The singer Skynd's vocals may shine in this music video for her track "Bianca Devins", delivering a pretty haunting performance, but the video stumbles with some lackluster AI effects that unintentionally dehumanizes its subject. The contrast with the more humanized portrayal of Shanann Watts in the "Chris Watts" music video, that was created by the same director P. R. Brown, is particularly notable. Even Skynd's choice of some corny anime-inspired makeup detracts from the seriousness of the content, making her appearance come off as silly than impactful. Moreover, the Swiss actress Sarah Baumgartner, who did a good job portraying a school shooting survivor in a previous SKYND video titled "Columbine", seems underutilized in this one, marking a missed opportunity to showcase her talents more effectively. I even showed a close friend of mine who is a manga geek this video and asked her if she if the effects really looked that bad. She told me that she bursted out laughing while watching this video.
So one might say that, despite good intentions, the band's attempt at translating the case of Bianca Devins into a song, as well as into a music video, ended up getting lost in translation.