{"id":12151,"date":"2021-12-10T13:43:25","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T19:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/?p=12151"},"modified":"2026-05-06T15:01:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:01:18","slug":"matt-foster-magic-music-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2021\/12\/10\/matt-foster-magic-music-video\/","title":{"rendered":"MATT FOSTER :: \u201cMAGIC\u201d MUSIC VIDEO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Matt-Foster_Arnes_creditJenDoerksen20211013-51-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Matt-Foster_Arnes_creditJenDoerksen20211013-51-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Matt-Foster_Arnes_creditJenDoerksen20211013-51-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Matt-Foster_Arnes_creditJenDoerksen20211013-51-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Matt-Foster_Arnes_creditJenDoerksen20211013-51-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Matt-Foster_Arnes_creditJenDoerksen20211013-51-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Words by Ryan Haughey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What can you do with 85 cents? According to Matt Foster, not too much.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>A suburban neighbourhood sets the scene for Foster\u2019s music video for the debut single, \u201cMagic\u201d. A palm muted guitar lick is accompanied by sporadic drumming as a white minivan pulls up to the curb. The moustachio\u2019d driver gets out and saunters up the front steps to a house, keys drawn. However, none of these keys seem to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Foster\u2019s low, crooning voice expresses unmet assumptions: \u201cI thought we were the moon\u201d. Howling alongside a growling flute, Foster\u2019s frustration is mimicked in the grimace of the key-holder, still trying to unlock the front door. Abetted by a smooth woodwind ensemble, the chorus is reminiscent of a smokey, basement jazz club, and the soft falsetto melody of the line, \u201cI don\u2019t feel good\u201d places Foster as the slick but afflicted singer of the band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With each key that doesn\u2019t fit, our flustered key-holder becomes more and more agitated. Inside, a pot of water is transitioning from a simmer to a boil. As tension rises on the other side of the door, so rises hot steam from the pot.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Foster sings \u201cI feel like 85 cents.\u201d Chump change. A great simile for \u2013 quite plainly \u2013 feeling like crap. We never get inside the house to take the pot off the element, but this anti-resolution captures the grievances Matt foster expresses in \u201cMagic\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Matt Foster - Magic (Official Video)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rfBi-FHM5gE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words by Ryan Haughey What can you do with 85 cents? According to Matt Foster, not too much.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12151"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12167,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12151\/revisions\/12167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}