RUNNINGBACK | “tungsten” - KAI
✦ “tungsten” out now - stream and download at https://solo.to/kai
RUNNINGBACK (Part 2/3 of the "You're So Loved" trilogy) is a short film set to “tungsten” by KAI.
see part 1 of this trilogy here: • ANYTHING YOU WANT | "red" - KAI & Mei Semones
see part 3 of this trilogy here: • YOU'RE SO LOVED | "when you're lonely" - KAI
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✦ credits
Kai Tsao
Director • Ben See-Tho
Director • Kai Tsao
1st Assistant Director • Meg Yamada
Director of Photography • Jett Yamada
2nd Unit Director of Photography • Ben See-Tho
1st Assistant Camera • Justin Nguyen
Executive Producer • Wayne Osborne
Production Company • KLND LLC
Producer • Kai Tsao
Producer • Ben See-Tho
Associate Producer • Aidan Stone
Gaffer • Alicia Qian
HMU • Eric Her
2nd Unit HMU • Annabelle Nam
Location Coordinator • Tyler Greene
Editor • Kevin Zhang
Editor • Ben See-Tho
Assistant Editor • Kai Tsao
Color • Kevin Zhang
VFX • Kevin Zhang
Music
Artist • Kai Tsao
Producer • terrence bicycle
Backing Vocals • Chianie Chi
Additional Vocals • Eph See
Recording Engineer • Kai Tsao
Mixing Engineer • Kai Tsao
Mastering Engineer • Kai Tsao
Recording Studio • KLND
Dance
Performance • Claire Wellwood
Performance • Ben See-Tho
Cast
Player One • Kai Tsao
Player Three • Kai Tsao
KAI • Kai Tsao
Lab Tech 1 • Sergio Morejon
NPC 1 • Henry Alper
NPC 2 • Will Florentino
NPC 3 • Zac Sanders
NPC 4 • Jackson Raff
NPC 5 • Tyler Greene
NPC 6 • Sean Yu
NPC 7 • Clem Colwell
NPC 8 • Philip Ward
NPC 9 • Will Jackson
NPC 10 • Ankur Mishra
NPC 11 • Lucy Lee
NPC 12 • Caitlin Nguyen
NPC 13 • Kyle Petersen
✦ lyrics
singing to the wildlife
running through rye fields to catch the view
watching from the sidelines
cuz i just run out of breath racing back to you
i wanna keep keep keep running back back back
it’s on repeat, peat, peat, just like that, that, that
i wanna keep keep keep running back back back to you
and i’m sorry for all the times we met before
i’m sorry
it’s all for nothing
you caught me falling through the sunset
i braced to hit the ground
and when the varnish coats my essence
i hope you’re far enough to tell i’m sorry
(singing to the wildlife
i run forth through the high tide
watching from the sidelines
mind raced back to the sunshine)
i wanna keep keep keep running back back back
it’s on repeat, peat, peat, just like that, that, that
i wanna keep keep keep running back back back to you
taught you how to high five
i found the patience to face the truth
away for all the highlights
and i can’t stop feeling like it’s selfish
cuz you make my bed while i waste my time writing
in my head, i can’t say goodbye
cuz i keep keep keep running back back back to you
and i’m sorry for all the times we met before
i’m sorry
it’s all for nothing
you caught me falling through the sunset
i braced to hit the ground
and when the varnish coats my essence
i hope you’re far enough to tell i’m sorry
i wanna keep keep keep running back back back
it’s on repeat, peat, peat, just like that, that, that
i wanna keep keep keep running back back back to you
i wanna keep keep keep running back back back
it’s on repeat, peat, peat, just like that, that, that
i wanna keep keep keep running back back back to you
as long as i’m around and you still need me
as long as tungsten lights still line suburban streets
i’ll peel peaches for you every morning
you’re so loved
avarice
act nice, then i’m ill
diamonds on my wrist, that’s ice on my grill
mykonos heloc on my neck, yes, still
yellow light beams off the neck
let’s chill
rare steel finished chrome for the estremos
i don’t feel unless it’s dome from the medical
i’m a musical machine, i’m exceptional
fuck your dreams, i don’t ponder hypotheticals
living half a life & im gassed out
doing 180 like an isotope
burned out but i’m bloodthirsty
my hexed eyes like kaleidoscopes
war cries from brittle lungs
shattered echoes through the night young
hotboxed my compunction & with a heavy heart, i made tungsten
i’m weighed down
(drilling through the wildlife
i’m gassed out on the i-5, huh
pitcher full of cyanide
iris laced red with the sunshine)