OK Go - The Writing's On the Wall - Official Video
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LYRICS:
Listen, I know it's been hard, you know it's no different for me.
We're less than a zero-sum game now, and baby we both know that's not how it's supposed to be.
The writing's on the wall - it seems like forever since we had a good day.
The writing's on the wall, and I... I just want to get you high tonight. I just wanna see some pleasure in your eyes.
And I go too hot, and you go too cold and we both fall apart.
and you bring your mind to rest against mine, but the mind has no say in affairs of the heart.
The writing's on the wall - it seems like forever since we had a good day.
The writing's on the wall, and I... I just want to get you high tonight. I just wanna see some pleasure in your eyes.
Even if it's the last thing that we do together.
CREDITS:
Created By SpecialGuest.tv for OK Go
Directed by Aaron Duffy, Damian Kulash, Jr. & Bob Partington
Production Co - 1stAveMachine
Exec. Producer - Cheri Anderson at SpecialGuest
Exec. Producer - Sam Penfield at 1stAveMachine
Producer - Garrett Fennelly
Creative Consultant - Mary Fagot
Director of Photography - William Rexer
Production Designer - Ethan Tobman
Wardrobe Designer - Ciera Wells
Color - Ricart + Co -- Seth Ricart
Audio - Dig It Audio -- Jeffery Seelye - เพลง
"And... CUT!"
*people pop out of no where
*and continue to flood into the room
Legends say people are still coming out from behind those pillars.
@@Infinite_Archive I wouldn’t doubt it XD
I genuinely still cannot figure out how they got there
You know why I like this song and video the most out of all of their songs? The material matches. The song is talking about a relationship that isn't going well but the two people are putting up a front and making everything look right. But you look closer, and everything isn't what it seems. They start with a small "The writing's on the wall," but end with a giant message saying the same thing like... there are clues, but let's ignore them and go make these beautiful, yet fake things. Then life just shouts at you "Nah, it really is like that. Just look behind you. This is a big sign."
I honestly think, although it's not their most technically impressive video, it's certainly their most beautiful one.
Taka “not their most technically impressive video” I know it’s not filmed in a jet in free-fall but I don’t even know how difficult it was to line up the painted walls, especially the end shot. How?!
OK Go did a great ted talk that explains that the lead singer has always been obsessed with visual paralaxes. Super intresting.
Here It Goes Again (their most famous video, the treadmill one) does the same thing. The song is about an attempted relationship that's going nowhere, running as hars as you can only to make no progress. Like a treadmill.
I didnt read any of that but i totally agree.
_unless it brings drama..._
@Daniel Anderson
What people?
Quarantine got me watching Ok Go videos on repeat because they're so entertaining
@Elizabeth Wallace yip
@@emperorhaya5351 ghj. P
Same here
Same same
The thing about this that I love, is not just the optical illusions, it's the fact that this is a long pan shot. Aka, the video has no cuts to different illusions. Long pans are not very common in films and even if they're incorporated, they're short. This is because long pans are really hard to make. And this video, creates multiple optical illusions with ONE long pan, managing to position the camera at just the right angles at all times, with no cuts in the footage. It is so incredibly fascinating to watch because this video accomplishes something that even Hollywood has a major difficulty with.
I love this video.
There could be hidden cuts, but the vid is still excellently made if thats the case
Watch this too shall pass if you haven't already!
Yes and the band must have an incredibly much lower budget than say Hollywood so it’s really impressive. A lot of on rid left artwork and designs and creations, plus yes the perfect angles all the way through the pan
🙂
@@nguyen-vuluu3150 there's a behind the scenes vid , its edited to be a bit smoother but they did it in one cut from all the fumbling and running from the entire crew and band
OK Go are the kings of music videos.
Yes they are, but their music is actually good aswell.
yah there music is as good as the video it is awesome
i agree
They are
you should check out the video for "Typical" by Mutemath. Its very much like an OK Go video.
"I just wanna see some pleasure in your eyes."
I think this is their goal for every music video. Mission accomplished, guys!
How they convinced him to shave of half of his beard is beyond me.
How they managed to do it so seemingly quickly is also impressive
near the beginning, you can see half his beard is fake
Off
Stop spoiling
the only time they ever used CGI was with the beard...jk...unless?
3:26 This is an incredibly sad moment somehow... one second he's surrounded by his beloved friends, a second later it becomes clear it was just an illusion and he's actually completely on his own.
Yeah, it is actually kind of like my life. I thought the same.
I was all "huh?" and went to 3:26 and holy crap, I totally missed that. Have watched this video like 20x over the years and never noticed it
And then he finds them 5 seconds later
Dang I never saw it that way
Arm0ry dang you're right
Who else is on an OK Go marathon?
+Jamazon me ^_^
meh
Always. :)
meeee
+Jamazon If I have to do drugs to tolerate a band, then I will choose Pink Floyd. Who wastes their drugs on this crap???
It's so annoying to hear people say, "The video was cool, but I didn't like the song." That's the point! The band knows they don't have a typical mainstream sound, so they bust their ass making unique videos in hopes of reaching a bunch of people. Only a fraction of which will like their music, but without videos like this, people like me would not have been exposed to it and become fans of it. I'd rather they take this approach than change their sound in an attempt to fit into the mainstream. Keep up the good work, OK GO!
This.
you don't have to be mainstream to have good music though. That's a faulty argument to be fair.
Can't agree more and that these sounds have been recycled since the musical style's inception in the 80's. But...why are people complaining about the sound if it's enjoyable and the video is tripping great. You know some true/real artists see the music video as a separate art form and sometimes an extension of the song or in the way that it doesn't overshadow the recording and it's lyrics. The way it should be.
I don't see their vids as them trying to reach out to a wider audience - they've always made these unconventional creative videos to go along with their songs right from their first album :) Either way I love them!
I though Ok Go was Mainstream.
I love OK Go not only because they make good music videos, but at the end of a few of theirs, they try to include the production crew into it too, to show off not only their music but the people who helped the design and set building of these elaborate art pieces.
This song is also quite personal to me too, and really speaks to a certain point in my life, so thank you OK Go
I listened to this song once three years ago. Then just last week I started singing "the writing's on the wall" the same way it was sang in this song. I didn't know whether what I was singing was a real song or not, I just kept singing that phrase the same exact way it was sang in this song. It happened consistently everyday, until I got fed up one day and decided to search up writings on the wall song. I went through a few songs then found this, and when I heard it sang the way I was singing it, I was totally freaked out. How could that song randomly come up to me after a few years?
It's on the MUZAK in a lot of shopping areas (plus it's catchy!)--maybe?
SAME
The human brain is fascinating, my friend
The law of attraction Love. Their music is all about it. A lot a music actually, most people just don't hear it.
same!! I remembered a vague tune and title and weird music video.... just found it 😄
it's a good thing the music's good, because I'm going to have the watch this a few times...
Maybe lol
Elise Jones
Shiva mantra
Argon ふ
True
You can say that for all of their videos lmao
Umm hey brain are you okay in there
Brain:...💀
King Vainy 😂😂😂😂
King Vainy
i think
I understand you
but I dont
Aren't we all just brains in weird biological machines.
Brain: The snack that smiles back
ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Things I only noticed after watching the behind the scenes:
Dan's pink shoe even before the paint (from previous takes)
Damion sliding down the pole
Tim putting his glasses back on
Other set pieces like the bike and the boxes in the background
Also:
Hand moving the background at the beginning
Person who gave Tim the mirror is visible at 0:47 and 0:58
Someone in the background at 0:54
The camera shaking whenever it's placed
There are just so many hidden reminders of the amount of takes and moving parts that went into this video.
The end of this video makes me so nostalgic. Remember when you could be within 6 feet of someone, giving high fives and shaking hands? Those were the days.
:(
things are getting better
@@1.4142 indeed
they really do
Seriously, how did 2397 people watch the immense amount of work and brilliant timing and ingenuity that went into this video, and then dislike it?
ThePoopenator some people these days
RSpudieD Indeed.
ThePoopenator They must hate life itself
ThePoopenator Now 2442. More people are disliking? :O
Simple answer: They didn't. Some people dislike a video without watching it. They just like doing that for some reason.
Unreal. This band just oozes talent. Easily one of the most creative bands out there today.
The Vision That's not the only thing that oozes ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
...
Paint out of a can. I don't know what you were thinking of ._.
but it is real
^^^
saying in a weird voice
"but the mind has no say in affairs of the heart"
words of wisdom
I'm old (55) so I have an excuse for not seeing any of their videos until now, but now that I've discovered them-i can't stop! They are insanely creative, mesmerizing, fun and above all else the music is good too!
So glad I funded this album. You guys always rock, and you never fail at music videos!
hjust got 1513 instagram followers from *instaPHAMOUS COM* today
Review of this over here! Great job, guys!
Whoa.
***** Hey there!
I love ok go
I love all the optical illusions! Super creative!
this is so cool
Indeed! OK Go always goes crazy with their music videos.
While they're popular, it's a goddamn TRAJEDY this band isn't FARRRRR more popular...I mean, there's talent and there's TALENT....CRIMINALLY underrated, imho. How 'tubers that show ppl how to put makeup on end up with more followers than these guys is one of life's great mysteries.
1:00 has to be my favorite part of the whole song. That illusion is dang near seamless.
its going to be a long time before i can trust again
:O
+Zachary Maneja (BeyondOurUniverse) they're*
+Sir0cks *SirC0cks
Every time they step on the 3D painting, my heart dropped. Thought it was an object.
"It seems like forever since we had a good day..." Yesterday, I celebrated escaping homelessness by seeing OK GO live. People you need to go listen to them live, gobsmackingly hella amazing! P.S get excited for their new music to be dropped in maybe 2yrs, if memory serves one of their new songs is called "kinda, gotta, wanna- level up"
"How much minds do you want to blown?
OK GO : "yEsS"
I find your lack of grammar disturbing
Boooooo.
@@tooflips2775
Lack of imagination is more upsetting, though
It's weird that I won't know if I like the song or not until I see the video. The creative process of their videos is why I like OKGO. Their songs are ok, but their videos are out of this world!!
lockedlooneytune There songs are awesome.
comparing their songs and their vids is like comparing the Burst Laser 1 vs the BL2.
Against their vids their songs seem kinda bad
but that's because their vids are _insanely_ good
This song definitely has a New Order influence.
Umm the songs are amazing thank you very much
Me too. I usually like the song equally with the video but some times I like the video more and it takes time for the song to "grow on me". Although I'm still not that impressed with their take on the Muppet song.
I always want to let this clip play in the background, because I like the music. .....but I always stay the whole lengh here to watch the video. It's just awesome and really hard work.
Same here. I just want some background music but always end up watching the whole thing again
I love how these guys mess with your minds… with great music and extraordinary videos
I think this one is my favorite because of the little smiles that keep popping up throughout
I didn't know vsauce could sing
+Ambishion what he's getting at is that one of the guys looks like vsauce Mike
Tbh tho,I think you're referring to the guy who got side-painted at 1:50,and if so FaZe would actually be right since he is the only one in the band that didn't contribute with vocals.
but what does "sing" means???
well dan is the drummer, so i doubt he really want to contribute vocally
What is "vsauce"?
OK Go continues to prove themselves masters of the conceptual video. Plus it helps that the song is really good!
Nice!
Nailed it yet again.
Attention: ok go is back on tour! I have never been more excited. This is my #1 song i want to see live.
These music videos were my childhood fr.
My brain hurts in a really really good way
I had to watch this music video 5 times to see everything. These guy never run out of great ideas!
very cool
What? I saw them using the same techniques over and over again.
Matthew Diamante хиенат
Honestly, how do these guys even make so many videos of this quality? One or two here and there I can understand, but so many god dam high quality videos... I cannot comprehend this phenomenon....
The nostalgia is insane
I was racking my brain thinking of how they could have painted everything to fit so perfectly, and then I had an idea. What if they put a projector in the place where the camera would go, and then they projected the image they wanted to make (square or circle or something else) and then they painted the surfaces that the image was being projected on. It would make it so much easier. I'm not sure if they did that or not, but it would make it so much easier.
Bryan Chu if they did that it wouldn't be proportional. Since the projecting would be smaller on closer objects and bigger on further away obejects.
Hmm. Have you noticed the way that objects close to us appear larger and those farther away appear smaller?
The parts of the building that get hit by the projector's light would be the same parts that would hit the camera with their own light.
Max K
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OK GO never fails to impress in their music videos.
Who are you, go away.
I laugh so hard, you make me so happy! Sending ALL my love to you ALL! 💖✨😇😇😇😇
These OK Go one-shot music *videos* are fascinating (or the mimic of the one-shot). It actually relates to how most *music* is created. Band members make all the individual riffs, or segments of music, separately (kind of like how films piece together many individual shots). Then add them all together (in music, like in film editing) .
*But* the interesting aspect, that most people are not aware of, is that the majority of bands do not even learn to play the songs all together at one single time to even record the album. Much like a single shot in a movie, this actually comes afterwards.
So the more difficult, or time consuming part, is actually learning how to play it all together, at one time, for live audiences (like a continuous no-edit one-shot in film). Basically the one continuous shot, really is the visual framework for music, when it's ready to be played live *after* it's been produced. 🎶🎵🎹🎸🥁🎺🎻🎬
dormammu i've come to bargain
Oh shit waddup
Oh well-played. Well played indeed. :)
Dormammu, I've come to bargain
(Laughs in background) I love that joke.
Isn’t that from doctor strange 😀
i think message of the video is that things that doesnt make sense to you, they might. just from different angle/perspective.
Oooooor you're just overthinking something that's just supposed to be a cool video. But hey, I've been wrong before.
Interesting. Thanks.
I think the meaning is is if you have a buzzkill friend, do drugs together
Oh my god I never realized that! Mostly because I was so caught up with the video that I didn't pay any attention to the actual lyrics haha
Whoa. That's fucking *genius*.
Every couple of months I come back and watch all of ok go's videos, no one else compares to how creative they are
My 5th grade teacher showed me this. And now I'm 2 years graduated and I still love them
"I just want to get you high tonight."
High on drugs?
I mean, this video _is_ trippy...
High on happiness, love, etc. I thought that too but high on drugs doesn't really fit the rest of the song.
The Atomic Cherry that's the point
I'm high as fuck
The Atomic Cherry ep
I really wish i could like a comment more than once :/
Ok Go, you make our ears happy and our brains mushy. So illusion. Much trippy. WOW!
get with the times.
This song is the perfect song to watch twice. They almost tease you with sneak peaks of what's ahead and what is hiding in plain sight. From obvious ones (seconds before panning to the various colorful shapes), to completely "hidden" ones (having the entire box illusion given away at 0:53, starting at 3:02 you can see the writing on the walls, or at 1:27 you can see the bike and other attempts at the paint). This piece shows not just the nature of the song, in which a relationship is dying, and the clues are obvious, but also deceiving the viewer into not seeing the "signs" until it is too late. This gives the spinning, clear and concise words in the center to feel not just out of place, but not surprising to see either. OK Go perfectly shows the complicated dynamic of an amazing visual show, while still maintaining a story.
The level of entertainment and artistry in OK GO videos never gets old... 👏👏👏
Is this like the best video on youtube?
no there is 2K DISLIKES !!! WOW
+Andres Ricardo See the rest of their videos... They're relentless in awesome.
Definitely. I first saw it in the mall food court and all that's going through my mine is "I HAVE TO MEMORIZE THIS SO I CAN WATCH IT IN MY HEAD WHEN IM BORED!!"
+Andres Ricardo NO! The best video is how they made it
+Sebastián vanini link, pls
My brain is f*cking dying
+BurgerBandit thats how good this is
Happy 2020 everyone, we are all here revisiting some old favorites and i wish you all the best in the best 10 years!
Not so happy now
Спасибо, ребята, за то, что вы такие есть! From Russia with Love 💛 [2023]
AMAZING as always!!!
This is great! :))
My eyes is getting **** >.
really awesome! did you guys all know its possible to trick over luck? I mean search for this video here: *"Andrew B Cloverman"*
and thank me later on xD
This video reminds me of Brain Games.
wooww so creative....
You guys will forever be the soundtrack of my time here on TH-cam. Thank you so much!
Joeee
I never get tired of their videos.
3:15 That smile when you know you're on the home stretch
"We're past all the parts that can go horribly wrong and ruin the take!"
I think he noticed the guy who walked off the stairs lost his balance and luckily fell off screen.
the cubes at 1:24 got me shook
I honestly love the music and the beautiful art. The people who don't like the music or think that this was too much work to be put together in just a 4 minute video don't know the real quality of art. I'm an artist myself. That's why I can enjoy marvelous hard work like this.
I love their smiles near the end, you can tell how much work they put into these!
I remember sing this for the first time in my dads car. It was after a session with my old therapist (who is now retired), and we were at sonic for a treat. My dad showed me this music video and I was OBSESSED with this album for weeks after that.
The WORK that goes into these gives me a headache just thinking about it. Well done.
i listen to the same music as brock???!!
How in the hell in 9 years did this get only 20 likes
Haven't had this much fun watching a video since... the last OK Go video!
Hats off as always to their musical and visual creativity!
Okay...I've concluded. This band consists of scientists who love to make music.
That feel when
These guys make the most creative music videos. Ever. But I almost wonder if their videos get in the way of their music. Like, their music amazing too. But the videos are so insane I can't even relax and enjoy the songs.
Do a video where you guys are standing on a beach with chicks in bikinis.
Ok don't, just kidding. Keep it up.
Their music is pretty mediocre in my opinion.
+Hobbes Your opinion is pretty wrong in my opinion.
Opinions can't be wrong in my opinion.
Hobbes so i'm not wrong
Pippin Covington right
I don't think anyone can even comprehend how much work it would take to make such awesome content such as OK Go..
They have truly done it again.
I don't know why i cry when seeing this incredible music videos. It's so touching ~
The fact that this was ONE TAKE is blowing my MIND
3:13
rusty is judging you behind the curtain haha
you know me?
lol no
Rusty is a nickname for Andy, the guitarist of the band.
Oh, sorry. I just look a lot like Andy IRL.
"The writing's on the wall"
*is tripping major balls*
"I just wanna get you high"
*you've done that*
It's rare these days that a bands videos are as good as the songs... this is one of those bands
“I just want to get you high”
Don’t worry I think I already am
Yup
trippiest vid ever seen but good job guys for the effort
I dont know what i like the most, the music or the video
Yes
This band is an absolute mind fuck, I’m genuinely in love
"Putting things into perspective" taken to a whole new level.
Amazing! Now THIS is the type of visually exciting and intriguing video everyone should try to make!
These guy are amazing
pretty amazing
@nick brydun I agree
I remembered watching these videos last night, at 10 pm and I wrote it down and now in the morning I’m watching all of them again.
I am absolutely AMAZED. At this band. Literally, words cannot describe how amazing these guys are
This is like in Pokemon Snap when you'd take a picture of the Pinsir shadow
I always wonder why they haven't made a remake of that game for Wii U (you could use the gamepad as a camera!)
awesome, tried instaphamous and it did work to get me 491 instagram followers
Pure magic guys! Big fans of this creativity!
8 years after and this still sounds and looks as great as before. Thank you for such an uplifting moment!
Forget about great video for a second and admire brilliant lyrics, great work!
Masters of music videos.
OMG~ They are FANTASTIC...again!!!
The feeling among the crew when they hear "CUT" must be the greatest psychic ORGASM one can imagin...What an amazing master work of music, art , technology and teamwork at the same time.
These guys are simply amazing. I can watch their videos, listen to their music over and over
I really like ok go because their music videos aren't separated into dozens of 10 second snippets, but instead they do the full video in one glorious take. Also because they don't use special effects to change the scene or auto tune to change their voices drastically. Keep it up guys
Thanks Ok Go for keeping it creative. Always inspiring.
I think I finally understand how this video makes me feel. It starts off quite slow on the effects, like, they're there, but you get time to process them, as then as the song moves on and you hear how the relationship is coming to a close, the effects come closer together and there's less and less time to see what's happening before we're hurried off to the next one, like trying to cram in as much stuff as possible to something you know is ending.
I love OK Go
this video is on my playlist along with nearly all of their videos
Easily my favourite song, the instrumental is dream-like and the lyrics are amazing, I'm always in a good mood when ever I hear this song, and the music video is extremely clever. Good job OK go!
Wrapping my head around the level of optical illusion in this video...
Excelente! Maravilloso video. Creatividad Total. Saludos desde Colombia!
I've seen this video more times than I can count and it still amazes me and it's what got me into this to begin with. Thank you guys so much!