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Salad Days Magazine | December 26, 2024

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First official animated music video for timeless Marvin Gaye anthem ‘Let’s Get It On’ via Motown/UMe

First official animated music video for timeless Marvin Gaye anthem ‘Let’s Get It On’ via Motown/UMe
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Directed by Monica Cordero and animated by Vania Chandrawidjaja and William Kusuma, the visual brings the ultimate anthem of seduction to life in vibrant fashion.

With its seventies-style color palette and psychedelic hues, the clip threads together sensual vignettes—a bitten apple and blossoming flowers. In between, a couple embraces, and the camera spotlights an animated depiction of a smiling Marvin Gaye clad in a recognizable knit hat. Ultimately, the video translates song to the screen like you’ve never seen it before. It comes on the heels of Motown/UMe’s 2023 release of ‘Let’s Get It On: Deluxe Edition’ on the fiftieth anniversary of the seminal record’s original release. Stay tuned for more soon, including a new Deluxe Edition of Marvin Gaye ‘Live!’ out digitally in 2025, which will feature the entire show for the first time on all DSPs. Additionally, the original 9-track album, which spotlighted Marvin’s return to the stage after years away, will be available on most digital platforms for the first time. Both are newly remastered and available in Dolby® ATMOS. Inducted into the GRAMMY Hall of Fame in 2004, ‘Let’s Get It On’ represents a pivotal moment not only in the career of Marvin Gaye but in the evolution of soul music. Gaye gave voice to intimate desire in a way that was lightning-charged. At the time, he claimed it was spiritually guided. Fifty years on, it’s never been more apparent that he was telling the truth.

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