March 4, 2025
Written By
WESH Staff
In a delightful surprise for fans, Don Toliver has unveiled the official music video for No Pole—a song that originally surfaced on the deluxe edition of his 2023 album, Love Sick. While the track has been a streaming favorite since its release on February 28, 2023, Toliver has now given it a fresh lease on life with a surreal visual that feels plucked from a dream—or perhaps a fever dream.
The video begins with a classic setup: Toliver and his driver are stranded in an empty parking lot, their sleek sports car now an oversized paperweight thanks to an empty gas tank. But as the artist wanders off in search of a solution, his driver is drawn to a woman performing an eerily hypnotic dance on a lamppost—an unexpected moment of grace in an otherwise mundane setting. Before long, things take a turn for the bizarre, and the driver, along with the car, vanishes into the concrete, leaving Toliver to return to a scene that no longer makes sense.
There’s something distinctly cinematic about the way this plays out, calling to mind the surreal tension of David Lynch’s work—where everyday settings unravel into something far stranger. The empty lot, the unexplained disappearance, and the dancer’s quiet allure all feel like they belong in a dream sequence from Mulholland Drive or a psychological puzzle crafted by Jordan Peele.
But why drop the video now, two years after the song’s release? Some fans think it’s a clever way to reintroduce No Pole to new audiences, while others suspect it’s a bridge between past and future projects. Whatever the reason, Toliver’s latest visual is a reminder that music videos can still be playful, eerie, and full of surprises.
