Having said that, the video does culminate in a spectacular group performance of another kind. As the diptych transitions into Storm II, Yung Lean stands in a bloodied school shirt amidst his classmates gathered in a tiered formation, like that of a class photo. The star remains largely static, save for occasional puffs of his cigarette, as his fellow pupils erupt into a breathtaking synchronised dance, choreographed by Damian Jalet, best known for his work on Luca Guadagnino’s 2018 horror film Suspiria. The effect of the boys’ movements, perfectly syncopated to the music, has a genuinely hypnotising quality to it, evoking a strange feeling of both strength and tenderness as they appear united and almost possessed by the soundtrack. Such a memorious crescendo feels reminiscent of the recent BRIT Awards appearance by Rosalia, another trailblazing artist, whose performance of Berghain ended in a similar fashion with her army of dancers breaking into an animalistic display of synchronised writhing. The video also exists in stark contrast to the altogether more childlike and jubilant expression of students dancing seen in the recent music video for the English indie artist Bakar’s single Lonyo! which dropped at the end of last year.
Storm marks the second collaboration between Romain and Yung Lean, following the rapper’s acting debut in Romain’s 2025 action comedy flick Sacrifice (which, in a further mapping of this cinematic universe, also featured the rapper’s good friend and collaborator Charli xcx in one of her first acting roles, and a soundtrack provided by Gener8tion). The French filmmaker is no stranger to crafting conversation-sparking music videos, having previously helmed the highly controversial video for M.I.A.’s Born Free in 2010 which used the depiction of a fictional genocide against red-haired people as an allegory for the extrajudicial killing of Tamil males by the Sri Lankan Army. The video was subsequently banned on YouTube in both the UK and the US.