Plato III is the shape-shifting rap project of Ryan Silva - a former game show contestant, Dungeon studio pilgrim and sharp-eyed chronicler of modern life. Raised in a West Texas trailer park and now based in LA, Silva’s sound is a slick mix of hip hop, funk and R&B, with a tinge of indie rock.
His new single ‘I Want (Money)’ is a funk-laced bop paired with a vivid, surrealist video inspired by his own time on a game show. It channels a nightmare vision of channel-surfed capitalism, flicking through hyperreal snapshots of consumer culture, desire and distorted value systems.
“I decided I wanted money”, says Silva. “You see the people with a lot of it and it seems like they should share. Even still, the pursuit takes a personal toll that I’m not sure is worth the consequences. This one is about me trying to find the happy medium between ‘money is the root of all evil’ and ‘money is the measurement of one’s value to society’. I lean closer to the former”.
🎧 Watch the video for ‘I Want Money’ below