In the age of the multi-hyphenate, it’s not surprising for a rising star to have a few tricks up his or her sleeve, but in addition to writing and producing his own material, Conner Youngblood has taken his multi-instrumentalist status to the next level. Harnessing an eclectic mix of instruments including the banjo, clarinet and harp–each weaved effortlessly into his recent EP The Generation of Lift–Youngblood's new self-produced music video saw the Dallas-born virtuoso enlist director Johannes Greve Muskat to capture him tearing up South Dakota’s own barren terrain for “The Badlands”.