Flume feat. Caroline Polachek - Sirens (Official Music Video)
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- Flume feat. Caroline Polachek - Sirens (Official Music Video)
From the forthcoming studio album, “Palaces,” out everywhere May 20th.
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Production Credits:
Director: Daniel Askill
Executive Producer: Sara Greco
Executive Producer: Joshua Goldstein
Executive Producer: Serial Pictures
Director of Photography: Khalid Mohtaseb
Line Producer: Christopher Lopez
Assistant Director: Dariana Jiron
Post production:
Editor : Lorin Askill
Visual effects: Glenn Stewart for Collider Studio
Post Producer - Karen Bryson
Post House : Collider Sydney
Color: James Tillett / The Mill
Styling and Costume Design by Dion Lee
Caroline Custom Design by Dion Lee
Hair: Erol Karadag
Makeup: Akiko Owada
1st AC: Robert Lau
2nd AC: Shaun Joye
DIT: Matthew Jensen
Crane OP: Scotty Buckler
Crane Tech: Randy Quintaro
Gaffer: Tank
Best Boy: Evan Wood
Electric: Charles Kelk
Electric: Rolf Eberlein
Key Grip: Chris Wiesehahn
Best Boy Grip: Leonardo Alvarez
Best Boy Grip: Bliss Bussant
Grip: Chris Yannaco
Production Designer: Pili Weeber
Art Coordinator: Caroline Jackson
Set Decorator: Yusef Ali
718 FX: Mike Myers
718 FX: Brian Myers
718 FX Tech: Max Sikora
Rock Fabrication: Daniel Dunn
Stunt Coordinator: Jake Eavey
Stunt Rigger: Natalie Diaz
Flume Stunt Double: Peter Wallack
Playback: Matthew Caulfield
Medic: Adam Pace
Production Assistant: Victor Vasquez
Video Commissioner: Ed Sholl / Future Classic
Lyrics:
And if I could
I'd raise my arm
And wave a wand
To end all harm
And if i could
With just a sigh
I'd stop the tide
Of siren cries
And if i could
With just a sigh
I'd stop the tide
Of siren cries
And if I could
And if I could
No wand of mine
No end in sight
And if I could
I'd raise my arm
And wave a wand
To end all harm
And if i could
With just a sigh
I'd stop the tide
Of siren cries
And if I could
Dissolve all pride
Unite divides
Surrender sides
And if I could
And if I could
No wand of mine
No end in sight
And if I could
I can’t believe it took this long for Caroline to be on a track named Siren. To me it’s the perfect descriptor for her voice. Ocean of Tears also has a siren theme, so go watch that if you haven’t. She’s extraordinary.
“The Lady got Gills” from her previous project Ramona Lisa also has some lyrics about sirens! It’s a really nice song
@@arian_motta OMG I love that song 😱😱
@@sayyestotheness3977 it's probably my favorite from Arcadia... but in general I love the whole album haha. Dominic was the first one I've listened to, and you?
@@arian_motta yes that whole album is great, my favorites being ladys got gills, getaway ride and izzit true what they tell me. also a huge chairlift and current Caroline Polachek fan (billions, fave songs of all time 🙃)
I came here to say the same thing
This song is actually about the pandemic.
*“I was living by myself in London, and it was the darkest time in the pandemic,” Polacheck added. “I was really going through it, feeling so small, unable to control anything in the world, and the lyric ‘sirens’ was in reference to constant ambulances I was hearing.”*
And if I could
With just a sigh
I'd stop the tide
Of siren cries
This song is beautiful, this video is beautiful...but knowing the siren cries being referred to are ambulances carrying dying people and that the singer is actually wishing to save them makes it heartbreaking as well.
As well, her father sadly passed from COVID-19 in 2020. Heartbreaking.
Music can be interpreted subjectively by the listener. To me this song has a completely different meaning.
@@TJ22_83 you sure told them
I interpreted the song as “sirens” that lead good men on. They promise you the world then show their true side and betray you. Ultimately becoming unfaithful and crushing your heart in the end. It’s what happened to me. The song never meant anything about ambulance sirens but “sirens of the sea”.
@@Jwet1100 If songs can be interpreted subjectively then you can't tell other people that the song never meant what the artist said it did. 🤣Do you not understand what "subjective" means...
I also know and understand mythology but I'm not going to just agree with your interpretation over the person who wrote the lyrics lol.
I get that you disagree with the artists meaning, but using the word "never" is just silly lol. You cannot tell other people their subjective interpretation is wrong...but actually saying the ARTIST HERSELF is wrong is another level.
Sorry dude but...no. The woman who wrote the song knows what she was thinking and feeling when she wrote it.
Also, sorry you're going through a tough time but this is an artist's rendition of something, not a 1:1 take on the mythology of sirens. Your interpretation is fine, but it's not necessarily "right" for everyone else, including the people who actually created the art. If you want to deliberately see something other than what the artist said that's fine, but other people can still see it how they want...including seeing what the artist intended.
Just when your heart is haunted by Caroline's falsetto, Flume hits you with the knockout blow with the synths .
*camera switches to flume helmet*
Reminds me at my job at Yankee Candle. Sounds just like the machines clanging while Sia blasts over the speakers
That build up of the snappy springy sounds to the crescendo at 3:00 is intense. This is a song that must be listened to quite loud to be appreciate the building tension.
Art !
Just heard this outstanding harmony between voice and music as a track in Fifa23. It stood out from all the other tracks immediately and got me right from the first hearing.
Same
How about 3 weeks later? I don't like it anymore.
I hated this damn song as soon as it came on Fifa23. Absolutely disgusted. Where do they find the music for FIFAs bro? Extremely horrifying
@@enriquemedrano5128 lol
@@mrkos87 I like it so much
My son introduced me to Flume before he passed suddenly at 26 of an undetected heart arrhythmia. This song is everything!
❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥♥️
I’m So sorry for your loss! 💔 I hope the joy of music like this brings comfort to your heart. ❤️🩹
your son had great taste
@@kat66meow it does! I saw it performed live last night at Coachella. So beautiful! ❤️🔥
@@georgiapistorio6657 Yes! In everything! He taught me as much as I taught him. I realized last night how our mutual love of music was a powerful bond for us from the very beginning ✨✨✨💫
So sorry for your terrestrial loss. He's in a better place and he's watching over you and taking care of you. ✨ 🤍 🐰 I send a warm hug 🤗 to you. ✨
Found this from fifa 23. No regrets at all. Masterpiece!!!
same ❤️❤️
Same here.. ❤️
Same💖
same
same :)
This song is like a mixture of old and new Flume I love everything about it.
In fact, that's the concept of this new album.
Reminds me more of Skin than his self-titled album.
Preach
yes!! so good 😁
th-cam.com/video/0tUSkPgOBgo/w-d-xo.html
As a HUGE chairlift fan for a little over ten years now I can't say enough how proud I am of Caroline polacheck
It really is crazy how much she's managed to slip into the mainstream with ease. Proud of her.
Samee
This song and video somehow perfectly describes the feeling in that moment you realize something cannot be undone, someone is lost forever, something is gone
fr like when I nut and I'm like "damn i got to clean this up"
nothing can not be undone, nothing is ever lost, No one Ever Really Dies. Live a little longer, you`ll learn in time
It makes me really happy knowing that you like Caroline and Flume's music
spot on, the beauty in it hints also hints to me a moment of serendipity, like you've shed a heavy burden and feel lighter, there is glint of hope and beauty in the future, but, it is quite bittersweet due to your aforementioned, loss, gone-ness, and undoability
Didn't they find each other in the end?
The music and visuals kept me engaged for the whole 4 minutes , like the world just stopped for a while
yes
Omg yes
This tune goes right through me 😂
This is how they wake up Flume every two years to release an album
😂
Quite possibly
Yah❤😂😂
🤣🤣🤣
Aged poorly 😉
And if I could
I'd raise my arm
And wave a wand
To end all harm
Oh, oh, and if I could
With just a sigh
I'd stop the tide
Of siren cries
Oh, oh, and if I could
With just a sigh
I'd stop the tide
Of siren cries
Oh, oh, and if I could
And if I could
No wand of mine
No end in sight
Oh, oh, and if I could
I'd raise my arm
And wave a wand
To end all harm
Oh, oh, and if I could
With just a sigh
I'd stop the tide
Of siren cries
Oh, oh, and if I could
Dissolve all pride
Unite divides
Surrender sides
Oh, oh, and if I could
And if I could
No wand of mine
No end in sight
And if I could
Originally a siren would draw a sailor to its death with her singing, so the fact that this siren comes from the sky to rescue someone from the water is pretty cool
I thought he was dead and she was like taking his soul 🤷🏻♂️
@@jonathanbracero4511 me too 🧐🤨
@@jonathanbracero4511 Caroline's videos for her songs usually evoke a lot of Greek mythology/imagery - it's not a stretch to think they're inverting the traditional view of a siren.
what if its a swapped perspective, with the siren coming to the surface to bring him down?
@@earjohn1 that's what I was thinking
This gave me such an overwhelming internal feeling, it's like sadness like right before you're about to cry but then sudden happiness. It gives my stomach butterflies.
THIS IS THE ACTUAL VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF CAROLINE BRINGING ME TO LIFE WITH HER VOCALS
underrated comment
This means more to me than you can ever know. Thank you, Flume & Caroline Polachek (and iHeartComix for highlighting this so I found it). 10 years this year, I lost my younger brother, Timothy Wong, to a motorcycle accident on Mount Hamilton in San Jose. He worked for NVidia and just finished his grad degree from Stanford in Electrical Engineering (UCLA undergrad). He was an Eagle Scout and survived 13 years of Catholic School. He loved to run, hated the site of blood, used Coca Cola all his life to wrangle his ADD (might’ve been alive if he was on proper medication/therapy for it), loved his online gaming and irl friends, and tragically went on a rash motorcycle ride with people who didn’t know him or his inexperience and didn’t look after him except to watch him bleed to death without calling 911. He was 27. I honestly believe he intended to be 37 this year. Thank you for bringing us together in this beautiful way, even if you had no idea- th-cam.com/video/o9539hUJYnk/w-d-xo.html
I am truly so sorry for your loss. That is unimaginable. Keep having the great strength that you do. Your brother would have wanted that. Live your life in honor of him and to the fullest of its abilities. You got this.
@@liamparsekian6952 Thank you so much, Liam. I feel like this song and video is a beautiful inspiration to continue to honor him in all I do
Carolina Polachek is the type of person that just carries this iconic vibe about them where anything they do, anything they touch is golden
She's like a modern Kate Bush in many ways
So Siren and Angelic 👼 ✨👼
@@jacklfitz factoids 💯💯💯
Even her Ramona Lisa stuff slaps, she can really do anything omg
No
To be honest, If I could choose a place to die, that cave would be it. And If I could choose a siren to revive me, it would be her. And if I could choose a song to awake to, it would be this one.
I just lost a good friend to an accidental drug overdose. He was a biker, and my last message to him the day he passed away was, “Do you hear those sirens?!” My entire body has goosebumps. Thank you for unknowingly touching me with this video. 💫
Sorry for your loss :(
Sorry for your loss hopefully this song can bring you some peace ♥️
This is so sad but so beautiful❤
Now you give me goosebumps.
Sorry for your lost
The balance between light and dark. The track wants to cut through the angelic voice but only makes it sweeter. This is gorgeous.
They could not have matched the visuals to the music any better. This is GLORIOUS! 💖
that was not made by Zawada, that's why feel different
You should check out lorn if you like stuff like this
Yess
She is so beautiful! Her voice is unlike no other! FLUME has truly mastered his style! The video is so intense!
@@sticky_icky comando exclusivo
I'm going through painful breakup and accidentaly discovered this. It's on repeat for hour. I've cried so much but It's like catharsis. Thank you Flume and Caroline. You helped me so much.
God loves you and cares about you so much! ❤️
the idea is so simple, but very well executed. when she rolls her eyes......... OMG I loveeee
I love when she does that! I can't stop looking at the video over and over and wait till I see that part! Beautiful video!
Correct, Brilliant!!!
that was genius honestly, it just looks so good
When I die I want this song playing while I ascend into heaven. This is the greatest piece of art ever created.
🙏AMEN 🙏AMEN 🙏 AMEN🙏 CELEBRATION OF LIFE ❤️ 💙 💜
IM CRYING. What an incredible piece of art. Thank you both Flume, Daniel, and everyone involved for this creation.
SOPHIE vibes, I could cry at how beautiful this is!
Doctor: You only have 1 minute to live, what do you want to do?
Me: Contemplate Flume's Sirens video
Doctor: But this video is 4 minutes long!
God: I allow
Lol
:kills_the_doctor:
2:06 the way he pans the distorted clap and balances the whole song so clean is just perfection!
And if I could
I'd raise my arm
And wave a wand
To end all harm
Oh, oh
And if I could
With just a sigh
I'd stop the tide
Of siren cries
Oh, oh
And if I could
With just a sigh
I'd stop the tide
Of siren cries
Oh, oh
And if I could
I'd raise my arm
And wave a wand
To end all harm
Oh, oh
And if I could
With just a sigh
I'd stop the tide
Of siren cries
Oh, oh
And if I could
With just a sigh
I'd stop the tide
Of siren cries
Oh, oh
And if I could
And if I could
No wand of mine
No end in sight
Oh, oh
And if I could
The lyrics are in the description haha
Caroline always brings a vocal phrase in her songs that tickles my senses and gives me shivers. It's rare to find somebody with such classical training collab with electronic producers to marry the best of traditional and 21st century styles but this hits hard.
What i love about flume is that he's a whole different type of genre... he is his own genre 🔥
It’s just IDM-influenced trap, take a look at the artists he listens to in his free time and looks up to if you want more clues
@@acey6894 yep, i listen also to his radio on spotify 🙂 his music just hits different!
It sounds like something SOPHIE would have produced. It’s still a fantastic piece of music though
A masterpiece! This is Flume's breakthrough to another dimension. A drop that almost ... never finishes. And the conversation of Caroline's voice and the glitched bass. Speachless.
absolutely GORGEOUS visuals. caroline is just so incredible, and both looks and sounds so ethereal and haunting and beautiful here. flume absolutely knocked this production out of the park; my first listen i was put off by how much it contrasted to the caroline's vocals, but now i legit cannot get enough this has been on repeat since it released.
Yuupppp
This happened to me, the vocals caught me off guard at the first listen but I absolutely love it!
I CAN'T STOP LISTENING TO IT! I CAN'T BELIEVE THE SOUND OF THE MUSIC, HER VOICE! THE VIDEO IS JUST TOO AMAZING!
Correct! Back Of The Net!!!
The contrast of the pinging snapping noises in the background with the haunting sonorous vocals made me instantly fall in love with this song. It shocked me when I first heard it.
I heard this song for the first time last night live at Coachella. Just rolling and vibing.
Ugh I want to cry just think about how beautiful this moment was for me ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you
I just fucking love you man. Your music is from a place beyond time. You are one of my biggest idols. So humble and sensitive in person, and a behemoth in your art. You push the boundaries, you think outside the box. Thank you for giving us a piece of your beautiful soul.
👏👏
Perfect comment! I totally agree❤
Amen!
Shepherd's Chapel Network !!!!!!! Pastor Murray is an Anointed Servant of GOD who teaches the Word of GOD with Authority!!!!!!!
The pain in her expression when she sings the final "No end in sight"... damn
This is unbelievably beautiful. Caroline could perfectly be an elf.
she is
caroline reminds me of a mermaid
?
Flume's songs always bring you into a serene, euphoric and sad zone. Interesting af
Caroline is everything 💫
They Devil
@@psilocosmo6918 yes?
@@moodybassist nothin. Just an interesting name.
@@psilocosmo6918 oh, thanks, it's the name of the project I'm currently working on
@@moodybassist what sort of project is it?
Spectacular. Enrapturing. Celestial.
To all the flume fans. I love you. Your taste in music is woke af.
flume forever
Thank you! 🙏 That means a lot 🥺❤️ Seriously though, it really does mean a lot to me!
Thank you thank you thank you. 🥰 He's my favourite artist of all time, can't wait to see him live again soon.
appreciate it, person (dont want to assume your gender!!!!)
“Hey there fellow kids, this is so woke”
Flume and Caroline Polachek... What a time to be alive !
This is lyrically so poetic and beautiful, I believe it's about wishing for world peace and no violence
Shared this link to your work to each of the nurses that brought me back from months of fighting terminal cancer, coma, and 80 chemo treatments. Thank you sir for helping me to show them how important they are to the world.
Mesmerizing! I couldn't imagine a better visual accompaniment to this track. Caroline, take me away.
it sounds like Flume has learned all the SOPHIE secrets for creating metallic percussion sounds and used it in this song, but in a very more tamed way.
Yeah i was wondering about that too. ... it's crazy how this mix and new stuff that he made id almost similar to Sophie's mixs
In a recent interview Flume said that Sophie helped him and taught him some production tips! RIP queen Sophie.
These visuals...so ethereal, simple, and powerful! you guys are a match made in heaven
I know this person 😳
@@Glitchkase 👀
When she pull the body up with the buildup sound, is so well matched. It's beautiful 💙
2019:
-Hey what do you want the main theme of your mixtape to be?
-well i bought this new car and i’d like to flex it
2022:
-Hey what do you want the main theme of your new album to be?
-uhmm… birds
-birds?
-and motorcycles. Birds and motorcycles.
Birds and motorcycles sounds perfect to me.
Am I the first to notice that the guy she is singing to is a race car driver (ie someone who moves on land rather than sails in the ocean)? If sirens drew sailors to their death by wrecking their ships on land (rocks) Caroline as a siren is bringing a drowned race car driver back to life by drawing him out of the water. Hilarious inversion.
She did state this ahahah....she said that she found out sirens are actually winged creatures that lure in people in the water and she wants to invert that idea on this video....she stated that flume was a petrified person and she come to drag him away from danger
@@Hugo-hn4pc did she ever say anything about the contrast of race car drivers and sailors? A race car driver is also the opposite of a sailor.
@@enminghee2926 in fader interview she did say that this song was about invention on perspective...sirens lures but Caroline's version rescue....she also said this song was about the sound of ambulance rescuing someone,with that flume was rescued 👌🏻
Caroline, please carry me around the universe like that 😤
Just thoughts: she is singing, "...and if I could with just a sigh, I'd stop the tide of siren cries." According to that & the video, I don't think she's intended to be the siren.
My interpretation is he was lured to his death by sirens, where he'd been lost in the water and obscurity until she comes from above to give him peace. Moreover, I think the lyrics are about a desire to stop all the chaos and hurt in the world, but being unable to and just having to watch it unfold.
This is poetic. There’s always so much thought behind Flume’s music videos
One of the most beautiful pieces of music I’ve ever heard.
Dude this album is going to be fire 😍🔥
I am completely captivated by her voice. The merging of the music, words, video and her phenomenal voice..., just strikes a deep chord of artistic amazement and desire.
I don’t publicly write this word often. But this is “beautiful”
Flumes production is amazing and the vocals and visuals are capturing non stop
4.5/5 experience
I can't get over how beautiful and moving this song is. The vocal are so angelic it draws one into a state of blissful trance. Thank you for bringing this into being. It swells my heart
This song grew on me after the 3rd time I heard it now it's one of my favorite Flume songs
The first time I saw it I fell in love, I cried lol. Thought it was about someone dying.
Then I listened again thru headphones. Absolutely fell in love. Went looking for the lyrics.
Third time I understand her voice clearly and it broke me.
Fckn awesome song 🖤🙏🌌
@@madmorgo6233 When I first heard it the video wasn't out yet but the visuals does it justice. And I didn't even think to look up what she was saying 😳👍
Sirens, DHLC,ESCAPE,Say Nothing,Love Light are my favs so far
This song is so beautiful 😍
The way he looks at her and she looks at him back makes me shiver
i cant describe how perfect the vocals on this song are. carolines vocals are just so.. and the music video is absolutely stunning i cant wait for palaces.
Seeing both of them live together was an amazing experience
The album is going to be so good!
Let’s get one thing straight here … she is the moment and everybody is moving around her !!!! Let’s take a minute and appreciate this supernatural soul !!!! She’s simply the queen 👸 of the ship 🛳 the 6th element !!!!! Aziz more light 💡
Flume go in sooo hard on this right here, straight up BANGER! He aint like all them oppas who just be usin that AUTHENTICVIEWS jawnt to glow up like SLim Jesus dun did
I was on the scene of a head on motorcycle crash. Red light. I was 23 last year. I saw it all happen at the intersection. Escondido, San Diego. Bear Valley Parkway. I saw it all happen in front of my eyes. There was so much blood, he still had his helmet on. He was only 26. Gone far too young. I got out of my car....my friends stayed inside of the car. I got on both knees in front of this lifeless man, and wished him the best, my instinct told me to direct traffic, I signalled everyone passing by to roll down their windows, I said full heartedly, "your kids dont need to see this" and they said...........thank you......
Mind boggling sound design & breath taking visuals; this is the magic of Flume!
i can see i'm not the only one crying when she sings
I love the concept, sound and visuals. Can't wait for the album to tell the whole story
the the vocals + production is so fire
The lyrics, the vocals, the way this is mastered…. Pls it’s so beautiful. Much love!! 🫶
This song and video remind me of my friend’s motorcycle accident. It’s beautiful and powerful. The tears in the motorcyclist’s eyes gets me every time.
I think flume music videos stay true to the gold he produces. Keep it up, can’t wait for the album, mate
I can't believe it took fifa to draw me to this angelic voice. Anyone know of any other songs with women's voice like this? Ive always thought angelic woman's voices like this in songs is Wonderful
Grimes and Caroline Polachek do it for me
Caroline in creative mode
Heard this song literally a thousand times+. Never bothered Looking For a video. Makes it sooooooo much better
Best song on fifa 23!!!
Been a fan of both for a while. Sadly been sleeping on flume the last year and never knew Caroline Polacheck did a track together. I check her music page often, though its not under her video section and sadly never knew I had been missing out on this masterpiece. Stumbled on it randomly. Feel like my soul soars across universes when I hear this. Cant help but put it on loop
Full album of just caroline and flume it would be so gorgeous 😍 its like im in a new age opera my gawd
Here’s to two years of this, both to Flume and Caroline!
This song came up as an advertisement I had to find out who was behind this magical melody sounds great voice and beat goes together beautifully! Absolutely brilliant stopped everything I was doing and stood mesmerized by this woman's voice listened to it over and over her voice is so beautiful I had a few stressful things on my mind but totally relaxed me and brought me to absolute peace this song could not have popped up for me at a better time then now. Loving it!
She has a lot of songs with ambient/experimental pop on her album pang....You should listen to The Gate (10 Min Remix) it's just her humming and soft synth embellished soft chants...
Little fact-it’s called sirens because she was hearing sirens when writing the song ~ incredible song, Thankyou!!!!
Man.. those visuals gave me chills this is crazy
yep
I just can't stop watching this masterpiece. Thanks Flume and Caroline 🥰😍
Powerfully emotional. True meaning will come with rewatching, i presume. She saved him and brought his identity back. Alot of unanswers...
look at the ukrainian flag, then at the cover art to the single, then read the lyrics and you'll understand the meaning a little better
also there is another meaning to word "siren". it's an alarm sound that is used in cities to warn of an emergency, like it was in Kyiv a month before the release of the single
The Pandemic? With everyone on lockdown, huddled up with darkness looming over and hearing the sirens of death passes by.
Probably the most surreal track I've heard. Jarring & dissonant. With respect, it's like a car accident unfolding & you can't tear yourself away from 🙏🏼
This song literally brought tears to my eyes 🤯🤯
This is one of the greatest accomplishments of human art. This makes my soul cry . Beautiful 💜
Fifa 23 brought me here lol I'm little ashamed to admit this because I'm aware its a copy and pasta game, but those games do diliver banger songs every here and there. I fell in love with this song immediately while in career mode, because of that beautiful voice that Caroline delivers to that sick ass electronic beat! I need more of this kind of music in my life.
Wow this just hits my soul different, her voice is amazing
beleza pros olhos e pros ouvidos.
Caroline simply elevates the arts 🎭 💗
On repeat for the 8th day in a row. I love this song.
That was the most simple yet gorgeous video i've seen in a long ass time. WOW. Caroline, your vocals have never been sweeter.
Astral projection...my guide was a cloaked man. He only said 2 words the entire time "Then go." This made my soul fly again. Beautiful.
This song is so hot it’s hurting my feelings
Bro ℻
My favourite track.
Simplesmente lindo! Flume não decepciona.