A new music video by singer-songwriter Washed Out has been released on YouTube. The four-minute video was produced using OpenAI's Sora artificial intelligence video generator.

Over 55 individual clips generated from prompts by LA-based director Paul Trillo were stitched together in Adobe Premiere to create the final product. What stands out is the impressive consistency of character throughout the video.

The video was produced for the song "The Hardest Part" by indie singer Ernest Green, better known as Washed Out. Trillo said of X: "This was an idea that came to me almost 10 years ago and then was aborted. We finally got around to making it happen."

This is not the first Sola music video, but it is the first one commissioned and made. There is also a consistency of authentic characters throughout the video.

The fly-through effect, which can be seen in other Sola videos by Trillo, follows the couple and includes trippy scenes such as merging between multiple cars and jumping into walls.

There are moments that are clearly AI, including a shot where the baby appears to be floating, but they are few and far between in this stunning example of AI clips.

According to Trillo, a total of 55 clips need to be stitched together to make this video, and previous details on how Sora works reveal that each clip takes about 10 minutes to generate.

There was a small amount of tweaking in AfterEffects, but no major changes were made. The work was more or less based on clips created in Sora. What is not clear is how many clips were created to find the 55 that became the final video.

The video appears to tell the story of one couple's school years, childbirth, and adulthood. It includes scenes in school hallways, classrooms, and a supermarket.

Some users on X who replied to Trillo noted how much he saved compared to filming at the high school and doing VFX work on the more "out there" shots.

Sora may not replace traditional filmmaking in all areas, but it is a game changer when producing music videos for songs that could not otherwise be produced due to cost.

When I showed the video to my son, his first reaction was, "There is no such thing as AI." Some scenes did not match, some cars were stretched, the scenery seemed off, and other scenes were clearly AI.

The consistency of the characters is impressive, but not perfect. However, it shows how much can be accomplished when AI tools are in the hands of good creators.