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Sep 25, 2014 jj By Cody Ray Shafer

Swedish duo JJ have another video from their third LP V. “Dynasti” is a stunningly cinematic vision of deserts, dancing, and burning pianos. Like their last video, “Inner Light,” it’s accompanied by an explanatory poem from the band, which you can read below the video.

this is the dynasti when 26 looks back at 24

this is the dynasti when all we wanted was more

this is the dynasti before we grew older

this is the dynasti before you sent no°5 in a zip-folder

this is the dynasti before that last harry potter movie

this is the dynasti before daft punk went groovie

this is the dynasti before the seasons of game of thrones

and before pussy riot entered “holy” zones

this is the dynasti before someone told us sky is the limit

and we rented that sky lift, just to get a wider image

this is the dynasti before sad boys lost gravity

this is the dynasti before someone taught us about naivety

this is the dynasti before they spelled those contracts and wanted us to sign fuzz

and before we begged stole and borrowed everything they never offered us

this is the dynasti before someone told us about money

this is the dynasti before our friends made us richer than honey

this is the dynasti before we knew that this video would be impossible without them

and before we knew our friendship would last until the end

this is the dynasti before hate stroke Showan

this is the dynasti before game was changed by Shyman

this is the dynasti before the world was crying too shy

this is the dynasti before we could go on like nothing happened

this is the dynasti before the streets belonged to us

this is the dynasti before we joined forces

and before bush was fired by moses

this is the dynasti before fågelsången and that twitter

this is the dynasti before you prayed to jesus but bought him on glitter

this is the dynasti before you got a bank deposit box and locked it in

this is the dynasti before we found it on blocket and joined linkedin

this is the dynasti before they dreamt about you and me

this is the dynasti before dean met me

this is the dynasti before we fell apart

this is the dynasti before we were a part of it all

this is the dynasti before

this is the dynasti now

let’s get ready for some mumbo jumbo no° 5