“I Can’t Give Everything Away,” the last track and third single from the late David Bowie’s 26th studio album, Blackstar, now has a hypnotic lyric video. The album’s designer, Jonathan Barnbrook, released the animated visual via Vevo, a platform Bowie has had a bit of success with.
Barnbrook, who also collaborated with Bowie on art for 2003’s Reality and 2013’s The Next Day, among others, released a statement about his work on the video, noting that it serves as a celebration of Bowie’s life and career:
This is really a very simple little video that I wanted to be ultimately positive. We start off in black and white world of ? [Blackstar], but in the final chorus we move to brilliant color. I saw it as a celebration of David, to say that despite the adversity we face, the difficult things that happen such as David’s passing, that human beings are naturally positive, they look forward and can take the good from the past and use it as something to help with the present. We are a naturally optimistic species and we celebrate the good that we are given.
Blackstar was beloved by critics, and became Bowie’s first chart-topping album. Bowie passed away just two days after its release, leaving his fans with a solemn final parting gift—one that keeps on giving.
Watch the entrancing “I Can’t Give Everything Away” video above.
