Video: Inner Wave, ‘Whoa’ (feat. Bane’s World)

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Inner Wave ft. Banes World

The “Whoa” video, directed by Sean Matsuyama, is a sweet little love story starring Inner Wave‘s Pablo Sotelo and Bane’s World singer Shane Blanchard as star-crossed lovers longing for each other’s company. On this song that began as an inside joke, the two of them share vocal duties, singing mellow over a blend of synth wave and hip-hop beats that fills this short and sweet forlorn love song with treats to unpack. The video also blends forms, with snapshots and animation keeping rhythm with lots of hugs, motorcycles and giant swan-boats.

“Whoa” was released in June as the follow-up to Inner Wave’s 2017 album “Underwater Pipe Dreams,” which found the Inglewood quintet — Sotelo, Jean Pierre, Elijan Truillo, Luis Portillo and Chris Runners — blending Latin beats, psych-pop, hip-hop and R&B into a distinctive cocktail.

||| Watch: “Whoa”

||| Live: Inner Wave opens for Hyukoh at the Wiltern on Oct. 7 (tickets). They also play the Tropicalia Festival at Queen Mary Park on Nov. 3-4.