Gallery: Beck Built His Latest Music Video From Killer Instagram Clips

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    Beck's music video for “Wow” is a “music video art gallery.” Beck and his director sourced art from artists' Instagram accounts. This one is by John McLaughlin.
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    The video begins and ends in the wild west. A horse gallops, dust swirls up from a dirt road, a cowboy twirls his guns...
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    ...but then the video veers into abstract hyper-realism, courtesy of several pieces of art. This one is by Sam Cannon.
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    This one is from Andy Gregg.
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    Horses, art, and yes, plenty of euphoric dancing.
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