If you were to hear DJ duo Major Lazer's "Original Don" without any visuals, you might imagine the video featuring some kind of off-the-wall house party full of sweaty people going as buckwild as the dancehall beat in the song. WRONG. The recently released "Original Don" video does feature a house party, but the only people in attendance are a young man and woman LARPing with swords in T-shirts and jeans and their grandmother (?) chillin' in her BluBlockers. In other words, THIS IS THE BEST VIDEO EVER CREATED.
Internet nerds (read: us) got our first glimpse at the sword swinging magic a few months ago when a weird-ass video, "Jian Sword Dancing," was picked up by a few of our favorite sites. (The video has more than 500,000 views to date.) After shaking our head and hitting replay about 60 times, Diplo and Switch (aka Major Lazer) have now completed the puzzle with "Original Don," where we finally learn what those two crazy weapon wielders were up to -- basically just sword dancing for the hell of it.
You guys ready for this story line? "Original Don" opens on the two kids role playing with swords in their backyard. Grandma watches for a bit before she heads inside (very slowly -- she's old) to grab a different sword for the female sword dancer. Diplo's there too, reading a magazine on the couch while Grandma grabs the sword. Then he heads outside to join the crew whereby he greets them with sandwiches. Fin.
As the old saying goes, "Everything Major Lazer does terrifies me." That also happens to be why they're so rad.
+ Watch Major Lazer featuring The Partysquad, "Original Don."