If you've seen any of Joker Out's stage outfits, then you've probably seen at least a little bit of

IDRIJA LACE

Idrija lace is a bobbin lacemaking technique that has a huge cultural and historical impact in Slovenia. It's named for the town of Idrija, where the teqnique originated. In Idrija, there is a lot of effort made to celebrate and conserve the practice, such as a yearly Idrija Lace festival in the summer. The town also holds the oldest still-running lace school in the world, wich teaches the next genration of artists how to make Idrijan lace.

The designs below come from the School of Idrija Lace's online shop, where you can purchase specific handmade peices. I've linked to the page corrosponding to each design. I also reccomend browsing their collection! Even if you cannot purchase anything, there are some incredibly interesting creative pieces there!

One of my favorites on their site is this peice called quicksilver:

The flow, the shapes, the colors!! 10/10, I really like it.

Here are more examples of classic Idrija lace

Only a little bit of time later, the first music video is released!

This is the first of two music videos created by Karlo Kriri. In the description of the video, it says 'MOTION PICTURE BY KARLO KIRRI' wich I'm pretty sure means he directed it, although he is not listed as such in the crew section of the video. He is in there under 'wardrobe', along with Claudi Sovrè and Zalla. Also speaking of the crew credits, there is a Nejc Pečnik listed as 'best boy'. Genuinly I'm not sure what this means. Initially I thought it might be someone's dog on set, but there is also an athelete named Nejc Pečnik so. Who knows, really.

the music video is pretty neat though. There is a strange story going on, the effects are interesting, and I think it fits with the song well.The highlights of the video for me include:

I really love how the lighting flashes let you see more of the quarry

This epic title card! I love the symetry so much!

This shot of Bojan in the homemade quarry hot tub (for obvious reasons)

Bojan becoming GREEN (honestly just kind of funny to me)

Also Bojan then doing a lil smoke-machine slip n' slide in the green laser he's in? also pretty funny

Kris opening his eyes to the beat after only seeing flashes of the rest of the band members

(pretty badass tbh)

Very good music video! I, and many others when the MV released hoped for more scenes with the other band memebers, not just little snippits, but nonetheless, it's still really well done.

Supersonic ft. Devito!

A little over a month after the release of the Supersonic MV, this video is released. It's Supersonic, but this time in Serbian, and with a few verses from Serbian rapper Devito. The music video is a continuation of the first Supersonic MV, and concludes the story the first one begins. Unlike in the first video, Karlo Kirri is listed in the credits as Direction, Cinimatography & Edit, as well as wardrobe. This video also has a 'Best Boy' credit, this time listed as Jernej Korenčan. Honestly, I can't really figure out who that is.

Notable moments of this MV

LOVE these type of cuts. Genuinly my favorite thing about these MVs. Fantastic.

Such a good composition! the hands framing the shot really make it for me. There are a few BTS shots I'll share later that do this concept fantastically as well.

Kind of a bad screengrab, but god I LOOOOVE the costuming choices. Karlo Kirri the man that you are.

These Jackets are Epic.look at all those details!

Introduction of Devito!

To be honest, I'm not sure I'm a huge fan of the 'wow look we have guns and swords and motercycles look how badass we are' vibe Devito brings to this. I just feel like it's so opposite of how Joker Out generally presents, and suddenly seeing millitaristic type weapons in a Joker Out MV felt kind of nuts to me.

Another very cool shot switching between band members. Why are they wearing masks? Who knows, but damnit it does look pretty cool.

Overall Thoughts about Supersonic ft. Devito MV

Honestly, not a huge fan of this MV. Artistically, it's good. It's well shot, edited, and (as I have mentioned) the costuming is beautiful. But, like I mentioned earlier, I'm not a huge fan of the action plot of this one. Now, you might need to be prepared to call me Too Woke for some of these takes, and that's fine, It's probably not that deep, but I want to discuss it anyway, becuase media analaysis is interesting, and if we don't put a critical lens to the kinds of stories we're telling, then why make anything interesting at all.

The first thing that kinda made me grimice in this MV was all of the weapons in it! Generally, I can appreciate a badass action sequence, but there's something about seeing guns and weapons in a Joker Out video rubs me the wrong way. Part of the reason is that the presence of the weapons doesn't feel like, "Devito happens to have a weapon becuase he's going to go save the JO guys, now watch his daring rescue", it feels more like, "look how badass we are posing with all of these automatic weapons", wich for a band that advocates for peace and for the most part has been anti-war and about promoting peace and harmony, so the peacocking of all of the guns and weapons and fighting brought in with the Devito feat feels a little odd to me.

To be fair, this might just be becuase of how I personally view guns. I am from the US, and the glorifiation of owning these kinds of leathal weapons is a big problem here. Because of that, I and everyone I know have done active shooter drills at school, or have heard of gun violence in our area. So to see people posing with them as props, especially in collaberation with a band that has generally not involved themselves with these kinds of visuals, just doesn't feel great.

Also, the 'good guys' are a bunch of dudes with automatic weapons and the badguys are a bunch of alt woman. Idk man.

Unrelated, but I'm also not a huge fan of the whole 'us the badass heros have to rescue the sleeping beauty trapped in the cage woaaoaoah' plotline. It's not like it's a new story trope, but I personally just don't really like it.

That all being said, I don't think that there was any malicious intent or anything in the creation of the MV. Ultimently, my issues with it aren't even a huge deal in the grand scheme of things, but I think taking note of the tropes and visual choices and the context around them is important, even if it was all just for vibes.

Also Something else that Supersonic made me think of:

Okay, so people have been talking about the idea of a Käärijä collab song since 2023, and it seems like it's finally happening. But ever since the idea of a collab was brought up, I've been incredibly curious about how that would work. Joker out and Käärijä have had VERY different musical genres going on, and I wasnt sure how, stylistically, the collab would work out. Would Käärijä lean more twords Joker Out's Shagadellic Rock, or would Joker Out lean more twords Käärijä's Crazy Party rap hip-hop? are we going to get a Slovenian rock song with a Finnish rap verse?? Well, we don't know the details yet, but I do think this single bridged the genre gap a bit. While I would absolutely not call Supersonic rap or hip-hop, I would say it gets closer to Käärijä's synthasized, upbeat, and club vibe tunes. Like, if they were to make another song in a simaler style as Supersonic, it wouldnt be so out of place to hear a Käärijä verse in it than I may have expected in a Joker Out Song. In the end though, we'll just have to see how it all turns out.

My favorite Pictures from Supersonic Filming