One of the Coolest Music Videos I’ve Ever Seen: A Brutal Time Loop Done Right

Today I stumbled on this insane music video for “Bubble” by Yorushika, and I fell in love with it. Within the first five seconds, a man finds himself in a chair in a hotel room. As he tries to figure out where he is, a stranger in a dark trench coat bursts in and shoots him. He dies… only to find himself once again sitting in the same chair, in the same hotel room. As a jazzy guitar riff plays, this time loop repeats over and over as the man desperately tries to escape his fate. Watch the video here: It’s perfect, absolutely perfect. The best part of “Bubble” is that it reminds me of a choose-your-own-adventure-style comic by Jason Shiga. In “Knock Knock,” you find yourself in a similar time loop. Waking up in a bedroom with a few seconds to evade being murdered by a stranger for some unknown reason. You can try to hide under the bed, escape through a window, or fight back. There are hundreds of ways to die in “Knock Knock,” and about half of them show up in “Bubble,” too. The post…