Shredding the Balloon

"Shredding the Balloon"

Single by [[Hilltop Hoods ]]

from the album Drinking from the Sun

Released

20 July 2012

Genre

Hip-Hop/Rap

Length

4:45

Label

Golden Era Records

Hilltop Hoods singles chronology

"Speaking in Tongues"
(2012)

"Shredding the Balloon"
(2012)

"Rattling the Keys to the Kingdom"
(2012)

"Shredding the Balloon" is a single by the Australian hip hop group, Hilltop Hoods. It was released on 20 July 2012, and it is the third single from the album, Drinking From the Sun.^[1]

Music video

The music video premiered on the V Music website^[2] on 10 July 2012 and was released on YouTube the following day.

The video was filmed in The Masonic Lodge, located in Adelaide, Australia, and was produced and directed by Unity Sound & Visual (Selina Miles and Australian hip hop producer, ADFU).^[3]

Narrative

It features the group sitting around a large banquet of grapes and wine, and switches between this and what appears to be a couple on a night out. No story has been released stating the exact meaning of the video however it appears that the male, in reality, is a drunken mess and the female represents him throughout the video. In the third verse of the song, Suffa talks about his sobriety so the video interlinks with this.

At the end of the clip, the female falls from a large height and lands on the table at which Suffa, Pressure and DJ Debris are seated. Her death is a metaphor for the male leaving his drug ridden lifestyle and starting over. He can be seen smiling when she dies and he then walks away.

References

↑ "Hilltop Hoods: Shredding the Balloon". Hilltop Hoods Official Website. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
↑ "Hilltop Hoods video premiere". VMusic. Foxtel Management Pty Ltd. 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
↑ Hilltop Hoods (20 July 2012). "Shredding the Balloon - Behind the Scenes". Hilltop Hoods Facebook fan page. Facebook. Retrieved 15 September 2012.

Hilltop Hoods

Suffa Pressure DJ Debris DJ Next MC Summit

Studio albums	A Matter of Time (1999) Left Foot, Right Foot (2001) The Calling (2003) The Hard Road (2006) State of the Art (2009) Drinking from the Sun (2012) Walking Under Stars (2014)

Remix albums	The Hard Road: Restrung (2007) The Good Life In the Sun (2012) The Cold Night Sky (2015) Drinking from the Sun, Walking Under Stars Restrung (2016)

EPs	Back Once Again (1997)

Singles	"Testimonial Year" "Dumb Enough" "The Nosebleed Section" "Clown Prince" "The Hard Road" "What a Great Night" "Recapturing the Vibe" "Recapturing the Vibe Restrung" "Chase That Feeling" "Still Standing" "The Light You Burned" "I Love It" "Speaking in Tongues" "Shredding the Balloon" "Rattling the Keys to the Kingdom" "Won't Let You Down" "Pyramid Building" "Cosby Sweater"

DVDs	The Calling Live (2005) The City of Light (2007) Parade of the Dead (2010)

Mixtapes (with Golden Era Records Crew)	Golden Era Mixtape 2011 (2011) Golden Era Mixtape 2012 (2012) Golden Era Mixtape 2013 (2013) Golden Era Mixtape 2014 (2014) Golden Era Mixtape 2015 (2015)

Related articles	Obese Records Golden Era Records Australian hip hop Certified Wise crew

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