Music / NewsDie Antwoord release spooky short film with their daughterYo-landi directs a chillingly ominous visual about a creepy kid called Tommy, featuring Jack Black and a lot of ratsShareLink copied ✔️June 21, 2017MusicNewsTextNatty Kasambala Die Antwoord have presented us with a new short film, directed by Yo-landi and starring the duo’s daughter, Sixteen Jones. The creepy film is called Tommy Can’t Sleep, with Sixteen playing a young and pretty sweary Tommy, actor Liz Carey and an unrecognisable Jack Black embodying a maniacal, future old Tommy who likes to draw dicks on walls. The black and white short also features a cameo from Yo-landi and Ninja themselves, as well as an impressively large cast of rats. It's a relatively surrealist vintage horror story a la Lynch’s Eraserhead that takes place in the home of Tommy and his parents, where he simply cannot sleep because all he can hear is the sound of rats. When he tries to talk to his parents about it, his mother screams him down and denies what Tommy is hearing. Tommy is understandably enraged and finds friendship in Yo-landi’s rat-like character and band of harrowing, creepy as fuck characters. The rest of the video is typical Die Antwoord-style – rap rave unbridled chaos – before it all blacks out. Art direction is by “I Fink U Freeky” director Roger Ballen, and the music is by The Black Goat. Last month, the freaky fave band shared “Love Drug”, from what's meant to be their last album, The Book of Zef. Ninja also joined a star-studded SS17 line-up to model for Alexander Wang alongside Adwoa Aboah, Atlanta rapper Lil Yachty and more. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREThe ultimate guide to music festivals in 2026Stop calling Justin Bieber’s Coachella set ‘lazy’ Nike Airmaxxing with New York designer Annie LianXaviersobased’s online obsessions: NBA 2K, skate videos and NickelodeonQueer nightlife is thriving in Bucharest’s abandoned backroomsOakley Oakley’s new collection was designed to weather the stormThe rise of Rico Ace in 5 tracksSwedish House Mafia unpack their Miami Ultra festival mega-set2Slimey isn’t here to be a meme artist: ‘I want a fucking Grammy’ Nourished by Time: ‘Music should be fun – but it can’t be fun all the time’K-pop has an AI problemCoals are kickstarting Poland’s dream pop sceneEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy