Lil Peep, iLoveMakonnen, And Fall Out Boy Are In A Magical Kingdom In 'I've Been Waiting' Video

Lil Peep's dream teamwork, "I've Been Waiting," with Fall Out Boy and iLoveMakonnen was released at the end of January. The magical track should appear on Lil Peep and iLoveMakonnen's forthcoming group effort project Diamonds. It's a mystical tune, one that casts an enchanting, mid-tempo pop spell upon all who listen. So it makes sense that for the accompanying music video that it's identically as majestic and imaginative. And the visual for "I've Been Waiting" hits the marks with little effort and surpasses them for a CGI romp that rivals the lush scenery of James Cameron's Avatar. 


"Dedicated to all those people that aspire to feel magic around them. And also to Peep, who inspired this magic," reads the ancient words on the screen as birds chitter and chirp in the background. The late rapper, needless to say, isn't present in the video, nevertheless his soul lingers with a benevolent mark. Wherever he's at, he's smiling. He's then revealed to be made of tree branches in a portrait etched by nature in a cute kingdom with a castle on the hill. The greens of the gigantic douglas fir trees are prosperous and jubilant,  White debris, maybe snow or dandelions, blows peacefully. It's a serene scene of a global we can't possibly get to. Nature rules and we just occupy it.


In this world displaced in time sits iLoveMakonnen, a peasant with a piano, humbly singing as he plays. The song's colorful pop sounds clash elegantly with the surroundings. ILoveMakonnen lets a gigantic centipede pass him by while he's playing, then he steps through a mysterious casement and enters into an atypical land of air balloons. The sky's pink and there's a swimming dolphin moving majestically by way of the stratosphere. Just as iLoveMakonnen gets settled into this weird setting, he gets magically transported to Fall Out Men pretty dinner table where they feat with a gigantic white bumblebee. That's not even the brunt of the weirdness. The video grows culminates with the troupe hanging out with a gigantic dog and by then we're immersed. This land is weird and the proportions of its inhabitants are all out of whack, yet it's far enough moved from reality to justify our intrigue.


"I've Been Waiting" was quarterbacked by iLoveMakonnen who, in a recent interview with XXL revealed that he sent the track, with his and Peep's vocals already recorded, to the musical group following Peep's death. ILoveMakonnen also involving Peep for two other posthumous records, “Sunlight on Your Skin” and “Falling Down.”


Check out this fantasy romp of a video above.