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MVs on Retro Displays

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MVs on Retro Displays

Published Year

2023

Work type

Video editing, experimental art

Growing up in the 90s, a big part of my childhood was shaped by games built with 8-bit and 16-bit graphics. This sparked my curiosity to reimagine various music videos in a retro style, as if they had been released on vintage displays like the Apple III, Game Boy, or Game Boy Color. I took the experiment further by exploring how the videos would look if each pixel were replaced with an emoji matching its hue and saturation. Examples of this work include Aquaman and Earfquake.

Snoop Dogg (Ft. Pharrell) - “Drop It Like It’s Hot”w/8bit sound on Apple III

Drake - “Hotline Bing”visualized in ASCII w/8-bit sound on Macintosh

New Jeans - “Hypeboy”w/8-bit sound on Gameboy

Dean - “Instagram”Visualized in ASCII style

Beenzino - “Aquaman”Pixelated with emojis

Illionaire - “Profile”Multi-device video collage

Migos - “Stir Fry”Visualized in ASCII with 8-bit sound

Roddy Ricch - “The Box”w/8-bit sound on Gameboy

© 2025 Isaac Hong

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MVs on Retro Displays

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MVs on Retro Displays

Published Year

2023

Work type

Video editing, experimental art

Growing up in the 90s, a big part of my childhood was shaped by games built with 8-bit and 16-bit graphics. This sparked my curiosity to reimagine various music videos in a retro style, as if they had been released on vintage displays like the Apple III, Game Boy, or Game Boy Color. I took the experiment further by exploring how the videos would look if each pixel were replaced with an emoji matching its hue and saturation. Examples of this work include Aquaman and Earfquake.

Snoop Dogg (Ft. Pharrell) - “Drop It Like It’s Hot”w/8bit sound on Apple III

Drake - “Hotline Bing”visualized in ASCII w/8-bit sound on Macintosh

New Jeans - “Hypeboy”w/8-bit sound on Gameboy

Dean - “Instagram”Visualized in ASCII style

Beenzino - “Aquaman”Pixelated with emojis

Illionaire - “Profile”Multi-device video collage

Migos - “Stir Fry”Visualized in ASCII with 8-bit sound

Roddy Ricch - “The Box”w/8-bit sound on Gameboy

© 2025 Isaac Hong

Home

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Personal

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MVs on Retro Displays

Project

MVs on Retro Displays

Published Year

2023

Work type

Video editing, experimental art

Growing up in the 90s, a big part of my childhood was shaped by games built with 8-bit and 16-bit graphics. This sparked my curiosity to reimagine various music videos in a retro style, as if they had been released on vintage displays like the Apple III, Game Boy, or Game Boy Color. I took the experiment further by exploring how the videos would look if each pixel were replaced with an emoji matching its hue and saturation. Examples of this work include Aquaman and Earfquake.

Snoop Dogg (Ft. Pharrell) - “Drop It Like It’s Hot”w/8bit sound on Apple III

Drake - “Hotline Bing”visualized in ASCII w/8-bit sound on Macintosh

New Jeans - “Hypeboy”w/8-bit sound on Gameboy

Dean - “Instagram”Visualized in ASCII style

Beenzino - “Aquaman”Pixelated with emojis

Illionaire - “Profile”Multi-device video collage

Migos - “Stir Fry”Visualized in ASCII with 8-bit sound

Roddy Ricch - “The Box”w/8-bit sound on Gameboy

© 2025 Isaac Hong