Director: AG Rojas
AG Rojas has a knack for nihilism. His video for Earl Sweatshirt’s “Earl” nailed destructive adolescent angst, and he does it again in the former White Stripes frontman’s “Sixteen Saltines.” The bizarre and occasionally terrifying video—warning: parts of which are extremely hard to watch—is equal parts mesmerizing and cringe-worthy. Set in a Lord of the Flies anarchist world where youth run wild, terrorizing the town, chugging cough syrup, getting face tattoos, playing strange and violent games and ultimately capturing White, the video is delirious and dark, but so is the song—the second single on White’s Grammy-nominated solo album Blunderbuss.