Cadence Weapon has released a new music video with a view of Toronto from above.
The Canadian rapper’s new single “High Rise” explores the difficulty of living through Toronto’s condo boom.
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In the video, the city’s sidewalks are filmed from a high rise up in the air. The camera scans through the streets, showing pedestrians and traffic, occasionally spotting a dancer moving to the music.
Speaking to The Toronto Star, Weapon spoke about the inspiration for the song: searching for a place to live in the city after moving from Montreal.
“I wanted to make a song from the perspective of a demonic, evil real estate agent who is dead set on destroying the fabric of urban communities,” he explained.
“Living in Montreal and Edmonton and coming to Toronto and seeing the kind of condoland, I find it feels a little oppressive to be in these spaces so I wanted the video to reflect how I am feeling in these spaces.”
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Despite his problems with the way condos shape Canadian cities, Weapon does believe everyone in the city can form a community and co-exist.
“I don’t want to make this a diss song to anybody living in a condo,” he said. “It is more my perspective on quality of life. It is also about the capitalist aspect of real estate. That is really what I am commenting on.”
