Archived: Amid Mixed Reviews, Differentology Video Leads New Zealand TV Personality to Request Trini-Like Carnival

While at home the reviews have been mixed, with many saying they expected a lot more from Bunji Garlin’s recently released video for the 2013 hit single, Differentology, a few people outside of Trinidad and Tobago have taken note of the production, and seem to be loving the direction. For one, television presenter and producer Tim Lambourne who works at TVNZ in New Zealand, on Friday evening, tweeted, “Best music video this year. Trinidadian Vikings in the mud. Differentology by @BUNJIGARLIN.” He had sent the tweet to well known New Zealand DJ, Nick Dwyer – a man known for presenting fresh, new music from well loved artistes and breakthrough sounds from the hottest new acts in modern music.

New Zealand television presenter and producer, Tim Lambourne.

Bunji Garlin remained unscathed by the comments of some on social media networks over the weekend, saying he appreciated all comments. One comment we’re certain he would have appreciated was one posted on Twitter by fellow Caribbean rooted entertainer, Kardinal Official. On Friday at 8:36pm, Kardinal tweeted, “You are who you surround urself with. @BUNJIGARLIN inspired me with this video. MAWD!”

On Friday when the video launched to the world via ETCETERABUZZ.COM, the excitement to view it was incredible. The site was inundated with views- some 2000 plus in the first  half hour. Throughout the day, the excitement didn’t stop. On video sharing site YouTube, some chose to vent their disappointment, with one person saying, “Some parts of this video were quite clever but the overall product was hindered by the inability of the director/editor to connect all the scenes in a cohesive manner, infact many scenes should have been left out altogether. I feel that if Mr. Garlin was attempting to make an arthouse style production he should have held on to that idea an not try to appeal to the “wine and jam crowd” by inserting in the random “wining pit”.  It completely killed the credibility of all that he tried to put forward.”

On the flip side, others understood. One viewer remarked,”The name of the big hit is DIFFERENTOLOGY. The video portrays the title of the song and kudos to the hard effort placed on it by producers and others responsible. The characters coming out from the pothole and running to me explains that part of it. Why have a video putting emphasis on only individuals jamming on the road. We should be moving forward in video making not backward. People should do some research on Vikings to understand the other scenes in the video. #SIMPLE.”

Bunji Garlin remains unscathed.

Despite the feelings- whether negative or positive, the video has already amassed in excess of 58,000 views on the artiste’s YouTube channel. Separately, it certainly led to a question posed by New Zealand’s Tim Lambourne on Friday. He tweeted, “@BUNJIGARLIN you’re very welcome! Are you bringing that Carnival down under any time soon?” … and to us, that’s where the attention today, two days following the video’s launch, ought to be placed.