Director Mitch Moore, who’s worked with Majical Cloudz, took to Instagram to speak on the alleged similarities between the official music video for The Weeknd‘s “Can’t Feel My Face” and an unreleased music video of the group’s.
Moore posted a video on Instragram on Monday, Aug. 24 which features side-by-side footage of “Can’t Feel My Face” and the unreleased music video by Majical Cloudz, which he directed.
“So about a year ago, I directed a video for Majical Cloudz. Because of creative differences, it never came out,” Moore wrote on an Instagram post. But the production was large, and many feedback emails were sent out with private uploads of the edit. It’s come to my attention that some body [sic] at the help of a certain mega popular video must have seen one or more of these unreleased edits. The resemblance is too uncanny.”
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Both videos do feature a similar concept in which an artist performs at moody, dimly lit nightclub, and catches the eye of an attractive woman amongst the crowd. But could it simply be a coincidence? The concept isn’t entirely new or unique in music videos or feature films.
After his claim spread throughout social media, Moore amended his post to clarify that he wasn’t “calling” any artist or video out. “I’m NOT calling out any specific body including that video’s director. BTW neither idea is original. But the mise en scene of the shots and their function within the scene were too uncannily similar.”