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Skrillex Premieres Mind-Blowing New Video

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It’s one thing to empathize with at-risk kids, or to speak up for them generally, but Skrillex takes it a step further — and then further still — in this stunning new video for the track “First of the Year (Equinox).”

On his More Monsters and Sprites EP, “First of the Year” begins with a fairly amiable, reggae-tinged stroll and squeakily pitched vocal, then shifts into a sprightly electro-house keyboard melody before a dubstep code-red breakdown explodes.

But in this clip, the song’s melodic preamble also serves as an ominous backdrop for a creepy, would-be predator who’s lurking outside a playground where young children are frolicking. The day is overcast, but something much darker is in the air, as a little girl leaves and the man stalks after her. When she unexpectedly skips off to a dark, abandoned warehouse, he continues to follow, eventually entering a room where she’s standing alone, holding a telephone receiver. The keyboards suddenly fade into a glitchier groove, and then, at the 1:25 mark, well, you gotta see for yourself.

Let’s just say, this isn’t your ordinary tyke.

WATCH: Skrillex, “First of the Year (Equinox)”

https://www.youtube.com/embed/2cXDgFwE13g?version=3