Yung Lean (Jonatan Leandoer) is fearsome in “STORM” a new double-single and music video by multidisciplinary duo, GENER8ION (DJ Surkin and director Romain Gavras).
In “STORM,” Leandoer stars as a brutish bully in an all-boys British boarding school. With a penchant for hijinks (including disassembling public infrastructure and creating a quasi-fight club), Leandoer’s character is genuinely unnerving, performed by the Swedish rapper with moxie and commitment.
In the second part of the video and double-single release, “STORM II,” the film and music both take an ecstatic turn. Over pianos and strings, Yung Lean calls for unity and vague revolution, singing “We stay united through the storm” after a flurry of chants of “Hey!” In the video, the suited up school boys perform a hypnotic and energetic dance on the school steps. The Damien Jalet-composed choreography reminds me of the reveling dance featured in the 2025 film The Testament of Ann Lee.
