Watch Die Antwoord's eerie Alien
The video explores the othering of migrants in the US. The song, sang by Yolandi Visser, is an echo of that reality. She sings about being an alien in every environment and having difficulties fitting in.
The title is poignant because the term ‘alien’ if often used to describe immigrants who illegally enter the US, and who are often treated as unwanted. In California it was used as a term in the legal dictionary. It was removed due to its derogatory nature in 2015.
It’s use is not only limited to the US. In South Africa immigrants are labelled aliens, or ‘amakwerekwere’, in informal settings. Violence has been a result of communities who are unhappy with foreigners living among them. In 2008, xenophobic attacks began in the township of Alexandra and spread countrywide leaving a death toll of more 55 people.
Watch the CGI masterpiece below:
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