{"id":2242119,"date":"2026-01-20T12:35:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T12:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2242119"},"modified":"2026-01-20T12:35:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T12:35:29","slug":"aap-rocky-enlists-tim-burton-for-air-force-black-demarco-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/aap-rocky-enlists-tim-burton-for-air-force-black-demarco-video\/","title":{"rendered":"A$AP Rocky Enlists Tim Burton for &#8216;Air Force (Black Demarco)&#8217; Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The track appears on the rapper&#8217;s new album, <em>Don&#8217;t Be Dumb<\/em>, released last week<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/aap-rocky\/\" id=\"auto-tag_aap-rocky\" data-tag=\"aap-rocky\">A$AP Rocky<\/a> shared a music video for \u201cAir Force (Black Demarco),\u201d which stars filmmaker <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/tim-burton\/\" id=\"auto-tag_tim-burton\" data-tag=\"tim-burton\">Tim Burton<\/a>, a collaborator on the rapper\u2019s new LP, <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/asap-rocky-dont-be-dumb-album-release-1235500476\/\">Don\u2019t Be Dumb<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe clip, directed by A$AP Rocky and AWGE, is narrated in the style of Burton\u2019s <em>The Nightmare Before Christmas<\/em> and follows the director as he brings to life the six alter-ego characters he designed for <em>Don\u2019t Be Dumb<\/em>. While sitting at a bar with his sketchbook, Burton accidentally unleashes the characters into New York City, where they cause chaos. The animated characters visit familiar locations, including the West 4th Street Subway station and the Statue of Liberty. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A$AP Rocky - WHISKEY\/BLACK DEMARCO (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b9JBRhV73cQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cAir Force (Black Demarco)\u201d appears on A$AP Rocky\u2019s latest release, <em>Don\u2019t Be Dumb<\/em>, his fourth studio album and his first LP in eight years. It encompasses\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/asap-rocky-dont-be-dumb-album-track-list-1235499783\/\">15 tracks<\/a>\u00a0and includes previously released singles \u201cPunk Rocky\u201d and \u201cHelicopter,\u201d which both rolled out with wildly surreal music videos \u2014 the first\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/asap-rocky-winona-ryder-punk-rocky-video-1235494438\/\">featuring<\/a>\u00a0Winona Ryder, Thundercat, and Danny Elfman, another Burton collaborator. Rocky partnered with Burton for the cover art, which features the six personas seen in the video. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tWhen speaking to\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theperfectmagazine.com\/features\/perfect\/asap-rocky\/perfect-blckg-f6lhj-s9akw-wyjtk-tmckh-3j5mf-grtfd-cm2j6-lycre-jznxn-e7mkk-maewd-ntnnh-znr5t-br28x\"><em>Perfect<\/em>\u00a0<\/a>about what\u2019s taken him nearly eight years to follow up 2018\u2019s\u00a0<em>Testing<\/em>, Rocky said he\u2019s seeking perfection and honed in on building a legacy. \u201cThat\u2019s why I\u2019m not so eager to just drop, drop, drop,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t do things to just try and stay relevant, or keep my name in the conversation. I try to do natural things, creative, ambitious things that really satisfy me.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe rapper <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/snl-watch-asap-rocky-perform-punk-rocky-helicopter-1235501165\/\">performed on<\/a> <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em> over the weekend to promote the album. On the late-night sketch show, he showcased lead single\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/asap-rocky-winona-ryder-punk-rocky-video-1235494438\/\">\u201cPunk Rocky<\/a>\u201d before performing a medley of\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/asap-rocky-helicopter-video-dont-be-dumb-album-1235498620\/\">\u201cHelicopter\u201d<\/a>\u00a0and the album\u2019s title track. He also held an <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/asap-rocky-dont-be-dumb-album-release-party-1235500976\/\">album release party<\/a> earlier in the week. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThere\u2019s no word yet from Rocky on a tour in support of his latest album. His next scheduled show is headlining the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/governors-ball-2026-lineup-1235494536\/\">Governors Ball<\/a>\u00a0in Queens, New York in June.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.rollingstone.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The track appears on the rapper&#8217;s new album, Don&#8217;t Be Dumb, released last week A$AP Rocky shared a music video for \u201cAir Force (Black Demarco),\u201d which stars filmmaker Tim Burton, a collaborator on the rapper\u2019s new LP, Don\u2019t Be Dumb. The clip, directed by A$AP Rocky and AWGE, is narrated in the style of Burton\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2242120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[308494,310042],"class_list":["post-2242119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-aap-rocky","tag-tim-burton"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AAP-Rocky-Enlists-Tim-Burton-for-Air-Force-Black-Demarco.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2242119"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2242121,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242119\/revisions\/2242121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2242120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2242119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2242119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2242119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}