The music video, which was posted under the B²TSM name, comes after the duo’s shock retirement news on 14 October
The comedy duo formerly known as TwoSet Violin and comprising Australian violinists Brett Yang and Eddy Chen has returned under the name B²TSM with a music video titled ’B²TSM - ‘I’m Bach’ Official MV’.
On 14 October, the duo shocked fans with a social media post announcing their ‘last piece of content’ after eleven years together. The majority of the pair’s social media content disappeared as well as most of its YouTube videos, which went private.
On 3 December, a 31-second teaser video featuring only Chen and entitled ’B²TSM - “I’m Bach” Official Teaser’ was released on the TwoSet Violin Instagram page, their B²TSM Instagram account, the TwoSet Violin YouTube channel and the TwoSet Violin Facebook profile. The enigmatic video showed a costumed Chen with his violin and a time machine in a church. It also teased a 5 December release date.
On 5 December, a full 3:50-minute music video, again including only Chen, was released. It starts with Chen dressed as Johann Sebastian Bach playing the beginning of the composer’s D minor Chaconne, which is interrupted when a time machine appears above him. The video then turns into a classical music-themed rap music video.
Watch the video here:
The B²TSM Instagram account also includes four posts from October 2022, such as a music video similar in style to the recently released ‘I’m Bach’ video.
Although the new video features only Chen, Yang is credited as one of the song’s writers. The other credits include Min Ju Pak, Wylla Yanuarita and Eddy Chen as writers, and the video was produced by Shaun O’Brien.
A website under the B²TSM name is also live. It features portraits of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich. While the Bach photo is linked to the recently released music video, the others are covered with ‘Coming Soon’ banners.
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