Lodger "Ballhead" & "One-Eye" animations takes the world by storm

There is a quick interview in today's Turun Sanomat - https://www.ts.fi/teemat/1074077642 about the band Lodger - which obviously mentions the successful viral animations by One-Eyed films, and even the global MTV Equalityzone.

Teemu Merilä answers the phone. Lodger is touring for the first time in Germany. During the two-week trip, there is a gig almost every day.

In 2003, Lodger won the main prize of the Oulu Music Video Festival with his video of the Gold Pump Doorsteps. Band bassist Hannes Häyhän created the animation made with a zero budget. It perfectly illustrated the monotonous song of the band's singer and songwriter Teemu Merilä. Doorsteps was later also awarded at the BAF03 event in Britain and attracted attention at the World’s Tour 2004 exhibition.

However, Doorsteps only became a phenomenon on the internet. The same happened to its successor, the video for the song I Love Death, which featured the same animated ball-headed anti-hero, nicknamed "Ballhead" and "One-Eye".

Due to the online success, Lodger's music and Häyhä's animations have also ended up in MTV's Load program, the global MTV Equalityzone campaign, and advertisements in different parts of the world.

- "All kinds of requests have come from all over the world. However, it has been important for us to move forward on the terms of the music. We have made it clear that animations are made only for our own songs," says Häyhä, the animator and lyricist of the band.

Watch Lodger - "I love Death" Music Video (2004) (Finland)
See also: Lodger MTV Equalityzone.org viral animationssrc="adland.tv/odger-i-love-death-music-video-2004-finland">Lodger - "I love Death" Music Video (2004) (Finland)
See also: Lodger MTV Equalityzone.org viral animationssrc="adland.tv/odger-equalityzoneorg-viral-animations">Lodger MTV Equalityzone.org viral animationssrc="adland.tv/odger-i-love-death-music-video-2004-finland">Lodger - "I love Death" Music Video (2004) (Finland)
See also: Lodger MTV Equalityzone.org viral animations