every time i send this video to someone, it's my signal for suicidal stuff. and now Mike did it. i feel so bad we never met. rest in peace, you wonderful dude
Story of the video: 00:00 - dude wakes up, eats breakfast and goes to work - he performs magic at a bar 00:52 - the audience are concerned, a spark appears above the dude's head 00:57 - his life flashes before his eyes. Or at least, everything he has done today 01:34 - it turns out the spark was a result of the stage light collapsing. It lands on his head, causing a near death experience. DMT is released in his brain, causing hallucinations. 02:05 - he wakes up in the hospital, barely in touch with reality. He has further hallucinations where people, patterns and behaviours relating to his day are coexisting. 03:13 - this part is really open to interpretation. The hallucinations relate to blood, skeletons and a possible representation of hell. This is followed by dissolution, suggesting he has died. Just wanted to put my thoughts out there!
I agree but I also think that the wife staged the death and hired the guy with the toothpick to set the light up to fall and his last hallucination of his wife is him realizing that she staged his death. "Dont you got somewhere to be at 730, I've got some work to do" meaning set up your death and the lyrics are her singing to him that she will laugh when he dies, shes not that nice, go fuck yourself, and she will eat your heart out
I saw the hospital scene as them taking his organs (If he gets hit on the head why is he opened up in his torso?) which I would assume would mean he was dead by that point
The melody of this song is so sweet and beautiful but yet so eerie and creepy. The lyrics behind it are so dark yet sound so happy. I can’t get enough of it! Love these guys.
I think it's very healthy. Acceptance is the first step to healing. You gonna be alright. Heaven and Hell are all right here right now. Drugs, meditation, all that jazz leads you to roughly the same point at different speeds hopefully. Soon enough you'll realize your action in the immediate here and now is ultimately all you have control over in this crazy roller coaster we call life, and that they ripple outward like a stone in the pool that is our here and now.So understandably, killing yourself can be a tantalizing thing when you feel nothing matters. But cheesy as it may be, everything you do has a value greater than 0. You may not feel as though you are a 1, but you are. Infinite and nothing all at once. You have the potential, you have something no one else in your immediate space can provide. You may not see it, but others do. It might be something as small as making the best fucking brownies out of anyone you know, but goddamit you're buddies would miss those brownies more than you can ever realize. Once you realize how even the tiniest effect you have on others around you and how much of an effect even saying something nice to someone can have, it seems meaningless to kill yourself as well, and thus you are free. Nothing matters except everything. Hug your cat, eat some good food, smoke a bowl, do whatever you do, but push yourself to the positive. Do constructive things, stay away from negative people and thought patterns. This kind of music does have a negative effect if it's all you listen to (I've been on a DIIV and sadboi music kick myself), but in total it's a positive gain when can make time to reflect and not ruminate. Become a successful failure. Through your stumbles you are greater than those who have never faltered if you allow yourself.
When the woman says "eat your heart out" and the background becomes a sort of arterial web of soft tissue, then that pattern of skulls flashes in front of your eyes. That is ABSOLUTELY what the beginnings of a bad trip look like. It's this sort of awareness and paranoia about what most of your body is actually made of. You just start to feel gross.
This is the DMT trip I never want to have. Whoever directed this really nailed the "I'm whacked on tons of mushrooms/acid and everything is patterned" visuals. Bravo!
Been listening to this song for about a year straight and I’m still blown away by how MGMT managed to capture the experience of complete egodeath exactly like a heroic dose of mushrooms. In my opinion this is their best work.
I agree and I've been listening to it for a year too lmao. We're bro's now. Yeah this song is like when people label you a certain way and ur like just go away. Kind of.
This video was uploaded 4 days after I got hit by a car for the first time. The car was going 35 mph and caused me to go flying around 12 feet away, I ragdolled through the air, and my left shoe flew off. I was able to get right back up after I hit the ground, and the worst injury I got from that accident was a scrape on my left wrist. The doctor at the hospital told me that I was really lucky, and ever since then, I've felt like I either should have died, or I actually did die but was somehow transported to an alternate universe where I survived with the least amount of injury. I only really got into this album last month, but if I had watched this the day it was uploaded, I would have been convinced that I had actually died 4 days earlier, and this song was the universe's way of making fun of me for dying. 2 and a half years later, it vaguely seems that way. It just adds to the depth of this song for me, and makes me love it and appreciate it more in a strange way.
Takes real talent to release bangers like this 10+ years after your debut. It’s 2023 & MGMT still one of the most underrated bands of the new millennium
@@vashdesperado1232 they’ve always been top 5 for me, but they got hella burned by critics back in the day. for example, back when Oracular came out & they were getting a lot of radio play, a lot of critics snubbed them as being “alright for a radio-pop band”. then when Congrats came out, they said they were trying too hard to be artsy/contrarian. & for their S/T, suddenly the narrative became “they should have stayed a pop band, they were amazing as a pop band” They finally got some critical acclaim with LDA, but it took a long time. The fans have always known they’re top-tier though
Besides this video being a visual masterpiece, there's just something about that last line "I heard you the first time" that sends chills down my spine. Beautiful and unnerving.
This is one of most realistic tripping videos I've seen. The way everything is made up of such detailed patterns, contrasted shadows, pulsing movements & vibrant colors. Well done.👍🌌
It’s kind of insane how accurately they captured the look of an LSD trip. I don’t think I’ve seen anything else that encapsulates those specific textures and colors the way this video does.
Probably my favorite part of the song at 2:43 . The songs melody changed and settled down becoming almost comforting but then you hear that original melody slip back in thats reminiscent of when you’re tripping and you think its over but then you start noticing things moving again so you realize you’re still very far down the rabbit hole. Amazing tune
Yes hallucinating is like a bungee jump at some points. It feels like it is wearing off and you think you are good but then you dive right back into it.
For me that slow melody reminds me of when the drug kicks in and slowly begin to jump out of reality innitiating the trip , and begin to lose sense of time along with the other effects
The fuzziness is absolutely spot on with tripping. I once watched a small island turn into the back of a dragon but it was just tree's waving in the wind.
This song has such an upbeat and joyful feel, but when you pair it with the video it switches into a sarcastic and ironic kind of bliss which never fails to induce me with anxiety.
@@lucasthemycologist I guess I can't really pick out a key but that just makes it all the harder for me to understand how it could be seen as upbeat lol
@@gavinjohnston1517 I was lucky enough to have a great time when I tried salvia, I melted into a wicker chair, saw only my friends hands and faces, and felt my buddy's sweater until I almost cried due to joy. Definitely not a typical experience from what I gather
This song gave me the courage to quit my old job. This album just came out and my mental health was at its lowest, somehow I believed that being paid so low and treated so horribly by my boss was all I deserved. And then this song? I always had the urge to play it throughout my entire work day on my desk. I guess I got so pumped by how my frustration felt justified, and then I finally quit. Since then whenever I play this song, I remember the victorioust reeling of leaving that job. I was so wrong, I did deserve better and got a nicer job elsewhere.
Same. I listened to this song the moment I stepped out of the production floor on my last day. It was the first time I smiled after 9 months of stress, humiliation, and small pay.
There's something real about this sort of thought process. Watching this video does a lot to remind me what I'm working for, what I'm living for - almost as a sort of reminder for what sort of purpose I'd given myself... so that I can hopefully pass on with the idea that I'd left something worth leaving behind.
MGMT understand true psychedelia - this video is fucking gold. The lyrics are perfect, the music is perfect. I know I'm not the only one who'll say this but I've been listening to them for like 11 years, seeing them be one of the first indie bands to seriously blast off was inspiring as fuck to all independent musicians, and I feel like in these crazy fucking times MGMT deserves a serious comeback. I can't wait for the new album. I feel like I'm 16 again. But not. Ya know? It's strange but wonderful.
When I first listened this song, I was lying on my bed and randomly clicked on this video seeing its unique thumbnail. I was holding my phone in my hands while the audio was being played on a bass boosted speaker kept on my chest and the experience was something else! I thought that I was diving in the video without even getting high irl and getting euphoric sensations. Really appreciate the efforts put in to make this song and video. Loved it!
Well, you dont exactly pop DMT. But also everyone will experience it at least once (the end) in your life. Your brain stores this, smoking DMT triggers a release of it. However it's just the tip of the iceberg, we wont know exactly how much floods our brain till our inevitable end.
This song puts things into perspective for me. In the end, nothing matters. We’re on this journey of life for our souls to have a human being experience, which includes all the joy and suffering along the way. It’s supposed to be that way. That is life.
I love and fear this song. This is by far the most accurate portrayal of how the mind/soul slowly withers to black after a morbid event. You're reality slowly stops existing. your brain becomes mush. The slow realization that YOU are fading. In the end... Black.
For me it was more about wishful thinking. Suicidal thinking. Which is why the part about feeling nothing after dying sounded so optimistic. I dunno why, but to me it seems the main character is laden with guilt (“I’m mean and I’m evil, don’t call me nice”) and is longing for release. In any case the way you describe loving and fearing this song is spot on. It’s an awesome piece, but it also shows you the dark side of life quite nakedly.
@@FabricioVargas91 that’s the thing. Death as we currently theorise it to be isn’t just darkness and shadow. It’s a nothingness that we quite literally cannot imagine.
Angela Palmer the seemingly endless time loop, the twisted faces when his eyes are closed, the feeling of being at the hospital fighting for your life, and the laughing nonexistent faces are all things i’ve experienced in a terrifying acid trip
@@trashboat6215 the loop is the worst and the song also has this weird winding up & down sound in the background that is really reminiscent of what I hear when a trip turns sinister
This video reminds me of Tommy Cooper, A famous magic performer and illusionist. He died on stage Live on TV due to a heart attack or some sort and people thought it was apart of the show so they laughed and played it out, other performers went on stage while his body was still there since people thought it was apart of the show. He was a loving man though and people of his city still remember him and even made a Statue of him (":
We’re all so fortunate to have such a talented band that makes super amazing music! I really hope MGMT gets the recognition that they deserve! STAY HIGH MY FRIENDS!
i honestly would love to listen to this song right before i die, to remind me that everything doesnt need to be so serious, that we can just enjoy the gift of life and how death is just another part of it all
@@rosemadelynvlogs the truth about this world is hard to cope with, because it is a very few people that find God, but if you want to be saved and go to heaven, you NEED the Lord Jesus! Matthew 7:13 - "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it."
This video and song are both so haunting. That's the best way I can describe it. Both the way the song itself was composed, and seeing it along with the visuals, it created some mind beast inside me that hasn't left since I first watched it.
I'll forever treasure this song as it was during lockdown that I discovered it and it radically altered my music taste, marking the beginning of my Indie Rock exploration
This track and video has restored my faith in contemporary music and art in general. Creativity is still very strong and vibrant, it's just blocked out of sight by a dense forest of bullshit. Thank you MGMT!
I LOOOVE watching this when stoned. Hell, I'm high now. The colors are way more vibrant, the patterns more textured, and the animation moves more palpably; it's like in 3D almost.
One of the greatest creations in the history of video editing / music videos. 5 years before all of this new AI bs that we see almost daily. Bravo to infinity to whoever edited this
This is the perfect song to listen to while walking in a crowded city during the day for some reason. This came up randomly for the first time a week ago while i was out doing errands and shit in the city and my life felt like a movie
I think its about dealing with depression that comes specificaly from fear to death, more than about the experience of death itself. Great video, great song, never disappoints.
I think the magic shows represent him performing for his friends and the woman he loves everyday, and it never being enough. The only time its enough was when he pulled the money out and his girl smiled. I think the point where he dies is a symbolic of realization, towards the end he stands up and claps for his girl and smiles when he sees her until he sees her for what she truly is.
This video makes me feel sick to my stomach every time I watch, really good! 3:30 this part in particular is very accurate to how it feels to go down a negative rabbit hole on acid
My interpretation is that he dies from the light above the stage falling on his head and the rest of the clip is his near brain-death experience progressing into actual brain-death. @0:00 this is actually the final image shown in the film clip, just before his brain dies @0:03 faces morphing into what looks like a bloody cerebral cortex @0:05 Amorphous screams of people in the bar screaming "HEY" from above jolting his brain into a hypagogic dream state @0:10 he wakes up but everything is a dream and very heavily psychadelic, colours, lack of orientation and confused @0:25 brain on groundhog day mode, dreaming deeply and things seem relatively normal so far to him @0:38 he starts his performance which ultimately kills him @0:55 stage light sparks as it falls down while he looks up at it, his memory goes no further from this point @0:57 thought loop, memory of the day starts back over from waking up in the morning @0:59 he wakes up, hesitates, thinks for a moment, "Haven't I just done this?" @1:03 everything is really off this time @1:10 pupil dilates, a "blown pupil" relating to psychadelia but also in medicine fixed, dilated pupils means traumatic brain injury @1:16 insecurity from girlfriend looking at other guy and her not liking performance @1:30 audience as well as the performer all look up at something above the stage which sparks and pops @1:34 light on his head right as lyric "you die" falls @1:37 the stage light falls from above, knocking him unconcious, but not killing him. He is literally 'seeing stars' @1:45 his 'brain' is pulsating, hemorrhaging internally, his brain continues to dream during the subarachnoid hemorrhage @2:06 he wakes up on the operating table or ambulance, he is having flashes of reality as he is transported to hospital @2:13 doctor 2 shakes his head, he won't make it @2:27 he is still alive and an organ donation transplant starts taking place, they are opening his thorax rather than the head which is where the light that killed him landed. NDE reportees often state they see themselves from 3rd person above @2:33 parts removed and given to doctor @2:42 arms folded, medical practitioners performing the Ritual of Honor for an organ donee out of respect for their sacrifice @3:00 late stages of his brain death now, things stop making sense, thought loop over his last actions but they are strongly hypnagogic and psychadelic in nature as brain has no oxygen @3:06 everything jumbled up now, a man in the audience is now pouring the cereal he had for breakfast @3:16 he sees his loved ones for a final time - body completely still and unmoving @3:24 final surge of adrenaline, possibly during agonal breathing stages, a final desperate reflex to stay alive, causing panic and fear @3:33 realisation of death sets in @3:43 bloody brain imagery metaphoric of subarachnoid hemorrhage as a result of the light falling on him @4:07 fade to black, death, thoughts restart again at @0.00 again and he repeats the loop once more, over and over forever
Two caveats, 1. It is also posited online that when you die you tend to relive memories as your brain becomes more oxygen deprived I believe as you mentioned. Moreover the real question I am left with is what does that time perception feel like? If it takes 7 minutes or so for the brain to completely expend all oxygen, how long until you fade to black? 2. The look of excitement of the magicians face for his wife is completely crushing (noted by the ring on his finger), his consciousness realizing some semblance of normal and familiarity - hence why he claps so happily at the sight of her. But he realizes either in fear or shock that he is dead when she transforms into a mass of grey matter spewing blood like a hemorrhage - as if his consciousness finally connected the dots and is telling him is wrong. Tragic ending.
Going through the video and piecing together all the patterns from before and after this guys life flashes, you can see the texture of his handkerchief, pillow and cereals recreated and played out whilst he's dying of a concussion. Very fun to go back and forth and hunt for it
The second part of the video is a loop of the first part... it looks like he’s rummaging through the most vivid parts of his memory, which would be the last day he experienced.. so he experiences it in a more and more distorted way. Until he no longer has the mental capacity to remember anything or understand his situation. His wife, his most emotionally powerful and recognizable entity comes into fruition but not in a pleasant way. Probably because he’s clinging on to consciousness harder than he should be. This is apparent because he observes as much as he can until it blurs and blacks out. He probably should have just let go.. but maybe his mind wasn’t at peace enough to do so.. what a horrible death.. I don’t know how I feel about this song. What I do know is that it’s stuck in my head. Dammit MGMT what have you done. This is like a death video except you get to look inside someone’s mind as it happens. A whole new level of gruesome.. and people who truly have had bad trips or ptsd of some sort like myself will be horribly triggered by something like this.. I still love MGMT though and I’m glad they push the boundaries of art so much to come up with this horribly beautiful piece
Not only that is accurate I also believe that he was murdered by his wife, since the only time she ever smiles is when he's fully dead, doesn't seem like she was ever happy with him and even in the beginning when he 'wakes up' she turns away from him and the lyrics start with a very heavy tone of loathing which I don't believe it's from him since he doesn't show any malice towards her.
Soap when I was 18 and visited home from boot camp (marine corps) I overdosed on shrooms due to inexperience. I know it’s not lethal but I took WAY too much somewhere around 20 grams.. my trip involved all of the violence I was afraid of experiencing in war. It is now 3 1/2 years later... I plan to go back into psychedelics the right way when I get out of the service
This used to be one of my go to songs when high or tripping. My entire life changed when I encountered Jesus, and came to the realization that my deep inward longing for ultimate meaning in life and death was put there by God. Our lives are absolutely NOT meaningless. (As I formerly thought they were) He created us for a relationship with Himself, but sin has separated us from that relationship. Jesus (who is the eternal God made flesh) unjustly but willingly died on the cross in our place, taking the punishment of our sin onto himself. He was buried and then rose from the dead after three days, appearing to many eyewitnesses and then ascended to heaven where he is currently reigning now. He offers every person salvation from sin, death, and hell, and even more so, a true restored relationship to the God of the universe. You must turn from your sin and trust and follow Jesus. He says of himself, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father except through me” John 14:6. Please search it out for yourself! The evidence is absolutely overwhelming! God is so incredibly wonderful. I love you all very much, I have such a heart for everyone seeking
Cool. I like this music video. It contains aspects of a psychedelic trip all put together to form a representation of one. Here's some exceptional details that I've noticed: - 00:07 Rainbow vision/light halos - 00:16 Orientation distortion - 00:37 Enhanced confidence - feels like you want to announce yourself to the whole world and you're front and center of the universe - 00:49 Strange actions - you end up doing things that appear strange and unusual - 00:53 Distorted faces - 00:56 Snapping back to reality from zoning out, triggered by cue - 01:00 Enhanced patterns and colors - 01:03 Repeating actions - stuck in a loop (doing things or thinking things over and over again - 01:30 Intrusive thoughts - off-putting or downright terrifying thoughts - 01:38 Floating - 01:39 Color morphing - 02:05 Ego death - profound feeling of being at peace - some say is comparable to dying - 02:40 Peak - full body disintegration - 03:10 Vision becomes pure visuals - 03:24 Trigger - dramatic and unexpected change of set and/or setting - 03:32 Skulls - appears when your mind is in distress - 03:45 Faces appearing in everything you look at
I've rewatched this many times and each time I notice something new which plays off something else in another part of the video.. this is actually a super intricate story.
Junkers maybe something along the lines of how the monotony of the same tasks that you do in everyday life, that you don’t really think about while doing, end up influencing who and what you are more than you realize. For example the first morning he wakes he reaches in the blue loops cereal to eat, the second day he does the same but it is caught from a different angle. Then when he ‘dies’ there is that scene where everything is made of the blue loops cereal. And there’s also the scene where everything is covered in eyeballs, which references the eyeball on his keychain, which he picked up each day when going to perform
I feel like this video is meant to be seen on acid as you notice ever detail and put everything into "the bigger pictyre" also the beginning and end of the video are very similar as the screen becomes smaller in the end and you don't really realize it until it's super small. Idk just a thought
It almost seems like the guy performs and his wife is there to support him. When the light fixture falls and hits him in the head and kills him. Then he gets stuck in a time loop, almost as though he has to continue living through the same shit. Like a "purgatory" or something. Maybe I'm reading to much into it, but also when only a part of his eye drops, it's almost like saying half of him was already dead anyways. This sums up to me, 'you live, you die. So go smoke and get high'
Almost seems too that after he's dead "which you can tell when he dies.. by how everything goes from "reality" to "unrealistic" Everyone there seems to move on without the guy, like his life didn't necessarily have a deep impact on any of them. As if they all kept going through the motions of living. This really showcases how small that we all are in retrospect.
I don't think the "I'm not that nice" part is being narrated by the magician like most seem to assume. The lyrics have multiple narrators/characters saying things (both in regards to the video and just the song itself) The magician seems pretty genuine and nice, both in his magical displays and when he claps for the woman at the end, so I was confused at first. But after watching the whole thing a bunch of times, I think it's *her* that's "not that nice." At the end, when she turns into a monster, he's realizing what she is. She's mean and she's evil, and is going to eat his heart out, like she's seen saying to him. He also wakes up at 7:08 while she's still sleeping, so the "don't you have somewhere to be at 7:30" seems like something that she'd be saying to him and not vice versa. He's the one waking up early at 7:08 and rushing out the door for where he has to be. So again, something in the lyrics that she's the one saying and not him. The only parts I think are "narrated" by him for sure are the "Baby, I'm ready, I'm ready, ready, ready to blow my lid off" and "Baby, I’m ready, I'm ready, ready, ready to blow my brains out" - which he says right before a 3rd person narrator comes in saying "You died..." etc. They're kind of like fragments of an argument being remembered by him. On a related note, you'd think out of everyone in the crowd, she'd be supportive and enthusiastic, but instead she looks disinterested and apathetic. She claps and patronizes him a little bit for his acts, which he does with genuine enthusiasm, but she doesn't seem to really care or think much of it. It kind of seems like a metaphor for relationships where similar things happen. Just because you sing "I'm not that nice" doesn't mean you're talking about yourself, I think it's talking about her. It's a little more abstract, but that's my own interpretation of it - which no doubt is shaped by my own personal experiences. There's a lot of ways to interpret and relate to the music & video, which is part of what makes it so good. : )
I think you're right. To me this video is about someone who wasted his life trying to amuse people who thought nothing of him. He wanted their adoration, and they mocked him for it. In the end he dies a meaningless death, his brain flooded with chemicals leading to one last trip. On this trip he sees the universe for what it is. What his life was, and his final revelation being that the woman he cared for will hardly be affected by his death. She only used him for what ever role he served in their relationship. Essentially cannibalizing him. He dies and is added to a mass grave where all of us will join. His horror serving no substantial purpose, as though his life was ultimately a personal hell. Forever buried and forgotten in a sea of lives like his.
@@heidileeshire5959 You're dumb. You can take things at face value, or you can try to gain some substance. The best works of art typically have a message at their heart. By not recognizing that, you're doing yourself zero favors, remaining closed minded, and ultimately are consuming candy. You're subjecting yourself to being another mindless consumer. If it sounds good and looks pretty then you're happy. Sorry some of us look for more out of our entertainment than just flashing colors.
i watched this video this morning on the toilet, and my whole day has revolved around LSD. One professor talking about it in chemistry class briefly, and even showing up in my class for the history of rock music. This is too much of a coincidence.
Lol you sir, just seek to find connections and significance in the random sequence of stupid bullshit that is your life. Until you realize nothing actually means anything, nothing can truly mean anything.
I’ve experienced it. Decided it would be a good idea to eat 700 goddamn mcgs of acid. Horrible time, absolutely terrifying. The doctor scene was probably the most accurate thing I’ve seen in a while
First used to listen to this song religiously at a really bad time in my life. If you’re in a bad spot in your life don’t spiral in self pity. Get out there and make the changes you know you need to make, life is beautiful if you allow it to be. God bless
@@Youarelovewalk The only way out of a bad situation is through it. The smaller you define your world the bigger your problems will seem. Pray, work on yourself, put everything into perspective, and keep pushing forward and you will get to the other side of the tunnel brother.
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Rest in peace Mike Burakoff, thank you for one of the greatest animation works I’ve ever seen in my life! ♥️
Who is Mike Burakoff?
@@ivankornyshkov-murin9227 director of this music video, he died just a little bit ago
he really knew how things are
when he died. rest in peace. my favourite video for the next decade@@gulfy5970
every time i send this video to someone, it's my signal for suicidal stuff. and now Mike did it. i feel so bad we never met. rest in peace, you wonderful dude
Story of the video:
00:00 - dude wakes up, eats breakfast and goes to work - he performs magic at a bar
00:52 - the audience are concerned, a spark appears above the dude's head
00:57 - his life flashes before his eyes. Or at least, everything he has done today
01:34 - it turns out the spark was a result of the stage light collapsing. It lands on his head, causing a near death experience. DMT is released in his brain, causing hallucinations.
02:05 - he wakes up in the hospital, barely in touch with reality. He has further hallucinations where people, patterns and behaviours relating to his day are coexisting.
03:13 - this part is really open to interpretation. The hallucinations relate to blood, skeletons and a possible representation of hell. This is followed by dissolution, suggesting he has died.
Just wanted to put my thoughts out there!
Late_Bloc_Party this is such an underrated comment, I never thought of the video this way
I agree but I also think that the wife staged the death and hired the guy with the toothpick to set the light up to fall and his last hallucination of his wife is him realizing that she staged his death. "Dont you got somewhere to be at 730, I've got some work to do" meaning set up your death and the lyrics are her singing to him that she will laugh when he dies, shes not that nice, go fuck yourself, and she will eat your heart out
I saw the hospital scene as them taking his organs (If he gets hit on the head why is he opened up in his torso?) which I would assume would mean he was dead by that point
Bb
How does one trigger a near death experience.
Ill be viewing this at a later time in a different mindset.
Why the fuck did I decide to watch dis on acid wtf
was not pleasant
SPOOKY I love the follow up comment 😂
Just watched this on acid, shit was wild, fucking loved it
Swim Same.
The melody of this song is so sweet and beautiful but yet so eerie and creepy. The lyrics behind it are so dark yet sound so happy. I can’t get enough of it! Love these guys.
I just burned one and I have heard it already 3x by the time I get to your comment now 😅...love it!
I don't know about happy. Black humor maybe
I don’t think it’s healthy how much I like this song..
Lance Laube I laughed for the first in 2 years thank you and god bless ur soul I’m praying for u
I think it's very healthy. Acceptance is the first step to healing. You gonna be alright. Heaven and Hell are all right here right now. Drugs, meditation, all that jazz leads you to roughly the same point at different speeds hopefully. Soon enough you'll realize your action in the immediate here and now is ultimately all you have control over in this crazy roller coaster we call life, and that they ripple outward like a stone in the pool that is our here and now.So understandably, killing yourself can be a tantalizing thing when you feel nothing matters. But cheesy as it may be, everything you do has a value greater than 0. You may not feel as though you are a 1, but you are. Infinite and nothing all at once. You have the potential, you have something no one else in your immediate space can provide. You may not see it, but others do. It might be something as small as making the best fucking brownies out of anyone you know, but goddamit you're buddies would miss those brownies more than you can ever realize. Once you realize how even the tiniest effect you have on others around you and how much of an effect even saying something nice to someone can have, it seems meaningless to kill yourself as well, and thus you are free. Nothing matters except everything. Hug your cat, eat some good food, smoke a bowl, do whatever you do, but push yourself to the positive. Do constructive things, stay away from negative people and thought patterns. This kind of music does have a negative effect if it's all you listen to (I've been on a DIIV and sadboi music kick myself), but in total it's a positive gain when can make time to reflect and not ruminate. Become a successful failure. Through your stumbles you are greater than those who have never faltered if you allow yourself.
How come Lance Laube?
Oscar Jameson It reflects the darker part of my perspective of life.
Lance Laube it never gets old like actually
When the woman says "eat your heart out" and the background becomes a sort of arterial web of soft tissue, then that pattern of skulls flashes in front of your eyes. That is ABSOLUTELY what the beginnings of a bad trip look like. It's this sort of awareness and paranoia about what most of your body is actually made of. You just start to feel gross.
Time stamp?
Congrats its psychosis! Psychosis land looks justtttt like this. Everything’s connected.
when i saw that the first time i was like, ok not gonna watch this on acid. now that youve said that im definitley not going to.
Don’t do drugs then loser
@@RainyDayDance yeah i’m watching this on cid rn and looking at comments and i’m lowkey tweaking now
This is the DMT trip I never want to have. Whoever directed this really nailed the "I'm whacked on tons of mushrooms/acid and everything is patterned" visuals. Bravo!
Been listening to this song for about a year straight and I’m still blown away by how MGMT managed to capture the experience of complete egodeath exactly like a heroic dose of mushrooms. In my opinion this is their best work.
You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like MGMT
Yesssssss
@@funlittlefishthanks for the band name they are chill asf
I agree and I've been listening to it for a year too lmao. We're bro's now. Yeah this song is like when people label you a certain way and ur like just go away. Kind of.
@@samuelhatlestad6676 I agree or basically F off I’m riding alone on this one .
This video was uploaded 4 days after I got hit by a car for the first time. The car was going 35 mph and caused me to go flying around 12 feet away, I ragdolled through the air, and my left shoe flew off. I was able to get right back up after I hit the ground, and the worst injury I got from that accident was a scrape on my left wrist. The doctor at the hospital told me that I was really lucky, and ever since then, I've felt like I either should have died, or I actually did die but was somehow transported to an alternate universe where I survived with the least amount of injury.
I only really got into this album last month, but if I had watched this the day it was uploaded, I would have been convinced that I had actually died 4 days earlier, and this song was the universe's way of making fun of me for dying. 2 and a half years later, it vaguely seems that way. It just adds to the depth of this song for me, and makes me love it and appreciate it more in a strange way.
You really were lucky.
well man welcome to this universe. Its probably similar to the parallel universe you came from but everything sucks ass here so enjoy it!
Can I hitchhike with you back to your 2020, I don't wanna be here anymore.
Fresh Bae 😂😂😂😂😂
That's really beautiful...
That background guitar tune is frkn lowkey hot from beginning to end
highkey*
Video: *has the most obviously psychedelic visuals of any video ever*
Comments: “hmmmm my senses are telling my this may be alluding to drugs”
Noah Johnson was FDA zzz pi
A lot of people think DMT is released in your brain when you die, I think that’s what they were going for in this video tbh
Isaiah Romero ^^^
yeaaaah its not about drugs...
@@Macke360 the video is literally acid
Takes real talent to release bangers like this 10+ years after your debut.
It’s 2023 & MGMT still one of the most underrated bands of the new millennium
Yes, completely agree. My favorite band of all time. Can't wait for the new album this year!!
Underrated? I've always thought they were super cool and super popular. Huh.
@@vashdesperado1232 they’ve always been top 5 for me, but they got hella burned by critics back in the day.
for example, back when Oracular came out & they were getting a lot of radio play, a lot of critics snubbed them as being “alright for a radio-pop band”. then when Congrats came out, they said they were trying too hard to be artsy/contrarian. & for their S/T, suddenly the narrative became “they should have stayed a pop band, they were amazing as a pop band”
They finally got some critical acclaim with LDA, but it took a long time. The fans have always known they’re top-tier though
Nah they got electric feel to trend on tiktok, they're good for now.
underrated? lol there pretty big bro
Unbelievable how this song sounds both melancholic and hopeful simultaneously
I m so high rn ..,i dunnno what ya sayin...but i knw one thang u are so beatiful ..lolol
Okay I am not high like the guy above but I think , I think that " I am gonna eat your heart out " you know? Like eat it nom nom you know
Like find you
Both and simultaneous, PLEONASTIC!! Learn how language works kiddo.
yup :( it really hurts to listen to when you can relate
Besides this video being a visual masterpiece, there's just something about that last line "I heard you the first time" that sends chills down my spine. Beautiful and unnerving.
WashupCyclone ikr, that soft voice losing in the empty it hits so strong
Love the Katsushika Hokusai fractal wave picture dude. Very cool.
WashupCyclone I felt the same bro. But I don't feel that anymore I keep waiting for that shiver but it never happens.
WashupCyclone yesssssss!!!
That's cause him realizing that she in fact murdered him, his wife.
I'm just looking for lyrics, but ended up reading everyone's stories. You guys carry a lot, and it is a good thing to pass it on to others.
RIP Mike Burakoff, one of the directors to this crazy, amazing video
This is one of most realistic tripping videos I've seen. The way everything is made up of such detailed patterns, contrasted shadows, pulsing movements & vibrant colors. Well done.👍🌌
It’s kind of insane how accurately they captured the look of an LSD trip. I don’t think I’ve seen anything else that encapsulates those specific textures and colors the way this video does.
@@LongSinceDead1 th-cam.com/video/r7OkE-Uj3Bg/w-d-xo.html
I think this video is as close as it gets to a true DMT experience
TRUE
Kinda. Not super accurate but the ideas are correct
you will never get a super accurate depiction, its a subjective experience going on in an individuals brain, different for most people.@@tribitx
The vocalist is so happy, when he saying "when you die!"
@jasthemitygmail Jungian Self
Probably my favorite part of the song at 2:43 . The songs melody changed and settled down becoming almost comforting but then you hear that original melody slip back in thats reminiscent of when you’re tripping and you think its over but then you start noticing things moving again so you realize you’re still very far down the rabbit hole. Amazing tune
Yeaaa that's so accurate. And that guitar riff itself somehow sounds like an acid trip, it's whimsical yet dark and mysterious
Yes hallucinating is like a bungee jump at some points. It feels like it is wearing off and you think you are good but then you dive right back into it.
Lol yeah, I thought it was over but then they're like "go fuck yourself" and they give you even more sauce.
Love your comment, I love when people writo down the exact feelings or emotions capted that are the same for a bunch of people or just for the person
For me that slow melody reminds me of when the drug kicks in and slowly begin to jump out of reality innitiating the trip , and begin to lose sense of time along with the other effects
The fuzziness is absolutely spot on with tripping. I once watched a small island turn into the back of a dragon but it was just tree's waving in the wind.
You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like listening to MGMT
Imagine this video in the 60s ... They'd be Gods
For real tho
Literally
mgmt is one of those bands that I like to think came here secretly in a time machine from the 60s or something.
True! Although this video could not have existed in the 60s
Not gonna like this comment. It's in the perfect number right now: 420
I've listened to this at least 30 times in the last 2 days and I've determined that both the song and the video are masterpieces.
yupp
Just don't let them fool you, they'll be laughing AT you
samee
i second this
Oh Stacy, I don't think you've been on the planet long enough for a statement like that
It’s been like 4 years now and I am still deadass when I say this is my favorite song ever.
Glad to see you're still hanging in there, I won't be able to much longer
@@tunnelvision9330 bruh wtf🫢
delightfully dark
@@tunnelvision9330 I’m with @Mer Bish this song can never get old and is perfection, favorite song of all time by far
me asf
This song helped me through a very hard time, most people think it’s weird, but it might just be the most important song to me.
When the vitamin gummies kick in:
When sugar bear hair kicks in
XD
For real😂😂😂😂
Out of the world
can you be my connect ???????
This song has such an upbeat and joyful feel, but when you pair it with the video it switches into a sarcastic and ironic kind of bliss which never fails to induce me with anxiety.
I never hear the upbeat feel that people talk about in songs like these, I hear major key, but song always feels very dark
@@j-henry7391 This is in a minor key though. The only upbeat element is the drums.
EXACTLY
@@lucasthemycologist I guess I can't really pick out a key but that just makes it all the harder for me to understand how it could be seen as upbeat lol
im so scared rn like omg it’s not scary i just feel like im gunna die now
I'm glad the drugs we bought for this band didn't go to waste.
Vaelen finally someone has Something to say that’s not insane!!👌👌
Vaelen i bought the drugs without identification....thought maybe they would like those better
I thought I was having a flashback for a second
Rest in peace Mike Burakoff, director from this masterpiece of videoclip
This video is the most accurate portrayal of a psychedelic trip I’ve ever seen.
Salvia Divinorum
this makes me think back to my dmt trips
@@naomibanda9364 i dont fuck with salvia, i had one bad trip with that and saw spiders and shit I hated it lol
@@gavinjohnston1517 I was lucky enough to have a great time when I tried salvia, I melted into a wicker chair, saw only my friends hands and faces, and felt my buddy's sweater until I almost cried due to joy. Definitely not a typical experience from what I gather
Not good near the end
This new album is gonna be *incredible*
Sam Baker what's the new album gonna be called?
It's gonna be called little dark age
It was
You were right ❤
5 years later this aged extremely well can’t wait for the new one
This video is out of this world
Damn, wish i would have taken an 8th of mushrooms before watching.
Can't get over how psychedelic the video and song is not to mention very catchy
yeah it's in space
looks like a ripoff of dont hug me im scared
reminded me of Donnie Darko Idky
This song gave me the courage to quit my old job. This album just came out and my mental health was at its lowest, somehow I believed that being paid so low and treated so horribly by my boss was all I deserved. And then this song? I always had the urge to play it throughout my entire work day on my desk. I guess I got so pumped by how my frustration felt justified, and then I finally quit.
Since then whenever I play this song, I remember the victorioust reeling of leaving that job. I was so wrong, I did deserve better and got a nicer job elsewhere.
Same. I listened to this song the moment I stepped out of the production floor on my last day. It was the first time I smiled after 9 months of stress, humiliation, and small pay.
This is amazing!
Good on you! MGMT is affecting positive change!
There's something real about this sort of thought process. Watching this video does a lot to remind me what I'm working for, what I'm living for - almost as a sort of reminder for what sort of purpose I'd given myself... so that I can hopefully pass on with the idea that I'd left something worth leaving behind.
ah shit now I feel what u once felt
One of my favorite songs ever, never gets old. Especially the part when he sings “don’t you have somewhere to be at 7:30?” Love it!!
Now I'm walking around my house singing "I'm ready, I'm ready, ready, ready to blow my brains out"
thanks MGMT
smuchkinz I was doing that before this came out -_-
i was humming this to myself at a supermarket. hope people near me didn't get too concerned
It's great to sing "go fuck yourself", and blame it on a song, right?!? My mom was NOT amused...my chahuahua loves it.😁
I’m so obsessed with this song/video. No words can describe how they make me feel. AHHHH. I guess that works.
The visuals are so psychedelically beautiful combined with the song is just amazing....
MGMT understand true psychedelia - this video is fucking gold. The lyrics are perfect, the music is perfect. I know I'm not the only one who'll say this but I've been listening to them for like 11 years, seeing them be one of the first indie bands to seriously blast off was inspiring as fuck to all independent musicians, and I feel like in these crazy fucking times MGMT deserves a serious comeback. I can't wait for the new album. I feel like I'm 16 again. But not. Ya know? It's strange but wonderful.
Natural Father MGMT is a creative power which luckily will have a comeback so more people can enjoy their work, they're amazing.
Stfu
Mgmt interview
first indie bands to blast off. get the fuck out of here with that shit. but a great song and video.
Natural Father :) I'm 16 experiancing all this psycgadelia for the first time
Glad to know MGMT is doing acid again! Back to the good music!
When was MGMT's music not good?
@@raoulspov Touche. Just so long between their albums. :/
Raoul Barba that's what i was thinking
this is a music video
@@trinalps huh?
MGMT back at it with the vids that give you a FULL on existential crisis.
La dura coincidencia de las circunstancias ¿no?
This video makes me think about my mortality now constantly.
"gives you the feeling* of a FULL on existential crisis."
Fixed.
Ya la gente es muy sensible a las crisis existenciales, tho. No se necesita mucha complejidad. Supongo que eso es bueno.
How does this give you an existential crisis?
When I first listened this song, I was lying on my bed and randomly clicked on this video seeing its unique thumbnail. I was holding my phone in my hands while the audio was being played on a bass boosted speaker kept on my chest and the experience was something else!
I thought that I was diving in the video without even getting high irl and getting euphoric sensations.
Really appreciate the efforts put in to make this song and video. Loved it!
When you take the entire jar of vitamin gummies
Mmmmm
Well they taste really nice sooo... I wouldn't blame them
I though that will become in a xmen :(
have u heard of this song called TIME by The Impures
MGMT took an entire jar of vitamin gummis, this is what happened to their musical career. - Chubbyemu
Joe Rogan: ever try DMT?
MGMT: *laughs in DMT*
I like this
quick question is dmt acid or is it a different drug
@@tyler3972 100% different
Tyler Tant yea if you pop dmt thinking it’s acid, you’re gonna have a bad time
Well, you dont exactly pop DMT. But also everyone will experience it at least once (the end) in your life. Your brain stores this, smoking DMT triggers a release of it. However it's just the tip of the iceberg, we wont know exactly how much floods our brain till our inevitable end.
This is one of the most incredible music videos I've seen in my life.
waterglass21 oh yeah...try lullaby by the Cure
Watch asap mob-yamborghini asap rocky-Lsd
Juanito y los clonosaurios yeah thats another great one, but I find this even better
good ones, but they pale in the face of this
Спасибо.!
- JoysticK .
This song puts things into perspective for me. In the end, nothing matters. We’re on this journey of life for our souls to have a human being experience, which includes all the joy and suffering along the way. It’s supposed to be that way. That is life.
me when i drink funny liquid out of lava lamp
me when the
Water water
wut
Your profile pic is everything...
BRUH THATS TOTTALY ME WHEN THE
imagine this playing on mtv and traumatizing some poor child to life.
very cool tho
I love how you said traumatizing to “life” instead of “death”. Interesting
i'm from russia and i heard this music in the reebok store in the mall. Few people in my country know english, but the music sounds cool
Who tf watchs MTV these days
@@likeatree7825 lemme get the snap
@@nsmiguel99 whoa brother calm down
I love and fear this song. This is by far the most accurate portrayal of how the mind/soul slowly withers to black after a morbid event. You're reality slowly stops existing. your brain becomes mush. The slow realization that YOU are fading. In the end... Black.
@Yeast Yeast just a matter of time my friend.
there won’t be anyone experiencing colors. No black, no white light, just nothing
For me it was more about wishful thinking. Suicidal thinking. Which is why the part about feeling nothing after dying sounded so optimistic. I dunno why, but to me it seems the main character is laden with guilt (“I’m mean and I’m evil, don’t call me nice”) and is longing for release.
In any case the way you describe loving and fearing this song is spot on. It’s an awesome piece, but it also shows you the dark side of life quite nakedly.
@@FabricioVargas91 that’s the thing. Death as we currently theorise it to be isn’t just darkness and shadow. It’s a nothingness that we quite literally cannot imagine.
@@gsmooth4279 Nothing' isn't better or worse than anything. Nothing is just... nothing." Arya Stark
discovered this gem last week and still have it on repeat.
did you notice most of the lyrics are deliberately generic lines from a couple having an argument
I heard you the first time...
Never seen anyone capture what a bad trip is like so accurately before!
Angela Palmer the seemingly endless time loop, the twisted faces when his eyes are closed, the feeling of being at the hospital fighting for your life, and the laughing nonexistent faces are all things i’ve experienced in a terrifying acid trip
@@trashboat6215 How many mics of what did u take
what do you mean by bad?
@@trashboat6215 the loop is the worst and the song also has this weird winding up & down sound in the background that is really reminiscent of what I hear when a trip turns sinister
me @ 1:36 "yo this would be so cool to watch on acid"
me @ 3:36 "nvm"
i came here to say the same thing, lol
I don’t think you need to fucking trip to watch this, mate. 😂😂😂
Mophydo omg for real
Perfect description
I tripped watching this video... now my nose is bleeding
I really believe this is one of the greatest songs ever made. It gives off a feeling I can’t describe. The music video just magnifies it too
agreed
Mystery and curiosity blended in a psychedelic way 😶🌫️
For me it’s melancholic and yet relaxing.
Mgmt is the most talented band of this era, thumb up guys ! You are the one I want to go see in live concert.
hey you should look up The Doublejumps if you like MGMT
mgmt are pretty recognized.
I would say its one of the biggest indie bands
This is the most visually stunning music video I’ve ever seen. And I fucking love this song, I missed these guys.
stev6963 you should check out music videos directed by "BRTHR", they're pretty overwhelming
stev6963 wow! You have seen many videos huh?
@@randomdude189Grow up dude
This video reminds me of Tommy Cooper, A famous magic performer and illusionist. He died on stage Live on TV due to a heart attack or some sort and people thought it was apart of the show so they laughed and played it out, other performers went on stage while his body was still there since people thought it was apart of the show. He was a loving man though and people of his city still remember him and even made a Statue of him (":
We’re all so fortunate to have such a talented band that makes super amazing music! I really hope MGMT gets the recognition that they deserve!
STAY HIGH MY FRIENDS!
i honestly would love to listen to this song right before i die, to remind me that everything doesnt need to be so serious, that we can just enjoy the gift of life and how death is just another part of it all
Wow that just became a core memory for me
Wake up, poor soul! You are in danger! These are demons waiting for you after life for eternity in hell!
You need your saviour Jesus Christ!
@@bombarde99 well it just so happens.. I am not afraid anymore lol
@@rosemadelynvlogs the truth about this world is hard to cope with, because it is a very few people that find God, but if you want to be saved and go to heaven, you NEED the Lord Jesus!
Matthew 7:13 - "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it."
that woman at the end is the scariest thing I've ever seen
On acid I'd probably jump out the window looking at her
@@ghoste_girll is acid highly addictive ?
I was on acid watching this and then she appeared and honestly it was the worst fucking thing I've ever seen
It’s what u see when ur on lsd I swear
When the trip goes bad lmao
When the apple juice contains 0.06% alcohol
XDD
When your brain contains 1% capacity
lol
Then it's Panaché
And some Lsd
This video and song are both so haunting. That's the best way I can describe it. Both the way the song itself was composed, and seeing it along with the visuals, it created some mind beast inside me that hasn't left since I first watched it.
Just saw and heard this song for the first time and I feel the exact same way. Watching it a second time now.
I'll forever treasure this song as it was during lockdown that I discovered it and it radically altered my music taste, marking the beginning of my Indie Rock exploration
This is one of the closest LSD visual representations I've seen. Top work video creators.
This is DMT my dude
This is very similar to the visuals I have on shrooms. All psychedelics cause crazy trips, my friend.
absolutely looks like that dreamscopeapp was involved
Blue Eyes White Privelege uhhh have you not seen time to pretend
King Green Damn. Somehow I don't believe I have. I've listened it to death but never watched. I'll check it out.
I like their new style so much !
Cookie 340 it's more like Hot Chip and Metronomy
This track and video has restored my faith in contemporary music and art in general. Creativity is still very strong and vibrant, it's just blocked out of sight by a dense forest of bullshit. Thank you MGMT!
THE ARTISTRY OF EVERYTHING. This song is incredible
Hey you might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like MGMT
It’s crazy how I didn’t appreciate this when I first heard it and now it’s my favorite thing to play.
........mind listening to this song
((Quiet soul by The Impures ). ^.^ is good
Underrated af too check it out ____________
Yeah its a song that you have to listen to at least 3 times to love
@@kobblestone what the fuck how are you guys so spot on
did you do acid or DMT and now understand it properly? lmao
Omg that happened to me too 😅
To all the people who said, "Don't watch this when you're high."
You were right.
I hope you dont have paranoia now
LOL
@@neto6405 I think even sober you’ll have paranoia
I LOOOVE watching this when stoned. Hell, I'm high now. The colors are way more vibrant, the patterns more textured, and the animation moves more palpably; it's like in 3D almost.
@@somnolentverve2183 ikr? I can absolutely appreciate way more detail when I'm stoned.
New album is going to be amazing!!!
One of the greatest creations in the history of video editing / music videos. 5 years before all of this new AI bs that we see almost daily. Bravo to infinity to whoever edited this
Hey you might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like MGMT 🙂
This song hits different when you actually have somewhere to be at seven tirthy
Edit: * thirty
have u heard of this song called TIME by The Impures
stoned or not? jajaajaja
"don't you have somewhere to be at 7:30?" Ahhhh fuck, yeah best set the alarm
lollll
work
Recently, I learned to trust my youtube recommendation... Could not have been more happy of it!!
TheWingsThatLeftThoseMarksOn Tae'sBack how have you not heard of MGMT
UncommonSituations I asked myself the same question!! 😰
congratulations man, i mean mgmt is really cool, I discovered them few month ago
Arin Sheb Thanks! Yeah I think so too 👌
Go listen to Oracular Spectacular. Beautiful album, you won't be sorry.
This is the perfect song to listen to while walking in a crowded city during the day for some reason. This came up randomly for the first time a week ago while i was out doing errands and shit in the city and my life felt like a movie
Really!!!!!
Just dont scream “Go fuck yourself” you should be fine
@@MrtnZnth Or "I'm gonna eat your heart out"
I think its about dealing with depression that comes specificaly from fear to death, more than about the experience of death itself. Great video, great song, never disappoints.
I think the magic shows represent him performing for his friends and the woman he loves everyday, and it never being enough. The only time its enough was when he pulled the money out and his girl smiled. I think the point where he dies is a symbolic of realization, towards the end he stands up and claps for his girl and smiles when he sees her until he sees her for what she truly is.
78djinn nice
Not symbolic, the lamp fell on his head, killing him.
He saw the light. Haha.
Nah, he just having a bad trip
On LSD I felt like I could look straight into your soul lol
Glooby Loops and whiskey are a balanced part of any breakfast! Start your morning off right!
cheaaaa
This video makes me feel sick to my stomach every time I watch, really good!
3:30 this part in particular is very accurate to how it feels to go down a negative rabbit hole on acid
Sameeeeee, no matter what mindset
That part makes me trip
Dan Mingo yeah dude, the way he seems like he’s being pulled out of a happy state and starts getting bad vibes is super spot on. Not a fun place to be
Jared King very very scary place to be in fact 😂
It’s really fucking accurate. I remember seeing shit like that in my head
Rest in peace Andrew, thanks for showing me this masterpiece.
the opposite of electric feel
Literally the upside down from that
No, that's siberian breaks.
@@resmarted have even heard the 3rd album? -(electric feel)=I love you too, death.
Grounded nerve damage
I mean yeah...electric feel is slow paced, chill and with weak colors while when you die is unerving, almost stresing, sharp colors and about death
My interpretation is that he dies from the light above the stage falling on his head and the rest of the clip is his near brain-death experience progressing into actual brain-death.
@0:00 this is actually the final image shown in the film clip, just before his brain dies
@0:03 faces morphing into what looks like a bloody cerebral cortex
@0:05 Amorphous screams of people in the bar screaming "HEY" from above jolting his brain into a hypagogic dream state
@0:10 he wakes up but everything is a dream and very heavily psychadelic, colours, lack of orientation and confused
@0:25 brain on groundhog day mode, dreaming deeply and things seem relatively normal so far to him
@0:38 he starts his performance which ultimately kills him
@0:55 stage light sparks as it falls down while he looks up at it, his memory goes no further from this point
@0:57 thought loop, memory of the day starts back over from waking up in the morning
@0:59 he wakes up, hesitates, thinks for a moment, "Haven't I just done this?"
@1:03 everything is really off this time
@1:10 pupil dilates, a "blown pupil" relating to psychadelia but also in medicine fixed, dilated pupils means traumatic brain injury
@1:16 insecurity from girlfriend looking at other guy and her not liking performance
@1:30 audience as well as the performer all look up at something above the stage which sparks and pops
@1:34 light on his head right as lyric "you die" falls
@1:37 the stage light falls from above, knocking him unconcious, but not killing him. He is literally 'seeing stars'
@1:45 his 'brain' is pulsating, hemorrhaging internally, his brain continues to dream during the subarachnoid hemorrhage
@2:06 he wakes up on the operating table or ambulance, he is having flashes of reality as he is transported to hospital
@2:13 doctor 2 shakes his head, he won't make it
@2:27 he is still alive and an organ donation transplant starts taking place, they are opening his thorax rather than the head which is where the light that killed him landed. NDE reportees often state they see themselves from 3rd person above
@2:33 parts removed and given to doctor
@2:42 arms folded, medical practitioners performing the Ritual of Honor for an organ donee out of respect for their sacrifice
@3:00 late stages of his brain death now, things stop making sense, thought loop over his last actions but they are strongly hypnagogic and psychadelic in nature as brain has no oxygen
@3:06 everything jumbled up now, a man in the audience is now pouring the cereal he had for breakfast
@3:16 he sees his loved ones for a final time - body completely still and unmoving
@3:24 final surge of adrenaline, possibly during agonal breathing stages, a final desperate reflex to stay alive, causing panic and fear
@3:33 realisation of death sets in
@3:43 bloody brain imagery metaphoric of subarachnoid hemorrhage as a result of the light falling on him
@4:07 fade to black, death, thoughts restart again at @0.00 again and he repeats the loop once more, over and over forever
holy fuck the effort, very nice
You're a legend 😧💕
I really don't see any other interpretation of this video. Thanks for spelling it out
Two caveats,
1. It is also posited online that when you die you tend to relive memories as your brain becomes more oxygen deprived I believe as you mentioned. Moreover the real question I am left with is what does that time perception feel like? If it takes 7 minutes or so for the brain to completely expend all oxygen, how long until you fade to black?
2. The look of excitement of the magicians face for his wife is completely crushing (noted by the ring on his finger), his consciousness realizing some semblance of normal and familiarity - hence why he claps so happily at the sight of her. But he realizes either in fear or shock that he is dead when she transforms into a mass of grey matter spewing blood like a hemorrhage - as if his consciousness finally connected the dots and is telling him is wrong. Tragic ending.
Woahhh! Really good explanation. I was kinda confused at first
"I'm not that nice
I'm mean and I'm evil
Don't call me nice
I'm gonna eat your heart out"
Armie Hammer's favorite song
Lmao those lyrics for sure changed for us all in 2021
lollll
You should listen to TIME from the impures.
LMFAOOOOOOOO
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Going through the video and piecing together all the patterns from before and after this guys life flashes, you can see the texture of his handkerchief, pillow and cereals recreated and played out whilst he's dying of a concussion. Very fun to go back and forth and hunt for it
Watching this while tripping with friends was a fun experience.
Watching this while tripping alone was a mistake.
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was challenging with friends, big up tom rob on 750ug watching this, i would melt into the floor
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The second part of the video is a loop of the first part... it looks like he’s rummaging through the most vivid parts of his memory, which would be the last day he experienced.. so he experiences it in a more and more distorted way. Until he no longer has the mental capacity to remember anything or understand his situation. His wife, his most emotionally powerful and recognizable entity comes into fruition but not in a pleasant way. Probably because he’s clinging on to consciousness harder than he should be. This is apparent because he observes as much as he can until it blurs and blacks out. He probably should have just let go.. but maybe his mind wasn’t at peace enough to do so.. what a horrible death.. I don’t know how I feel about this song. What I do know is that it’s stuck in my head. Dammit MGMT what have you done. This is like a death video except you get to look inside someone’s mind as it happens. A whole new level of gruesome.. and people who truly have had bad trips or ptsd of some sort like myself will be horribly triggered by something like this.. I still love MGMT though and I’m glad they push the boundaries of art so much to come up with this horribly beautiful piece
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Not only that is accurate I also believe that he was murdered by his wife, since the only time she ever smiles is when he's fully dead, doesn't seem like she was ever happy with him and even in the beginning when he 'wakes up' she turns away from him and the lyrics start with a very heavy tone of loathing which I don't believe it's from him since he doesn't show any malice towards her.
Kinda psychedelics did you take?
Soap when I was 18 and visited home from boot camp (marine corps) I overdosed on shrooms due to inexperience. I know it’s not lethal but I took WAY too much somewhere around 20 grams.. my trip involved all of the violence I was afraid of experiencing in war. It is now 3 1/2 years later... I plan to go back into psychedelics the right way when I get out of the service
You sure like long comments
When you rub your eyes to hard
YOU KNOW!!!
Wtf how are you rubbing your eyes that you fall into an intense acid trip?! Teach me!!
@@sarthaksingh5237 press your hand against your eyeball and leave it there
With LSD powder on your fingers.
more like when you stand up too quickly
This used to be one of my go to songs when high or tripping. My entire life changed when I encountered Jesus, and came to the realization that my deep inward longing for ultimate meaning in life and death was put there by God. Our lives are absolutely NOT meaningless. (As I formerly thought they were) He created us for a relationship with Himself, but sin has separated us from that relationship. Jesus (who is the eternal God made flesh) unjustly but willingly died on the cross in our place, taking the punishment of our sin onto himself. He was buried and then rose from the dead after three days, appearing to many eyewitnesses and then ascended to heaven where he is currently reigning now. He offers every person salvation from sin, death, and hell, and even more so, a true restored relationship to the God of the universe. You must turn from your sin and trust and follow Jesus. He says of himself, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father except through me” John 14:6. Please search it out for yourself! The evidence is absolutely overwhelming! God is so incredibly wonderful. I love you all very much, I have such a heart for everyone seeking
Probably one of the best songs that captures depression and "being done" with everything.
The best
Yeah the girl adds to the song she is apathetic to his his pain and says she will eat his heart out. No one wants well on him.
Pussy
More like "being one" with everything.
Depression + psychedelics = bad idea
I watched this sober and didn't think much of it. Watched it high and now it's one of my favourite songs and music videos.
I'm a fan of you.
I am a fan of whom?
You shoulda come to the Girth Forest at night. It was girthy.
When u take 2 vitamin gummies
you took it twice
😂😂😂
I 9nly take them in chunks...
Red Buck they tasted like when you die
Vitamin C gang
Cool. I like this music video. It contains aspects of a psychedelic trip all put together to form a representation of one. Here's some exceptional details that I've noticed:
- 00:07 Rainbow vision/light halos
- 00:16 Orientation distortion
- 00:37 Enhanced confidence - feels like you want to announce yourself to the whole world and you're front and center of the universe
- 00:49 Strange actions - you end up doing things that appear strange and unusual
- 00:53 Distorted faces
- 00:56 Snapping back to reality from zoning out, triggered by cue
- 01:00 Enhanced patterns and colors
- 01:03 Repeating actions - stuck in a loop (doing things or thinking things over and over again
- 01:30 Intrusive thoughts - off-putting or downright terrifying thoughts
- 01:38 Floating
- 01:39 Color morphing
- 02:05 Ego death - profound feeling of being at peace - some say is comparable to dying
- 02:40 Peak - full body disintegration
- 03:10 Vision becomes pure visuals
- 03:24 Trigger - dramatic and unexpected change of set and/or setting
- 03:32 Skulls - appears when your mind is in distress
- 03:45 Faces appearing in everything you look at
it's beautiul. I have to steal this song
Jacek Zamojski it’s a hit song!
lol
Me and Death, solid as they come
Me and Death, it's not a question now
(I Love You Too, Death)
could seriously be funny to do though.
After I finish this Good Boy Fudge, I'm heading to the studio.
Album is an instant classic.
Couldn't agree more. A great encapsulation of 2018.
Yeah nah just like blonde
I've rewatched this many times and each time I notice something new which plays off something else in another part of the video.. this is actually a super intricate story.
Micoola Any theories as to what it all means?
Junkers maybe something along the lines of how the monotony of the same tasks that you do in everyday life, that you don’t really think about while doing, end up influencing who and what you are more than you realize. For example the first morning he wakes he reaches in the blue loops cereal to eat, the second day he does the same but it is caught from a different angle. Then when he ‘dies’ there is that scene where everything is made of the blue loops cereal. And there’s also the scene where everything is covered in eyeballs, which references the eyeball on his keychain, which he picked up each day when going to perform
I feel like this video is meant to be seen on acid as you notice ever detail and put everything into "the bigger pictyre" also the beginning and end of the video are very similar as the screen becomes smaller in the end and you don't really realize it until it's super small. Idk just a thought
It almost seems like the guy performs and his wife is there to support him. When the light fixture falls and hits him in the head and kills him.
Then he gets stuck in a time loop, almost as though he has to continue living through the same shit.
Like a "purgatory" or something.
Maybe I'm reading to much into it, but also when only a part of his eye drops, it's almost like saying half of him was already dead anyways.
This sums up to me, 'you live, you die. So go smoke and get high'
Almost seems too that after he's dead "which you can tell when he dies.. by how everything goes from "reality" to "unrealistic" Everyone there seems to move on without the guy, like his life didn't necessarily have a deep impact on any of them.
As if they all kept going through the motions of living. This really showcases how small that we all are in retrospect.
I cannot overstate how much I love this song. It might be my new all time favourite.
Same, first time hearing it was about a week ago😅
I don't think the "I'm not that nice" part is being narrated by the magician like most seem to assume. The lyrics have multiple narrators/characters saying things (both in regards to the video and just the song itself)
The magician seems pretty genuine and nice, both in his magical displays and when he claps for the woman at the end, so I was confused at first. But after watching the whole thing a bunch of times, I think it's *her* that's "not that nice." At the end, when she turns into a monster, he's realizing what she is. She's mean and she's evil, and is going to eat his heart out, like she's seen saying to him.
He also wakes up at 7:08 while she's still sleeping, so the "don't you have somewhere to be at 7:30" seems like something that she'd be saying to him and not vice versa. He's the one waking up early at 7:08 and rushing out the door for where he has to be. So again, something in the lyrics that she's the one saying and not him.
The only parts I think are "narrated" by him for sure are the "Baby, I'm ready, I'm ready, ready, ready to blow my lid off" and "Baby, I’m ready, I'm ready, ready, ready to blow my brains out" - which he says right before a 3rd person narrator comes in saying "You died..." etc.
They're kind of like fragments of an argument being remembered by him.
On a related note, you'd think out of everyone in the crowd, she'd be supportive and enthusiastic, but instead she looks disinterested and apathetic. She claps and patronizes him a little bit for his acts, which he does with genuine enthusiasm, but she doesn't seem to really care or think much of it. It kind of seems like a metaphor for relationships where similar things happen.
Just because you sing "I'm not that nice" doesn't mean you're talking about yourself, I think it's talking about her.
It's a little more abstract, but that's my own interpretation of it - which no doubt is shaped by my own personal experiences. There's a lot of ways to interpret and relate to the music & video, which is part of what makes it so good. : )
John Szczes well said.
I came to enjoy music, not take a class...but thanks for your time and effort, friend. 😁
I think you're right. To me this video is about someone who wasted his life trying to amuse people who thought nothing of him. He wanted their adoration, and they mocked him for it. In the end he dies a meaningless death, his brain flooded with chemicals leading to one last trip. On this trip he sees the universe for what it is. What his life was, and his final revelation being that the woman he cared for will hardly be affected by his death. She only used him for what ever role he served in their relationship. Essentially cannibalizing him. He dies and is added to a mass grave where all of us will join. His horror serving no substantial purpose, as though his life was ultimately a personal hell. Forever buried and forgotten in a sea of lives like his.
@@heidileeshire5959 You're dumb. You can take things at face value, or you can try to gain some substance. The best works of art typically have a message at their heart. By not recognizing that, you're doing yourself zero favors, remaining closed minded, and ultimately are consuming candy. You're subjecting yourself to being another mindless consumer. If it sounds good and looks pretty then you're happy. Sorry some of us look for more out of our entertainment than just flashing colors.
@@jobin140 chill out. Dude probably just wanted to listen to some tunes. I get where you're coming from tho
i watched this video this morning on the toilet, and my whole day has revolved around LSD. One professor talking about it in chemistry class briefly, and even showing up in my class for the history of rock music. This is too much of a coincidence.
sangsung the signs are true, it’s time to do some acid
You must escape before they reach you
Lol you sir, just seek to find connections and significance in the random sequence of stupid bullshit that is your life. Until you realize nothing actually means anything, nothing can truly mean anything.
Big Bud stop
@@ZeranZeran why
Jesus Christ, this is terrifying SOBER. I can't imagine what it was like for you poor souls that tried to watch it high.
cursed
I’ve experienced it. Decided it would be a good idea to eat 700 goddamn mcgs of acid. Horrible time, absolutely terrifying. The doctor scene was probably the most accurate thing I’ve seen in a while
HORRIBLE. HAVING A DAB TRIP. DONT.
DAB LMAO BAD*
It’s awesome to a morbid person. It scared me but I liked it.
This song turns 7 soon and it's still a banger. Definitely my favorite music video and one of the best. Rest in peace Mike❤️
I've played this nonstop since it came out. My favorite in particular. Great album.
joe rogan: Have you ever tried MGMT?
*tried
joey diaz : Ya bro, that's intense shit
MDMT
It's bananas. BA- *NANAS!*
@@Fun-ry2uk it happens😹 but I noticed it too🚧💀🇺🇸
I love that term "When you die". It could mean when you die I'm going to celebrate, or when you die, this is what happens.
That happened when you were born and will happen when you have a near-death experience or when you die.
Thanks swagger
Vainsleet 3 misfits am i rite? 😂
sjksj same
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Jup
First used to listen to this song religiously at a really bad time in my life. If you’re in a bad spot in your life don’t spiral in self pity. Get out there and make the changes you know you need to make, life is beautiful if you allow it to be. God bless
I’m there, in the bad spot now. Divorce is upon me, perhaps. Pray for me .
@@Youarelovewalk The only way out of a bad situation is through it. The smaller you define your world the bigger your problems will seem. Pray, work on yourself, put everything into perspective, and keep pushing forward and you will get to the other side of the tunnel brother.
I feel better with MGMT - Kids
What if you're poor?