This dude is incredibly talented. Both Gotye and the animators

@slobdosh

3 жыл бұрын

Hi, I am writing an article about Gotye and what fans think about his modern pursuits. Would you mind if I interviewed you for it?

@Moody__Mango

2 жыл бұрын

@@slobdosh how did the article go?

@slobdosh

2 жыл бұрын

@@Moody__Mango I'm happy with it, thanks for asking

@Moody__Mango

2 жыл бұрын

@@slobdosh awesome.

@ilostthepasswordformymainaccou

8 ай бұрын

@@slobdosharticle link or where to find?

zootopia looks great you guys

@rachelt9966

8 жыл бұрын

And the award for best comment goes to...

@FrancoCastillo861

7 жыл бұрын

+Rachel Tsimmerman me

@qiaoshengling2241

7 жыл бұрын

franco the fnaf brony-damn it

@porcayistcikokorecpartisi463

7 жыл бұрын

Temerivia lol!!

@ivanhdz759

7 жыл бұрын

Temerivia oh no you didn't 😂😂😂

(Oh man this is long I didn't mean for this to be so long sorry) My interpretation is that it's about a young person realising what the world is really like; first, everything is working in a perfect routine like clockwork. The bird is like a parent, pulling on the reins and keeping the elephant on track. The elephant is happy and she sees the world around her in a pretty innocent light; the other animals are going about their own business together, and the giraffe gives her a polite nod as she goes past. The bird ('parent') is like a backseat driver in that it is guiding the elephant and steering her, showing her where to go. But as soon as the parent leaves for a short time, the elephant gets uneasy. At 1:36 she hears something (probably something obscene) and turns to see what it is, and her expression is clearly a 'wtf was that' look. Down in a dark, out of the way part of the town, she sees lots of inappropriate things going on and is clearly alarmed, especially after the leopard winks at her. The parent returns and tries to tug her away from those things, and pull her attention away from them as well, but she keeps turning to look back at it, seeming fascinated but disturbed. At 2:13 the bird sees other birds - other parents - flying freely together, and narrows its eyes disapprovingly at them. I think this is because the bird is determined to guide the elephant in the right direction, and sees the others as slack parents who gave up trying with their children because they just wanted their own freedom. The bird tugs harder and harder on the elephant's hair, but rather than being put back on track the elephant starts crying because the bird is being too harsh. The elephant seems sulky and resentful of the bird after this. Then she begins noticing that something is off about all the other animals. They are all either engaging in sexual activities, have red eyes as though they're on drugs, or are trying to eat each other. Now that she's seen the things happening in the dark place, she can never un-see it and she's noticing that the world isn't really a safe and happy and innocent place like she thought, it's a scary and dangerous place that's full of corruption and filth. Then, in comes temptation. The leopard from before. She spots him eyeing her intently from a roof top and she can't take her eyes off him, she seems really unnerved. This distracts her so much that she completely ignores the bird pulling her hair to stop at the red light, and she steps right into the traffic, falling and breaking the town. She's lying on the ground surrounded by the broken remnants of society, and then she is surrounded by angry animals. The parent, the bird, tries to come to her defense, squawking at the leopard (telling him off) but he swats the bird away with ease. The elephant is on her own now and the parent is powerless in the face of this situation. The leopard holds out a hand to the elephant, and she accepts. She accepts the temptation and becomes just like the other animals that she saw in the dark corner. She's different now, she's become part of the perversion, as her face at 4:35 proves. She's seen how things really are, and her curiosity has outweighed her initial caution and uncertainty. As the bird flies away, we see that its face is sad and regretful. In the end, the bird - just like the other parents, the other birds from before - had 'failed' as a parent, failed to protect the elephant from the world, and there was no way to go back now that the elephant knew that she didn't have to obey the bird's rules, she could do whatever she wanted now and the bird had no power over her anymore.

@dracphotography4385

8 жыл бұрын

Agree here. A pretty close insight I have here !

@estabanicusvanwestenieners5347

8 жыл бұрын

very good main idea i agree this song shows what society can do to a person

@promethium1115

8 жыл бұрын

i agree man thats perfect

@rosiehorner414

8 жыл бұрын

exactly what i'm thinking

@promethium1115

8 жыл бұрын

+Rosie Horner you know it

When somebody that i used to know was a big hit i didn't care about gotye's music because i thought his other songs are like that but damn i was wrong. this is awesome.

@hoinickjijbentenpik

9 жыл бұрын

awesome profile pic :D!

@jakmanxyom

8 жыл бұрын

***** This vid's a whole goldmine for profile pictures.

@hijgjjdkygbjhguftiyuuyyu2206

8 жыл бұрын

+hoinickjijbentenpik nice name.

@asralyn7339

8 жыл бұрын

+Mr. G. Ruff Always give an artist about three pieces from different albums if you can. I love that people know him for his whiny yet compelling breakup song, and then you have songs like this that tell the story of anxiety, or the love song to his Cotillion keyboard. I love his unique, strange sense of creativity.

@reijoheiskanen7979

7 жыл бұрын

Mr. G. Ruff 😄😄😄😄

Seeing this in concert was especially crazy. Everyone in the audience has that glazed, confused/amazed look on their face. Cool video.

@jirahcohleenolosan3764

Жыл бұрын

U lucky u got to see him in a concert.

@pescando

Жыл бұрын

@@jirahcohleenolosan3764 I really was. You’re right. I think we all keep hope alive that one day he may tour again.

@Brownsville83

5 ай бұрын

Take a tab and this would trip ya out

Pretty disappointed this doesn't last 7 hours

@suebaynes1272

8 жыл бұрын

+Chelsea Scissorhands... Pretty disappointed

@annas-a8395

8 жыл бұрын

Me too.

@chancecole900

8 жыл бұрын

same

@katiejayne9225

7 жыл бұрын

Same! Or at least 7 minutes...

@bcurley994

5 жыл бұрын

Cheese More hit it on replay

Don't need to say a word... to tell a story.

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I play this song on long drives when the "backseat driver" wont shut up. Surprisingly 30 sec in and they always shut up

I think I've smoked too much Gotye for one day...

7 жыл бұрын

Same...

@BudFlight69

7 жыл бұрын

you are so right

@lachlandean2463

7 жыл бұрын

Granuke GamingProductions haven't we all

@rorypitzer3000

4 жыл бұрын

possibly...

@christina-ld4ci

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly

I love how the crow in the end is just like "Nah man fuck dis shit im out..."

@blaketto

7 жыл бұрын

more like "i failed"

This song is all about the realization of the true nature of the world as a young an naive person, and also about coming of age when all our hormones propel us into finding one another attractive, the elephant struggles with this , she’s naive and understanding how things work, might be and in fact is overwhelming, she also struggles with parent figures, if you want to see it this way, the bird on her head might easily be one of two things, the representation of a parenting figure who tries with all his strength to guide trough the good path her daughter only to miserably realize that this is also useless, because once her daughter realize truth she will never go back to be that obedient child. Or you can also see this as the struggle of our consciousness to keep us safe of the unknown, that which we don’t totally grasp becomes unmapped territory and that causes anxiety and despair, at the beginning you see a person used to her daily routine, each day passing by, but as this elephant starts to go places she also starts to see some things without the knowledge to understand what they mean, the adult world in this case, she then internally starts to rebel against her old nature, as most of us do when all of our hormonoes kick in during adolescence, she surrenders herself to her nature, realizing it’s also a part of herself and not something to be afraid of. This my little grain of sand about what I believe the interpretation the video might be about, feel free to comment, this kind of symbolic videos are awesome because of it.

@tarod3

10 ай бұрын

I agree. All these replies saying it’s about corruption and sin and disturbing.

@InferiusInsane

7 ай бұрын

Your average NYC experience

This is like an anxiety induced fever dream. I love it.

from the rubber house website: "Our third animated music video for Gotye is a coming of age about a sexually naive elephant and her co-dependent crow."

A round of applause to the animators as well!

You know, I remember watching this video when I was quite a bit younger and I didn't really get the symbolic nature of everything. I just thought it was a bit pervy and anxiety inducing. Now though, I think I see that this is all about growing up and losing your naive perceptions of reality. You realize that everybody's screwing each other and screwing over each other and that behind the facades that people put on, they're really just doing all those things that you were told you shouldn't do by your parents. Then eventually you just become one of those people and that last bit of childish naivety is gone. Watching the video now I definitely think it is much deeper than I realized upon watching it the first time. It's amazing what 15 or so years will do. At least it feels like it's 15 years ago.

I'm pretty sure this is the deleted scene from Dumbo when he gets drunk

Has anyone ever though that the video could've meant about doing the right thing? The elephant symbolized an average man/woman going on with his/her life while the bird represented the elephant's well being as the elephant would stay composed with the guidance of the bird. When the bird left, this represented the elephant clueless and vulnerable as he started to discover an even darker side of the world (drugs, pornography, theft, malicious intents and the like.). When the bird comes back however, the elephant was already losing and no longer listening to the bird, no matter how much the bird may pursue. In the end, the bird and the elephant's sides conflict and the elephant loses it.

@healersinbound

7 жыл бұрын

Quack Quer the bird was hurting the elephant tho

@haphoerart

4 жыл бұрын

Parents i guess Im literally crying rn

This reminds me of all of the strange things in my childhood.

Is it just me or does this video give you major anxiety?

@gorgonee

8 жыл бұрын

+HOWIEDOIT It's kinda disturbing I guess. And the music itself isn't very soothing either haha.

@jadervangelis2191

7 жыл бұрын

It does!

@ConvincingPeople

7 жыл бұрын

It is an extremely tense video, and more than a little unsettling.

@pythonatearubyonrails3541

6 жыл бұрын

HOWIEDOIT yes.

@bayoubandito

4 жыл бұрын

HOWIEDOIT yeah I watched this a long time ago when I was a little younger and I though it was scary almost lmao

Thank you so much for crediting animators and designers in this! I hat how big companies will make something and give no credit to the art or design work behind it. I want to know where I can find more if I like the aesthetic!

Don't let other push you around. I think. Gotye's videos are all so symbolic. I liked this one.

@brandonhancock9378

10 жыл бұрын

The way I see it is that the bird is like a parent or government that kind of feeds you knowledge in a way that keeps you pure, but when you finally start taking control of your own life you notice how everything isn't what it seemed. The beauty that was once there when you were ignorant, is now scary because you can see it for what it really is, and it can be extremely scary to the person, you will feel threatened and it can possibly destroy you mentally. But eventually you'll have to rely on yourself, and fit into society, and that'll be how you cope with the fear of the world outside of the ignorant mind that we all have had.

@tannerbarnes7392

10 жыл бұрын

Very insightful.

i think it's about thinking about what i think it's about when i'm not thinking about what other people are thinking it's about

@ccchhhuuuiii

9 жыл бұрын

Damn you are clever.

@gaganchadha6997

8 жыл бұрын

+cragwyck c That is exactly what i think

@17shdqkaixc5bkiye7

6 жыл бұрын

bro im so stoned it thintk wat yoo think

i think this is about all the things around us, drugs, sex, prostitutes, and the elephant is innocent and doesnt know what all those things are and the bird tries to help him/her to not fall for those things. when the bird leaves for a while, the elephant realizes everything around him and gets scared because he doesnt know about drugs or sex. when the bird comes back, he is tramatized but at the same time he suddenly wants to try these things out and then he runs away from the bird who has been helping him and turns into the others and experiences all tht bad stuff

@goblintak4647

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@arcadeyous

5 жыл бұрын

That's how furries are made Edit: the ones that are into yiff of course

@stefanmarcher5266

4 жыл бұрын

I think it's more than that, it's about the ego and a more positive message. It's about that the ego that is shut of, while the bird is away, and you see behind all your mindsets, limitations and things you're actually afraid of. Once you saw it, you can't get it out of your head, you try it and realize that it's nothing to be afraid of. And then your fear, the bird, flies away. What you you think?

@haphoerart

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe the birds are our parents(if we have a good pair or a great single parent)

@haphoerart

4 жыл бұрын

@@stefanmarcher5266woahhh Different perspectives

Repeat after me: GOTYE IS NOT A ONE-HIT-WONDER!

@TheThinkingPhilosopher

2 жыл бұрын

GOTYE IS NOT A ONE-HIT-WONDER!

@exedeath

2 жыл бұрын

Using amount of albums sold as a way to gauge quality is a ultra shitty idea. Imagine a ultra famous band with 20% quality, this means 20% of people that listen to the band will like it, this famous band has 1 million people that listened to their songs and so 200000 people that like them, now imagine a underground band with 80% quality, this underground band has 10000 people that know them and so 8000 people that knows them, thats 25X times more people liking the famous band despise it having 4X times less quality. This happen because you are counting only the likes and its being biased toward famous stuff, a way to counter that is to allow you to dislike it, so with more fame you will also have people that hate you countering those dislikes. Thats why removing dislikes from youtube was a mathematically wrong idea.

@DocWorm

2 жыл бұрын

Idk what planet you're on where a no-words environmental soundtrack is a "second hit" for an indie pop superhit but you do you

@marcsuta2408

2 жыл бұрын

GOTYE IS A ONE-HIT-WONDER!

@DocWorm

Жыл бұрын

@k1000 you're

I love Gotye's music videos. They're always filled with beautiful artwork by great artists. I have started to try out new art styles to develop my skills (which aren't that great) but take a lot of inspiration from the artists featured in Gotye's music videos. They're always a great example of 'if you just finish your work, it will always look good'. The music video for Graffity 6's Stare Into The Sun is another good example

Reminds me of times when my eye catches something new and intriguing and I just can't look away. Then afterwards, I begin to see it everywhere and I've never noticed it before then.

When you try to analyze something that makes you feel something so strongly you just end up simplifying it down to a psychology instead of letting it be an art. This is truly incredible though.

It's weird that one of Gotye's only popular hits wasn't the best and everything else he does is. How does that work

@k-leb4671

4 жыл бұрын

Someone That I Used to Know has that pop folk flair I guess...and Kimbra. Naked Kimbra.

@katherinemorelle7115

4 жыл бұрын

STIUTK is a pretty good song, and Kimbra has a gorgeous voice. But it’s definitely not his best work, just his most popular.

@shizukagozen777

3 жыл бұрын

Everything else ? Hum, no... But it's only my opinion. STIUTK is a great song, far better than most of his work and in my relatives I'm not the only one who thinks that.

I`m glad people still are interested in this great artist

Just remembered this video today. I lucked out when I remembered it was a Gotye video. "Elephant erotica video" is now in my history with... questionable results.

I just got my Sebring Convertible running again, & I'm like the "Guy on the Green Snake" @ 0:37...! YaHooWee! With the top down (even if it's ~Freezing Winter Temps~); my girls & I are like Cruising down the street waving to everyone & Pumpin' Up Gotye!!! Thanks man for this upload! ~ peace

I just realized this is only instrumental, the visuals tell a story so well I didn't realize that till the halfway mark

How wonderfully bizarre!! Absolutely perfect for the instrumental, brilliant piece of animation ^_^

that leopard kinda thicc tho

hallucinating sexy leopards on your morning commute? it's more likely than you think

This was incredibly fun to see live! as they danced around with rubber chickens and a melodica you could tell Gotye and his band were having a great time, and when 3:21 hit, you could feel the bass in hum in your chest.

Too bad elephants remember everything they see. Poor elephant. :c

@scomo7yearsago958

4 жыл бұрын

29Evilbunny maybe that’s why it’s an elephant

I think the Crow is innocence (sexual or otherwise), and when it leaves, the power of curiosity takes over. The Crow ( innocence) isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it can be controlling. Also, the fact that they're animals is pretty important. Elephants don't walk on two feet. They aren't coordinated. The only way they become that good at walking is when someone (a trainer or something) directs them to do it. The same way, animals aren't careful (sexually or otherwise) unless something is preventing them from being careless. None of the animals are careful, nor do they help each other like the elephant was being led to believe. Back to the innocence: when the innocence goes away, the carelessness takes over, and the elephant's inner wild (sexual or otherwise) is brought out. Permanently.

@sayandutta0310

2 жыл бұрын

I think crow symbolizes society or religious fanatics preventing elephant to find its true sexuality..

i was so immersed in this funky stressful animal world i just forgot it was a music video for a gotye song! incredible storytelling through music and animation

0:24 just brought my brightest smile :) :) :)

Why isn't there a seven hour version of this? It seems the logical jump to make.

I absolutely love Gotye and all his music...he is a pure GENIUS!

It's about growing up. The bird is the elephants parent, once the parent gives the elephant freedom, it sees the world for what it really is. The elephant is shocked and frightened at first, but once she realizes that she does not have to follow the birds rules anymore, she decides not to. She then does whatever she wants in the new world she has discovered.

@mariorocksit

9 жыл бұрын

lol you got a sketchy mentality or youre a piece a shit troll either way that sucks .-.

@mariorocksit

9 жыл бұрын

***** not stupid, just stating my opinion,sit down . look at the world around you & the temptation. the only one who truly gave a fuck bout the elephant was the bird .the panther didnt give a shit bout the city getting destroyed or genuinely about the elephant he just wanted to corrupt the innocence of the elephant.if it was truly bout growing up the elphant would have grown to ignore the temptation. you obviously dont know shit bout growing up.

@matt036

9 жыл бұрын

Mario Ortiz Nah dude it's kind of the opposite if that although it's much the same thing. It's like the bird is religion or government or society trying to keep the elephant on a set track when the elephant actually finds that it wasnt to be doing all the fun stuff like being in a non-heterosexual relationship or whatever. Sure if you hate non-heterosexual, non-queer things and you hate alcohol then you'd take the side of the birdy

@amycroysdill4518

9 жыл бұрын

Mario Ortiz It is about growing up. You tell me, you didn't see temptation when you got older. Everyone does, every child does. one point of time, you will see something; you'll see it and you have no choice but to see it and you can never forget what you sow no matter how hard you try to ignore it because now your aware. Drugs, killing, sexuality, sex, all of it...over seeing one little thing and the worst part of it all; parents can't control it. No matter how hard they try. They can tug and pull but it only causes discomfort and strain and fear; the reason why the elephant fell. She (or he) was so afraid, so confused and the bird tried to force the elephant to move that she (or he) fell; a mistake, a regret. She (or he) destroyed everything in her (or his) path. The panther did care about the town being destroyed but when he came up to the crying elephant, scared and afraid, all there was in his eyes was understanding. We all been through it, we all fell and we all wanted to look to the right. It only makes it worse when someone tries to tug at you but in the end, you will always find happiness

@matt036

9 жыл бұрын

Godsend I'm a guy

A representation on how innocence is so easily preyed upon and taken advantage of in our world.

This song makes me think of the worst things and it doesn't even have words: fear, death, loss of innocence...I don't even know. It's so freaky and yet captivating...

the music and the video are ABSOLUTE BRILLIANCE !

I saw him live at Riverstage, and when they did this song...at 3:20, that driving droning note was so loud and powerful and fantastic, it should have knocked us over. It was amazing, and god I wish that could be replicated with headphones.

1:35 I love the animation here, the way her head turns its so good

I think the meaning behind it is that the bird represents social acceptance and the elephant represents people. The bird drives tries to drive the elephant from his desires, represented by the tiger, because they are not socially accepted. The disaster is when social acceptance and regulation is destroyed, but the elephant is better off that way because without the social regulation, he can do as he pleases and meet the desire that he wants to. The message of the video is to do as you please and to ignore social acceptance if it brings nothing to you except misery.

This shits trippy

I love all the cartoon video's Gotye has. He had that one mainstream song but I personally like all of his other songs. I really hope he keeps making more. I saw a video of how he creates his music, and gosh, he puts in a ton of work for each song. Plays all the instruments, one at a time, laying it over the previously recorded instrument, until he has a song.

Dedicating a good portion of whenever I take my next LSD trip or shroom trip to watch Gotye videos lol

@christopherwineholt9165

8 жыл бұрын

Same.

This elephant just crashed in non-euclidean space

i guess my interpretation was the fuckin leopard jaguar thing resembled lust. everything was fine and dandy with the bird (which I'm guessing resembled a parent or guardian) controlling the elephant but you know. lust came in and fucked shit up, showing how much emotions can drive us to do destructive things without even realizing what you're doing.

@oh-bobby-oh-boy8559

7 жыл бұрын

Shits deep in the land of Gotye...

@tarnation7148

7 жыл бұрын

Breea-Breezy damn straight.

@themarquess

7 жыл бұрын

Haha, I read it in different light. The crow was repressing the elephant and causing it discomfort. When the repressed emotions finally boiled over it became destructive. But all the other animals who were not repressed were functioning fine and not destructive. And in the end they help the elephant learn to live in peace by embracing its own sexuality.

@dezraz9868

7 жыл бұрын

yeah... exactly.

@theatomicbonbon3717

7 жыл бұрын

Thank f*ck for my asexuality

I used to watched this song over and over when I was 5

I always feel like im popping pills every time I watch a gotye MV....who needs actual drugs! ^^

@gabriellerocha486

10 жыл бұрын

LOL XD

You know, sometimes I find the titles to Gotye songs almost as entertaining as the songs they're about. :p This one's cool, it's like..."Tom Waits Lite".

Because the song has so many perspectives, I personally believe that when we grow into our adolescent years and adulthood, we begin to observe things in a new light without guidance from parents/guardians. We cannot have our eyes awkwardly hidden by our parents if we see something that isn't right. But because we are now independents, our eyesight has much more freedom to roam.

Oooooooooooookayyyyyyyyyyy..... this won't haunt my dreams at all

Lots of symbolism in this music video

I think the bird was trying to protect the elephant, and all the other animals at the end had already gotten rid of their "bird". So the bird flew away knowing that its elephant had become evil or something of that nature.

@LevityRhodes

9 жыл бұрын

evil hahahahahahaha

@hazelmartinez6309

9 жыл бұрын

Yasss

Listening to Gotye in quarantine ❤️

I've been searching for this for years... finally. Thank you Gotye. The rhythm has been stuck in my head for too long!

jeez i first saw this when i was much younger but now i understand things also it's still a bop

From my point of view, the video is about sexuality and desire. The bird means the high consciousness of the elephant making efforts to keep him safe from promiscuity and his natural tendency to the lack of pudency. He fights against those growing and useless desires invading the elephant´s innocent and young mind, desires that would bring empty experiences and risks. Facing the useless attempts to guide the elephant through a path it might consider safer and productive, the bird finally give up and follow other birds that gave up also... 02:10 The result is the dominance of desires over rationality.

@muisjeskoelkast

10 жыл бұрын

you my man gave exactly the answer i was looking for

@beau4588

5 жыл бұрын

omegaa you're so well spoken

is anybody gonna talk about the fact that with a little help from my friends by the beatles comes up as the lyrics for this song

I wish people knew about this song along with “Somebody that I used to know”

I didn't know there is a clip for this song. Love how it gets weirder for the end. I wonder what Gotye will come up next time :) Love his albums so far.

Me: *Tries to fall asleep Me again: *My brain at 2am

I don't think the bird is as bad as depicted in some comments (in fact in nature, birds over elephants even keep them safe from diseases) that's a safe relationship. It's even said that birds which sit on elephants chirp loudly when they see predators. But here the bird go away for less than a minute so it obviously worry the elephant. This one is too focused on the animals behaving "strangely" to remember that he got someone who take care of him/her right over is head. He discover other "rules" on a completely different level: the bird is focused on the road, the elephant is focused on the people on the road. So yeah, I think it's more about routine and the way anxiety can make its way in it. If the bird make the elephant stop to trafic lights it's too keep the elephant safe. For the title, it certainly question the relationship between driver and backseat driver. In that case, the bird don't even bother himself with the elephant, the driver, who's too focused on details to care about trafic lights anymore... In the end, the elephant seems to have find another form of safety based on biaised relationships so the bird leave because they take different ways of life.

not a single word in the whole video, and yet says sooooooooooo much

this video is about the chaos and corruption behind the perceived order of the world. At first the elephant is under the illusion that what he sees is all that is, but eventually he starts to discover that the world is not what it seems. The bird is the part of him that wants to ignore himself and his feelings and just keep acting in the way society wants him to act. But eventually he has a "breakdown" so to speak and the bird flies away and he is free to act the way he wants.

@kraftyrevolution

9 жыл бұрын

nope, its about getting assfucked for seven straight hours

This video reminds me of Gorillaz but slowed down. Been tripping on this through 7 repeat plays. Yay! to good music :)

@PixelatedPeach

9 жыл бұрын

A lot of Gotye's songs/videos and Gorillaz songs/videos have the same feel =) I remember I've always been a huge Gorillaz fan, and then the first Gotye song/video I saw was "You're Heart's a Mess" and that has a very similar aspect to Gorillaz and that's why I started enjoying Gotye. Of course, I enjoy Gotye as their own thing now, but it was a the similarity to Gorillaz that got me into them in the first place =)

one of the finest videos I've seen in recent years. Kudos to the creator.

utterly amazing the video left me on edge and says that any acts in a relationship are good as long as we are both happy

another masterpiece. we need your music now :

Tell me if I'm wrong, but I think this video is about the elephant being told what is right by the bird, and then finally gets to think for himself once the bird is gone.

Musician's dictionary ... ... ... Gotye: a kind of mysterious, magic and meaningful music

This song brings me smile

Al chile me pongo bien marihuano escuchando esta rolita, like si tu también...

@sakuraowo5597

3 жыл бұрын

ajajaj

I feel weird because I don't see the bird as a parent metaphor. The story in my opinion is about sexual tensions, and here we have an elephant who going further with his life is learning more and more about sex from the society, and while it does the bird actually is a pro-sex voice of its' body... that's why the leopard freed the bird, because it had fulfilled elephant's sexual need... I really don't know why, but it's the only way I see it. The point is that the music itself defines that feeling through the video

I really like the message here. Its a happy elephant (child/teen/or anybody) who is guided on this path by the crow (parents/family/friends) but when the crow is absent the elephant doesn't realize the reality in which the crow was trying to convince. The crow tries to keep the elephant on the path (not saying the path is good or bad) but the crow is a small influence on the big elephant. So when he/she sees the world for what it really is it can't help but to fall for it. Great song hehe

I remember living with my father in a very old black neighborhood and I always replayed this song.

I feel sorry for the bird

@arthurdossantos6826

3 жыл бұрын

No, fuck the bird.

@IashahTheGoG

3 жыл бұрын

Me too :''(

@angelvilale

3 жыл бұрын

The bird is free to fly with the other birds

dont watch this when high

@marcossantiago5963

Ай бұрын

Definitely a trip to remember!

Each video I see of Gotye makes me realise how much he loves animation.

Essentially, the loss of innocence.

Objectively the best thing of all time. No but really, one of the best instrumentals ever, and the music video is a mezmerising, robust yet subtle masterpiece. Truly a work of art.

This song and “Did You Call Me?” by Lukaz just hits different in early 2022. Times may be tough but everything going to be okay in the end. I hope everyone is doing well. I love you! 💕

I will never forget this song

I can't stop watching this. Day after day, its been consuming me...

I really like that this video portrays the viewpoint of the female with an elephant that is clearly a woman. She's relatable and funny and a real parody of the quandary too many women find themselves in - being misguided and/or silenced and/or manipulated by voices inside and out about how to be "appropriately" sexual.

y de repente un comentario salvaje en español aparece jajaja xD x cierto muy buen video exelente !!!

@carlysolis1009

8 жыл бұрын

oigan este video no esta muy padre,es sobre sexo entre animales horribles pero le doy like por que amo a gotye 😍😍😍😍😍

@Alvargon

8 жыл бұрын

XD

@jairandom

7 жыл бұрын

+Carly Solis no es sobre sexo entre animales horribles jajaja tiene un trasfondo más profundo

@jairandom

7 жыл бұрын

damn

@jhonortiz9273

6 жыл бұрын

nathy excelente

One of my favourite Gotye songs

Totally listening to this the next time I trip!

it took me 4 passes to actually grasp the message here---VERY GOOD STORY MESSAGE REPRESENTATIONS/. meaty material here! AWESOME!

@WobblesandBean

8 жыл бұрын

+Skip R. Powell Care to share?

I was really surprised by this song. I heard Gotye's hit which I enjoyed but it wasn't in my musical universe. Then I heard this, a great instrumental: he gets props from me

@jasonmartin7297

10 жыл бұрын

Great? Is that what that was?

@tannerbarnes7392

10 жыл бұрын

Jason Martin Yes, actually.

Reminds me of when my mam was teaching me how to drive 😂

This, on, spotify. NOW.

what the actual fuck is happening