Helicopter music video by A$AP Rocky
The most recommended of 10 videos
Praised as a classic that rewards repeat viewing, with surreal effects that balance well against the human performances; common caveats are motion sickness and an unconvincing, unreal look.
Praised as a classic that rewards repeat viewing, with surreal effects that balance well against the human performances; common caveats are motion sickness and an unconvincing, unreal look.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 80%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 4 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Praised as a great, classic work
“it's really a great piece of work. The energy is frenetic and it's got this beautiful balance of surrealism from the effects and groundedness from the human performances.”
Comment from 18 Jan 2026 in “Gaussian Splatting – A$AP Rocky Helicopter Music Video” “I still rewatch this video once or twice a year. I think it's a classic in my opinion.”
Comment from 19 Jan 2026 in “Gaussian Splatting – A$AP Rocky Helicopter Music Video” Strong surreal effects and visuals
“it's really a great piece of work. The energy is frenetic and it's got this beautiful balance of surrealism from the effects and groundedness from the human performances.”
Comment from 18 Jan 2026 in “Gaussian Splatting – A$AP Rocky Helicopter Music Video” “Pairs perfectly with the visuals.”
Comment from 20 Jan 2026 in “Gaussian Splatting – A$AP Rocky Helicopter Music Video”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Looks unreal, especially the mouth
“it doesn't really look real so the applications may be limited”
Comment from 5 Jul 2026 in “Fable created novel 4D splat format” “A$AP Rocky's Gaussian splatted mouth in that video be looking worse than AI generated video”
Comment from 18 Jan 2026 in “Gaussian Splatting – A$AP Rocky Helicopter Music Video” Causes motion sickness
“It's very cool but left me badly motion sick.”
Comment from 19 Jan 2026 in “Gaussian Splatting – A$AP Rocky Helicopter Music Video”
Other videos people recommend
The four most recommended other videos, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helicopter music video by A$AP RockyThis page | 8 | 2 | 80% | 3 | — | — |
| Compression is Intelligence by 3Blue1Brown | 7 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
| GamersNexus LG TV rooting video | 7 | 7 | 50% | 2 | — | — |
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| Mike Tomlin Minecraft city video | 7 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it doesn't really look real so the applications may be limited”
“Pairs perfectly with the visuals.”
“I still rewatch this video once or twice a year. I think it's a classic in my opinion.”
“It's very cool but left me badly motion sick.”
“Why would you ever willingly associate your name with this?”
“I want to shoutout Nial Ashley (aka Llainwire) for doing this in 2023 as a solo act”
“A$AP Rocky's Gaussian splatted mouth in that video be looking worse than AI generated video”
“it's really a great piece of work. The energy is frenetic and it's got this beautiful balance of surrealism from the effects and groundedness from the human performances.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.