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Brian Lee’s “Devil Hunting” is a multifaceted clip displaying the effect of war in both subtle ways and the more obvious. The video starts off with a kid sitting in a dark room, watching a show with men wielding around guns. It’s clear how impressionable he is with his eyes glued to the screen. Cut to the next scene of a young soldier putting on his army gear. He eventually joins his fellow soldiers as they march through the local civilization in which they are stationed. The video marries these two scenarios together while Brian Lee strums his guitar and random, exposed bystanders mouth of his lyrics. There’s the innocence of the young boy playing with his toy soldiers in the pitch black room, which is counteracted by the actual army men having to endure battle. The message is clear, especially when written on one’s hands: “War kills.”