea to pull me out of the wall.

We all knew that something had to happen at the end for the final twist, and it works so well.

Why did you come up with the 80’s style for the girls?

Tiffany: Worthy initially envisioned a video with an 80s theme.

From there, Annie Sloan, Vanessa Salazar our stylist, and I met with the girls individually, mixed and matched clothes and documented the looks so that we could create a cohesive look for the video. 

Vanessa did an exceptional job with producing the exact hair and makeup for all four girls during the 2-day shoot; she is very talented and was an asset to the production.

Annie: It’s really all about the spandex—we ladies rock that shit all the time anyway. 

The clothing we used actually belongs to all of the dancers. Lollipop from Hot Tub (in the leopard print spandex) provided a lot of the clothing and Vanessa Salazar did an amazing job with styling and makeup.

Why did you want to make a video for this song?

Worthy: I have always wanted to do a music video myself.

I thought this was the perfect song to do it for.

It is cheeky and fun on its own and with a line like “work the walls” there is so much you can do.

I just knew that this was the song I had to do a video for.

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