I know it is trendy to criticize JK Rowling right now, but no one can deny Severus Snape was one of the most talented musicians of our time.

@GoryRory

5 жыл бұрын

And gay.

@derekm424

5 жыл бұрын

Pfffff lol I just died. Honestly though, senior Snape was probably modelled after Trent Reznor. The essentially good bad guy with a tortured past.

@constantinexie8484

4 жыл бұрын

Nope, asshole. JK Rowling stole Trent's image for Snape.

@phantomechelon3628

4 жыл бұрын

Eh...I was thinking more Keanu Reeves - as he is today, with a touch of Neo Anderson.

@dharvell

4 жыл бұрын

Im'ma let you finish, but Sirius Black had the best video of all time.

I remember when the local radio said they would play a new NIN song from the Lost Highway soundtrack. I waited for hours for the song to play, then hit record on my tape deck. I played this song over and over for hours.

Me in 2008 playing Rock Band: "Hey this song's really fun on drums!" Me 15 years later hearing this song in Hi-Fi Rush: *"YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"*

@jmiyabi

Жыл бұрын

So glad I found this song before Hi-Fi Rush came out, because when I heard it in the final boss I was like YOOOO LETS GOOOO!! Makes me more hyped up to fight the boss. Sadly I don't have a Xbox but when I do I'm buying Hi-Fi Rush for sure.

@kue5053

Жыл бұрын

@@jmiyabi I mean, if you're buying a Xbox you're probably going to subscribe to gamepass anyway, so unless the game releases DLC until then, you won't need to buy anything

@jmiyabi

Жыл бұрын

​@@kue5053 Well I can't get an Xbox rn anyway so I will see if they even do release dlc for it.

@captainchuppachup

Жыл бұрын

My daughter was sitting on my knee when playing and as soon as we got to this bit I threw her off as I knew shit was about to get real.

@readyorgormotti4695

Жыл бұрын

@@captainchuppachup everyone knows hot jams and epic gamer moments are more important than your children

To all the hi fi rush gamers: explore the rest of the NIN music catalog you won't regret it

@chrishd659

Жыл бұрын

Booted up Pretty Hate Machine and loved it a lot! I'm excited to hear the other albums, I heard it only gets better

@biteof78

Жыл бұрын

Context?

@DandyDNA

Жыл бұрын

@@biteof78 This song was used for the final boss of Hi-Fi RUSH, a game that came out recently. It's one of the best games I've ever played and I made a review of it on my channel

@lukaszzylik4437

Жыл бұрын

@@biteof78 The Perfect Drug is the song that plays during the last boss of HI Fi Rush

@zero_the_source

Жыл бұрын

@@chrishd659 it absolutely only gets better! Welcome to the rabbit hole...

Why is the last minute of this song the most perfect thing ever

@Trentreznorofficial

Ай бұрын

Hello, how are you doing? I really appreciate your comments and your never ending support, i hope you never stop listening..

@jcmc9378

Ай бұрын

​@@Trentreznorofficialnice

@jcmc9378

Ай бұрын

The song & the video are pretty much a masterpiece

@Trentreznorofficial

Ай бұрын

Thanks the lovely comments, i actually opened this account as my official chat account so i can have a little time for my fans and know how some of you feel about me and the band precisely.

Can’t believe that Trent was ever ashamed of this video, as it is one of my favorites. “Turn off the sun, pull the stars from the sky, The more I do to you, The more I die”

6 күн бұрын

He doesn't like the song itself too..........................he said he was having all kinds of.....................well, drug problems and was struggling with major depression (he's said "I had no idea which way was up around this time") so most likely that's the main reason. I personally LOVE both the song and video! Rivals anything on The Downward Spiral.

Hi-Fi rush gamers where you at, come indulge and the amazement that is NIN

@baise-demitri

Жыл бұрын

I liked them before hi fi but it helped me get back into them

I imagine John Johannes watching as a teen and thinking "Man it'd be so cool to fight this guy in as a final boss."

For me personally the last minute of this song is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever.

@nige12

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah from 3:05 onwards is beautiful. Its almost like a slow but satisfying release of stress and tension after a frantic or stressful period knowing you survived, but with a pinch of melancholy thrown in but not in a bad way. Like laying on a comfy bed in a darkened room after feeling absolutely spent or knackered. That's about the best way I can describe that sensation.

@alexeygumenyuk8510

3 жыл бұрын

For me, it don't, but I really like it. The part of "rain down" in paranoid android by Radiohead is more beautiful for me:)

@blacknight2149

3 жыл бұрын

It’s actually a song about a person trying to find the next fix of H. It’s driving him crazy all day and then he gets his fix and it almost kills him. He’s ok with it at that moment, he’s ok with dying because he’s completely addicted and doesn’t want to chase the dragon anymore.

@jungoogie

3 жыл бұрын

@@blacknight2149 "chase the dragon" - I haven't heard that for a while and thanks for the metaphor refresher👍. Got me thinking about the metaphysics of that one. Thank you.

@MrSharrent

3 жыл бұрын

reminds me of Filter

My wife just brought home the perfect rug and I played this song for her

@codtraper9819

4 жыл бұрын

That's cute 😊

@lilyofthevalley5586

4 жыл бұрын

😄😄😄😄😄😄

@BigSausageTits

4 жыл бұрын

man,i needed that XD

@riderx951

4 жыл бұрын

It really brings the room together man

@te9591

4 жыл бұрын

I'm sure it really ties the room together.

Local man with a robot arm on his way to fight an evil CEO.

@richardpulido4624

Жыл бұрын

With the help of two women, a buff man, a robot, and a very rhythmic cat

@stranger861

2 ай бұрын

lol hehe

big salute to all the kids just discovering this from Hi-Fi Rush

I used to rush home right after school to catch this video. There was a period of time where MTV would play this video right around 3pm everyday

@purenkool2011

4 жыл бұрын

Kravis63 I REMEMBER THE FIRST DAY OF MTV!!!😉🤓🤪

@Ruffnek310

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! And if your lucky into beautiful people then black hole sun or white zombie lol

@nessadavis-henry9710

4 жыл бұрын

@Mad Phyn There was a time that is all they played! YEah I am that old LOL!

@lifemusic1980

4 жыл бұрын

They played popular videos every hour on the hour. Black Hole Sun was probably twice an hour. I could describe every part from memory after that Summer. Lol

@SarahSakura

4 жыл бұрын

YES!!! 😊 Me too!! What a time to be alive. And then even better when I could record it on VHS!

The perfect rug man. Really ties the room together.

@iara_svm

3 жыл бұрын

big lebawski

@badxblondie

3 жыл бұрын

I laughed a little too hard at this comment... lol thank u

@arvinbrinas8732

2 жыл бұрын

Your bullshit

@Nyctophora

2 жыл бұрын

Nice marmot

I can't believe the game ended with one of my favorite NIN songs.

@LetoAtreides

Жыл бұрын

What game

@qurupecco3864

Жыл бұрын

@@LetoAtreides high fi rush. Its a rythm action game.

@Aboronic

Жыл бұрын

@@LetoAtreides hi-fi rush

@williamwilcoxson151

Жыл бұрын

For reals I love how Chai summons the guitar while Trent screams" and I want you!"

@kyllo05

Жыл бұрын

i imagine they approached Trent for one song and he was like, hey you can have another one on the house.

They performed this when I saw them a few weeks ago. Was NOT expecting it since they never played it live at all until around 2018. The stage was bathed in green light. It was incredible.

@bertdevries3127

Жыл бұрын

Talk to much... listen hai

@tomhyde1138

Жыл бұрын

I was at the Red Rocks show back in 2018 when they played it in the encore for the very first time. I completely lost my shit as soon as I heard the opening notes. To this day, one of the greatest moments of my life. I've always loved both the song and the video.

@bravo075

Жыл бұрын

Yo! For real?! They're playing it live again?! I saw them in 2015 and this song was still out of their repertoire.

@Cavirex

Жыл бұрын

​@@bravo075 they have a drummer that can play It now

@singingelectric

Жыл бұрын

@@Cavirex No that was never the issue. The drum solo isn’t THAT hard for a competent player to play. The main reason is that it’s one of Trent’s least favorite songs. He’s said so several times.

Oh yes, when Trent was a vampire.

@mirrorperson1744

3 жыл бұрын

I wanted to like this.. but it was at 69, I’ll just leave this here

@malbogia8003

3 жыл бұрын

So.. Since day one then?

@AnnaLVajda

3 жыл бұрын

Goth was just trendy back in the day. It has a dark elegance.

@debbielawson4198

2 жыл бұрын

Wait.....He was cured!?

@necroowl3953

2 жыл бұрын

@@debbielawson4198 no, but he introduced The Cure

Huh. The Gary Oldman in Dracula crossed with Dark Keanu Reeves look suits him.

@abemcg3803

3 жыл бұрын

And created Snapes from Harry Potter

@TinaghTheBurninator

3 ай бұрын

Put this on because I was watching Bram Stoker's Dracula 💚

This is by far the best "What We Do In The Shadows" episode. Laszlo's vocal ranges are impressive.

@flippero4918

Жыл бұрын

What range my guy

@SSgtChitEPanz

Жыл бұрын

@@flippero4918 Laszlo's. They're impressive, my friend.

@flippero4918

Жыл бұрын

@@SSgtChitEPanz not really tho. In the chorus he needed to put 2 audio tracks of his voice because he couldnt hit then note. If thats impressive then i guess people have to also stop hating on mgk when he does it

@jojijoestar7233

11 ай бұрын

@@flippero4918Bro was Just playing

@r0zemary

11 ай бұрын

​@@flippero4918that's called harmonization?????????😭 some ppl rly just know nothing

I used to use this music video to teach students the characteristics of Gothic literature. It's still one of the best music videos out there.

Damn didnt expect to ever see this on KZread What a day

@DarkDisc1

5 жыл бұрын

Was then thinking the same thing..couldn't get hold of it for ages

@l.k.1111

5 жыл бұрын

🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

@hededcdn

4 жыл бұрын

Why not?

@Monika-bc3dq

4 жыл бұрын

I have no idea where these comments are coming from. I've never had a problem with this song on KZread. And I'm talking 10 years ago even. Tho I know there are some that don't have the ending (or some that have it patched in from the audio) but still. It was always here.

@jestermindcrime1773

4 жыл бұрын

@@Monika-bc3dq was wondering the same , I thot they were always here,,, but now I dunno,,,did I just hallucinate this or is this a hallucination hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

The chaos of the drum solo into the melodic "without you" part is one of my favorite parts of any song ever written. Just brilliant

@starryeyedtarot8876

4 жыл бұрын

I was CONVINCED that it was a sample from like, a crazy jazz song sped up insanely but NO. I went off of them after my teen years but holy shit...that drum-line is impressive.

@DiscologyReno

3 жыл бұрын

@@starryeyedtarot8876 The drum break is indeed sampled from The Winstons song "Amen, Brother". It is the most sampled drum break ever and simply known as the Amen Break. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amen_break

@starryeyedtarot8876

3 жыл бұрын

David Calkins Ahh yes, a friend of mine told me about this. Thank you!!! 🙏🏻

@marshallholland3070

3 жыл бұрын

@@DiscologyReno You sure? It sounds a bit different than the Amen Break. Sounds similar, but rerecorded.

@DaynaMatthews1

2 жыл бұрын

100%

Trent says this is his least favorite song he’s ever written. Seriously Trent?! It’s a masterpiece! Not to mention the video…..absolutely breathtaking. Not only does it look beautiful, but the plot not only is heartbreaking….but it brings so much more impact to the song. It’s brilliant. Hauntingly beautiful.

@ezhekial

Жыл бұрын

I bet its because it reminds him of drug addiction.

@branscam7112

Жыл бұрын

It was a fuct up journey. But, it's still me. I'm still good.

@branscam7112

Жыл бұрын

@@ezhekial naw,cause it does fall apart. When it does start doing that. Remember how u got that shield.

@vleaky3430

Жыл бұрын

I wonder who directed this video. I need to kiss the person's hand and bow down.

@goldenboy2674

Жыл бұрын

@@vleaky3430 mark romanek. Guy's a genius. Chk out hurt by johny cash, also directed by him. And closer by NIN .

words can’t describe how happy i am that more people are discovering this song through hifi rush

@miguelpereira9859

Жыл бұрын

What's hifi rush

@thrillingtremors

Жыл бұрын

@@miguelpereira9859 a game

@NesifoX

Жыл бұрын

Can't describe how happy I am that my drug is to listen this God tier sounds every fucking day cause I played a random game day one that I doesn't know.

@the2ndcoming135

Жыл бұрын

I try to revisit this gem often as someone with a special relationship with Germany.

@Lucaax4

Жыл бұрын

@@miguelpereira9859 Rythm video game

The production on this still sounds incredible. It could be released today and you would never know it is 24 years old.

@BirdOfHermes8381

2 жыл бұрын

If this doesn't make you feel old I dont know what does.

@theredheadsaidNYC

2 жыл бұрын

BAM now i’m old

@artlacruz

2 жыл бұрын

Music that is ahead of it's time that is usually the case.

@dirkhamilton2709

2 жыл бұрын

Jesus, where did the time go!?!?

@jungoogie

2 жыл бұрын

@@dirkhamilton2709 Rhythm of movement.

Trent may hate this video, but I think it is a sublime work of art.

@qtandem

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't know he hated it... :O But... why?! It's one of the best music videos I've ever seen!

@CameronMulder

3 жыл бұрын

@@qtandem The wikipedia on the song goes into it but basically, they had limited time to make the song and he wasn't happy with the results. Since it was attached to a major hollywood film they ended up needing to also make a music video fairly quickly and ended up with something "bloated andover-budget".

@NOTDeezy.

3 жыл бұрын

@@CameronMulder I believed Trent hated this song/music video because the song is about craving and taking drugs. (especially evident when the music builds up while Trent sings the chorus) and that Trent regretted doing such a personal song in retrospect since he's known for being a former drug addict

@ellamierrose1812

3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was because of the sheer amount of money he felt was wasteful for a video. Have to disagree on that though, it's one of the best music videos to me so money well spent in my opinion.

@missmurphy342

3 жыл бұрын

Trent hates everything. it's the trendy way to be.

I was shocked Tengo Gameworks added this masterpiece to hi-fi Rush for the final Bossfight what an absolute great song to add to a wonderful game 🤟🏻🤟🏻

In high school I literally made a 90 minute tape of just the last 65 seconds of this on a continuous loop.

@neilsutschek8475

Жыл бұрын

I vaguely did it in high school. It was weird!!! But also kinda cool 😎

I recall being 11 years old, recording this song from the radio onto a cassette and playing it nonstop. Good times.

@DreamWriterDKS

2 жыл бұрын

Young ones will never understand listening to a station with the fingers on play/record then the utter frustration when the DJs talk over half the into/fade out. LOL

@NeuroticNightmares07

2 жыл бұрын

Oof. I know this one

@AkashaRayneBow13

2 жыл бұрын

And recording the extended version of the video and watching it over and over until my tape deck screamed use your DVD player!!!

@AkashaRayneBow13

2 жыл бұрын

@@DreamWriterDKS heck no they won’t I still have my own do cassette mixes from when I had my fisher price tape recorder and would say stuff in between songs lol

@korey1576

2 жыл бұрын

@@AkashaRayneBow13 the 90’s was such a wonderful time!

The NIN marketing tactics is to upload 2 videos. One video that will quickly be banned by YT and another for comments about the banned video. It got people interested and hooked..It's the perfect drug.

@johnacove

5 жыл бұрын

Spot on I recon....Bowie mind tricks ;)

@JimTheCurator

4 жыл бұрын

The perfect drug

@MalaklypsetheElder

4 жыл бұрын

You forgot the endless antinomian satanic landscape and visuals.

@scottishcheese13

20 күн бұрын

@@MalaklypsetheElderlol what?

I absolutely love Trents performance in this video. He just encapsulates this mad count in his victorian mansion. His movements, his acting, the feeling of madness he oozes, something about it is hypnotizing.

The end of the song always hurts. I feel it to my core. When I'm really down, it makes me weep.

@kristandagley7089

2 жыл бұрын

I'm right there with you. It hits the soul hard🖤

@julietv3863

Жыл бұрын

It’s about my boyfriends suicide ♥️

@geet77777

Жыл бұрын

get your shit together

@somethingspecialgothdark

4 ай бұрын

🖤

I love the whole look of this video and feel of this song. Perfect. It has an Edgar Allen Poe/horror imagery to it.

@the2ndcoming135

Жыл бұрын

*See Came Back Haunted👀

@Acoustic-Rabbit-Hole

Жыл бұрын

If you've seen the video to "Sour Girl." kzread.info/dash/bejne/i6yHls6qoNPAZrw.html

@branscam9421

Жыл бұрын

Yeah,it's nice.

@miguelpereira9859

Жыл бұрын

Amazing video

@user-jp7ng5wf5r

Жыл бұрын

中国人の不細工な女が斬首されている🤣

The Perfect Song.

a young Severus Snape singing about Lilly Potter 😭 there's no denying it. seriously though my fav song and vid from NIN. I know he hated it but so many loved this video ❤ its perfect.

Feel like this song perfectly encapsulates the feeling of indulging a bad habit or addiction, riding the high of it, then the depression that follows.

@Gibsoncustom89

Жыл бұрын

Fools you into thinking it's a song about loving someone so bad you can't live without them. But anyone with addiction experience will say this is a love song to something like opiates. I guess love addiction works too, but there's no reading behind the lines here in a song called "The Perfect Drug"

@Snake.coyote666

Жыл бұрын

Je comprends cette chanson ...avec une femme qui me procure cet effet...si fort, dangereux,fou, passionné...je peux mourir sans crainte à présent car j'ai vécu cela...

@joshuabelles4978

Жыл бұрын

Precisely in the video notice he's drinking absinthe a very strong drink

@SneakerBiscut

Жыл бұрын

So my toxic ex gf, got it!🙃

@heardofrvb

Жыл бұрын

Feels more like a showdown with a CEO with crazy cyborg enhancements.

This is my favourite music video ever. I love the imagery, the blue/dark green/black colours, the Edgar Allen Poe type gothic visual flair x Victorian aesthetic. The smoky water shots, especially when he's half in it looks incredible especially towards the end; those two women wearing the oversized hats and how it drapes over them on the hill, the maze. Everything!

@violastyx

Жыл бұрын

Your comment is more brilliant than others...

@miguelpereira9859

Жыл бұрын

Everything about this video is perfect. Such a beautiful work of art

The way the opening strings sound like liquid glugging out of a bottle is absolutely perfect.

@flippero4918

Жыл бұрын

what kind of liquid do you drink?????????

@jackooooooooo

11 ай бұрын

@@flippero4918 Drain-o

"I see the truth / When I'm all stupid-eyed"---LOVE that lyric!

I got my head but my head is unraveling Can't keep control can't keep track of where it's traveling I got my heart but my heart's no good You're the only one that's understood I come along but I don't know where you're taking me I shouldn't go but you're wrenching, dragging, shaking me Turn off the sun pull the stars from the sky The more I give to you the more I die And I want you You are the perfect drug You make me hard when I'm all soft inside I see the truth when I'm all stupid-eyed The arrow goes straight through my heart Without you everything just falls apart My blood just wants to say hello to you My soul is so afraid to realize How very little there is left of me And I want you You are the perfect drug (Take me with you) Without you everything just falls apart It's not as much fun to pick up the pieces

I thought the video was about a father who has lost his child and begins a descent into madness due to grief, guilt, and addiction. In any case art is up to interpretation and this is a beautiful piece of art.

@np9145

2 жыл бұрын

that could totally be an interpretation, and actually, it's an amazing one. I wouldn't have thought of it, and right now my mind is going a mile a minute. I agree that art is up to interpretation, personally, as I have grown older, this has become more about my own internal state, and how happiness itself is a drug that I just can't seem to find

@the2ndcoming135

2 жыл бұрын

Can’t believe how much this video resembles my first Halloween in North America. Not to mention the world I left behind before coming to America😅

@ahhwe-any7434

Жыл бұрын

W/ that being said, this makes me think of savage gardens chicky cheery cola 😁🤣

@geet77777

Жыл бұрын

hes in the afterlife, the kid is him. he haunts the family property. the aunts poisoned him. Now he knows.

This is still one of my favorite songs by this band.

"Your adventure.... ends here."

I clearly remember when this first came out and was playing on MTV. I know Trent doesn't like this song but I love it. And the visuals! Like some kind of Victorian Edgar Allan Poe x Edward Gorey x Wuthering Heights, green fairy induced nightmare, it was perfect.

@scrossman27

3 жыл бұрын

I remember when it was rarely played. I used to try to explain the song to friends and the looked at me like I had 3 heads

@ClassicTVMan1981X

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, and the plucking of the violins give this video a medieval look.

@puppylove126

2 жыл бұрын

It's about Absinthe

@np9145

2 жыл бұрын

@@puppylove126 Axctually..i don't know what its about, but to me its about being able to focus on something and the chaos that is my mind any other time.

@puppylove126

2 жыл бұрын

@@np9145 I was just assuming, because the Victorian Goth, and Absinthe that was popular during that era. There is some significant Nikola Tesla themes in the too. Very cool visually ☺

Directed by Mark Romanek. It's been a while since NIN had a video of this visual quality. I miss people like Romanek or Floria Sigismondi doing these crazy, dark videos.

@2mch2sy

4 жыл бұрын

Nihil Quest yeah NIN and the cure’s music videos are the best

@juliandocarmo1203

4 жыл бұрын

I lived in Victorian london and left before it became more modern, more bolshevized

@AndreaZanni

4 жыл бұрын

W O R D.

@joeescobar360

4 жыл бұрын

He directed Scream too! Many others(Michael n Janet)

@PjPerez

4 жыл бұрын

Every shot is a gorgeous still photograph.

Gotta thank Hifi Rush for making me discover NIN, what an amazing song for a final boss.

1997 Absinthe was the scariest drug!😱

Finally!! thank you for posting the entire video on KZread!

@conin.v

5 жыл бұрын

Well, technically, it is actually incomplete. :(

@hFOURxONE

5 жыл бұрын

@@conin.v how so?

@saturnus2112

5 жыл бұрын

@@hFOURxONE The ending part bro.

@hFOURxONE

5 жыл бұрын

@@saturnus2112 It's like that in the original. It cuts off. There is no "complete" version.

@mr_nemo24

4 жыл бұрын

Yep. Where is the tecno solo before the drum solo?

RIP Happiness in Slavery 2019-2019

@Ellier215

5 жыл бұрын

Is it gone?

@Ambir91

5 жыл бұрын

@@Ellier215 yep

@CaptainResident

5 жыл бұрын

@@Ellier215 yep, didn't even last a full day.

@lplover76

5 жыл бұрын

At first I thought it was kinda gore, but then I remembered... this is KZread! I bet that video was taken down only for showing a dick.

@rexeverything4591

5 жыл бұрын

Amazed it lasted as long as it did.

People don't ever seem to remember that Trent learned piano from his grandmother as a small child and it has been remarked about him having an "ordinary middle-class childhood"; however, he was considered an introvert. Then worked as an assistant recording engineer and janitor at Right Track Records in Cleveland, OH which is where he taught himself everything about recording, during the studio's down time, as the owner decided to let him work on his own demo's for free. He has earned a BS Degree in Computer Engineering from the distinctive Allegheny College and has a registered IQ score of 170, which is the same score as Einstein. During the making of "The Downward Spiral" album, he rented the Sharon Tate House near Los Angeles, where six people had been murdered by members of The Manson Family in 1969. Reznor lived in what essentially is the master bedroom, where he isolated himself away in the closet, which he converted into a sound recording booth, with a new Apple laptop computer, loaded with some excellent sound engineering software, where he created everything himself, except for the drums. While living in the Tate Murder House he befriended a tall skinny kid, who idolized Reznor and took the residence's reputation as part his stage name ― Marilyn Manson. They remain friends. He's the consummate perfectionist, who refuses to be dictated too; nor, will he ever compromise his vision. One recording studio found out, as he so infamously mailed them a letter from himself, who had cut his own contract into shreds. Another studio was undercut by Reznor, who had notoriously released his own music for free, so his fan's could copy and redistribute his work, just because he refused to give into studio management's demands regarding his "violent content and liberal use of profanity". Reznor has been a longtime proponent of self-creating, self-orchestrating, self-composing, self-promoting, as well as self-producing your own music, which gave way to the DIY production revolution, now seen on a multitude of online platforms ― So now, you can be your own maverick, due to his many talents. Reznor wrote this single for the David Lynch film "Lost Highway", which is the reason why he indulged the video's director Mark Romanek, who accurately depicted the Macabre Edwardian Era aesthetic, based on two distinct Gothic-Horror writers. So, whenever people say Trent Reznor is a music genius ― It's all very, very true ......!!!! * Side Note: If you require further analysis, as well as an intellectual challenge, then analyze the video's three distinct themes and references by looking into director Mark Romanek. The video's director took inspiration from two distinct American author's: Edward Gorey (1925-2000) who authored ‘‘The Hapless Child’’ (1961) and his abecedarian books ‘‘The Gashlycrumb Tinies’’ (1963) and ‘‘The Chinese Obelisks: Fourth Alphabet’’ (1970). The central figure of Gothic-Horror literature is Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), who's works employ the death of a beautiful woman as a main plot, such as ‘‘Annabel Lee’’ (1849), ‘‘The Raven’’ (1845), ‘‘Berenice’’ (1835), ‘‘Ligeia’’ (1838), ‘‘Morella’’ (1835) and, ‘‘The Fall of the House of Usher’’(1839), but also as the heavy absinthe drinker Edgar Allen Poe was alleged to be, but also ‘‘The Imp of the Perverse’’ (1845) and ‘‘The Tell-Tale Heart’’ (1843) are in comparison to the music video.

@christopherfritz3840

Жыл бұрын

Excellent comment.. 👏

@aletamdeshon5937

Жыл бұрын

😮

@LC-gd6qj

Жыл бұрын

we get that he’s a smart dude, but chill with the dick riding

@kimgarner3315

10 ай бұрын

Marilyn Manson and his band recorded their first demo tape under the name "Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids" in 1989. Trent Reznor didn't rent the Sharon Tate house until 1992, so the "residence's reputation" had no influence on Marilyn Manson's stage name. More importantly, Reznor and Manson have NOT remained friends. In 2009 Reznor said of Manson, “He is a malicious guy and will step on anybody’s face to succeed and cross any line of decency." Once again, Reznor released a public statement in 2021 denouncing his former friend. He said, “I have been vocal over the years about my dislike of Manson as a person and cut ties with him nearly 25 years ago." However, I agree with you that Trent Reznor is an uncompromising artist and most definitely a musical genius.

@dude554455

10 ай бұрын

@@kimgarner3315 Yeah and the whole his IQ is same as Einstein lol don't get me wrong Trent is a extremely smart guy but come on

What a phenominal way to end a video game. congrats to everyone in the comments who just beat HFR for the first time!

@jjpemfr8882

Жыл бұрын

Defeating Kale on rhythm master is hell

@Jmerithew87

Жыл бұрын

@@jjpemfr8882 I can’t even imagine. I was on normal and it took me quite a few tries. I may do all the stages on hard, but no way am I touching rhythm master

@aaromalvarez2372

Жыл бұрын

@@Jmerithew87 It's not that bad once you learn to parry the drone attack since it leaves him wide open

@cloudshifter

Жыл бұрын

@@jjpemfr8882 For real. I had S with crown on every other difficulty and I died like 4 or 5 times and got a C rating due to the deaths despite getting S on every other department, score, beat accuracy and time. You really need to bring your perfect parry A game.

This video makes me want to write a gothic romance novel.

@thirdstrike4u

4 жыл бұрын

Funny thing that you say that, Nine Inch Nails was never a goth band.

@fulldisclosureiamamonster2786

4 жыл бұрын

@@thirdstrike4u lmao, he didn't mean the 1980s musical subculture, he meant the architectural style that originated in the middle ages. This video is highly reminiscent of the latter.

@AuthorLHollingsworth

4 жыл бұрын

It gives me "Queen of the Damned" Vibes. Love the video, and you need to start that novel. Blessings 🙏

@cognatefriend

4 жыл бұрын

go write it!!!

@rhejdirogth

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Brian.. How's that novel coming along..? *troll face*

After 3:05 always makes me tear up the tone feels so desperately lonely...

@blacknight2149

3 жыл бұрын

I’m surprised hardly anyone touches on this. It’s about an H addict frantically trying to find his next fix then he found it and it takes him to the brink of death and he doesn’t care. His life is spent searching for it so it’s over. Very sad. Haunting tune at the end

Greetings from Poland!. The best music video of the 90s, maybe even of all time. I have loved it for 25 years.

I was 10 years old and we just had gotten Satellite TV. I was excited to finally see a music video on MTV. 5am in the morning before school and this was the first Rock music video I ever saw. I was fucking mesmerized and terrified at the same time. Changed my fucking life and never looked back since.

I read somewhere that Trent hated this. I just don't understand. This is the most beautiful video and song. I have always loved this.

@railgap

4 жыл бұрын

It was from a period of his life he later considered to be a bad period - substance abuse, ego problems. I suspect he considers this trite compared to some of his other work. I think it's fine, and I think this video is rather gorgeous. But artist's are usually much harder on themselves than fans. :)

@nessadavis-henry9710

4 жыл бұрын

@@railgap Amen

@mrwhopee

4 жыл бұрын

He rushed it under a tight deadline for The Lost Highway film and was uncomfortable this high budget music video came with something he wasn't very satisfied with

@joetrost8467

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah this song is awesome

@patronsaintofpoison

4 жыл бұрын

@@mina_loi thats like saying "Its inappropriate to have a child in the same movie as sexual activity" How, then, are we to tell a story which features children and sex?? Are we going to overprotect those who need no protection? At no point in this music film was a child harmed or subjected to any inappropriate treatment. When a child is used as a symbol they might be paired with any subject. We can't be oversensitive or we are going to ruin storytelling as a medium. Please don't be oversensitive. Nobody is getting abused in this video.

It's Bizarre and Gothic. Tribute to absinthe, the green fairy that inspired the artists.

@zoeescobarllamas5001

3 жыл бұрын

And the wormwood too.

@mysteriousmoustache1

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure Trent was on either heroin or opium too

@florianalexander

2 жыл бұрын

It glows like a mountain dew with LEDs in it.

@bricaf

2 жыл бұрын

@@wcsxwcsx absinthe is a beautiful thing

@onlyNtimE

2 жыл бұрын

The hills have eyes who who how roof roof

Awesome to play in Hi-Fi Rush!!

Cloudy skies + last chorus "take me with you" are so unreal... Big Love 🖤

@redskies4530

2 жыл бұрын

Hi I recommend a song and video called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix

One of my favorite songs of all time. Also, Severus Snape: the music video.

@kraftthisile9113

5 жыл бұрын

What about Dorian Gray. :)

@360.Tapestry

5 жыл бұрын

also sirius black

@cyberspacesupersoldier

2 жыл бұрын

According to the Wikipedia article for this song, it says/reads the following about this music video: The theme was inspired by the illustrations of 20th-century artist Edward Gorey, with familiar Gorey elements including oversized urns and glum, pale characters in full Edwardian costume. The most obvious reference to Gorey is the boy sitting on a cushion in front of a painting. Other references include an unidentified painting resembling Gustav Klimt's The Kiss (1907-1908) and a "Scanning Machine" designed by Frenchman François Willème in 1860.

As a Nine Inch Nails fan and an Edward Gorey fan, this was basically my absolute perfect video

@affabio71

3 жыл бұрын

When music was all about, now stupid collaborations are killing all. Collaboration like s*it. Why need collaborations? Forgot. To make money. Shi* again.

@jkerwin4317

3 жыл бұрын

When music was all about (ABOUT WHAT GOD DAMMIT) There are a lot of great collaborations out there you just gotta look (Trent & Atticus for example)

@jlwalker1982

3 жыл бұрын

I think it’s hands down my favorite

@jaja-cg9yd

2 жыл бұрын

Are you me? Are you my long lost twin?

@the2ndcoming135

Жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: Goth originates from German culture😎

The best choice for the final boss, thanks hi-fi rush

I just got a new coffee mug and i love it. You are the perfect mug, the perfect mug, the perfect mug.🎵

@Jana_wonderfultalesandfucks

10 ай бұрын

Hall of fame comment

The Line 'Without you, everything falls apart reminds me of a relationship I was in during my twenties that ended unpleasantly.

Everyone going on about Snape needs to realize when this came out this was totally Dracula.

@matthewmorris9305

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Francis ford coppola style.

@graffitiwomen

4 жыл бұрын

And so? I mean, yeah, you're spot on correct, but are perfectly not allowed to make more recent comparisons? I'm 43 and as I rewatched this today, I quite rapidly was saying 'at least the Snape family line didn't die out'. Maybe cos Harry Potter is more freshly in my mind than FFC's Dracula, you know? No offence, just wondering why everyone's so prickly about this.

@blackspring3207

4 жыл бұрын

coppola's dracula is one of my favorite movies and this doesn't remind me of it.

@rickeymorgan87

4 жыл бұрын

I think it would be a badass full circle if trent rebooted the crow instead of damn aquaman. He is eric. He can sing dead souls again.

@rickeymorgan87

4 жыл бұрын

Some bram strokers Dracula

Trent - What Should I do? Atticus - Put The Happiness In Slavery Video On KZread! Trent - I Don't Know, It Might Get Blocked... Atticus - Put The Perfect Drug On KZread As Well. Trent - All Right, Fine.

@dembears95

5 жыл бұрын

The happiness in Slavery was FUCKED UP

@sidswitch9040

5 жыл бұрын

@Micah Johansson You Can Go To Archive.org And Find it On The Broken Movie And Closure PT 2 (Music Videos)

@AntzolY111

5 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment really cool.Trent is amazing

@NinaPaganaMiller

5 жыл бұрын

I’m surprised he didn’t publish it on April’s fools day.

@neomeg2232

5 жыл бұрын

Wait what?! Happiness in slavery was up? The real version? Priest dick and everything? I only ever saw it on a hard copy vhs of xfiles

Someone reminded me of this and I had to come back and live my 2003 goth angst 🖤

Great Trent, now all the kids want to drink absinthe.

Remember being in high school in 1994 when The Downward Spiral came out. Listened to it on infinite repeat on my CD player. 3 years later this amazing song came out. After the Downward Spiral, this was the only new NIN song for the next 5 years, which back then felt like an eternity for new material by Trent. I payed extra cash for the Rusty Nails bootleg compilations and interview CDs with Trent just to hear something new, but the Perfect Drug was still the only “new” original material I had from 1994 until The Fragile came out in 1999. I wore out The Lost Highway Soundtrack-Track 3, playing it over and over. In September 2018 I got to see him play this great song live for the first time ever at Red Rocks. Thanks for this one song Trent that kept me going during that long stretch as a teenager between albums.

@ambroseneville5453

2 жыл бұрын

This!

@user-ri6eh6rf5c

Жыл бұрын

Юб

What an unexpected and delightful surprise. I haven’t seen this full video since it aired on MTV years ago. I’m so glad Trent finally decided to share it here despite it not being a song that he has historically liked. It’s a masterpiece of raw emotion meticulously articulated.

@Jendaminnx

3 жыл бұрын

Facts. This video was super hard to find. I think i have it on vhs somewhere. I was happy it was posted!

@sachamiffy9774

3 жыл бұрын

He likes the song I think just not the video. I love both lol

@NoN4m3161

2 жыл бұрын

@@sachamiffy9774 Its the song. He felt like it was rushed. He only had so much time to write it since he was commissioned to do it for Lost Highway. And he was never satisfied with the end result. For the longest time he was embarrassed by it. But he's come to like it in recent years. In fact I believe he's finally played it a few shows.

@lishr4536

10 ай бұрын

this is not the full video :( its cut off at the end, does anyone have the full video please?! @jendaminnx maybe? :(

I remember meeting trent reznor once.. in manchester.. he was with a guy called "beer man", he took a picture of me outside the triangle (I had a manson top on) didnt know who he was as i had a one track mind back then haha, big fan of NIN these days (i know he helped greatly with antichrist superstar but didnt know they fell out after.. a passage in mansons biography i believe..and never knew he owned nothing interscope at the time..) long time ago.. wish i knew what i did now haha trent was very "under radar" back then for kids my age..

the end of this song is absolutely beautiful..

Mark Romanek made a BRILLIANT work on this video, it’s as timeless as the own song.

My 13 year old self was obsessed with song back in 96. Still such a great song!

@adarkgothicforest8508

3 жыл бұрын

i was obsessed with the song in around 2000 when i was 10 lol. i miss those days when mainstream music wasn;t trash

@the2ndcoming135

2 жыл бұрын

That bear rug was brilliantly hidden just right. Kinda get the entendres that’s meant😎

@ahhwe-any7434

2 жыл бұрын

Damn didn't think to send this to my youngen. Shes the same age I was when this came out,. Fr, fr 1996? But bc I play wif words

The production design and visuals for this video are awesome. Still one of my favorite alternative tracks and videos from the 1990s.

@auburn7697

7 ай бұрын

True!!!

Chai, Chai, Chai, Chai.

@NetCaffe

Жыл бұрын

hey, hey, hey, hey, HEY!

@trilacnguyen9506

Жыл бұрын

Rank RockStar

It was so awesome growing up in the 90's.

@ericleonkingery9229

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it was

@dead.byjawn4866

2 жыл бұрын

Gen z are so wrecked

@SiSi-xg1hk

2 жыл бұрын

Dude, I wish I had been a teen - young adult in the 90's so that I could have fully appreciated this music when it came out. I was like 8 & probably got nightmares when this video came on 😅

@the2ndcoming135

2 жыл бұрын

God, that absinthe scene gave me bit of dejavu when I nearly overdosed years ago now🧐

@AnnaLVajda

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah.

Aaaaaand I'm back in the late 90's. Damn I've missed you SO MUCH.

@mbflips8460

4 жыл бұрын

I decided I'll exist in the 90's until this epidemic is over.

"On my side... You could have been something Chai!" - Kale

Dude I can't even listen to this song anymore without thinking of Snape or some bizarre Harry Potter world.

Long haired he's Snape Long haired and goateed he's Sirius Black Shaved and buff, he's Henry Rollins Nowadays he's looking like Clive Owens Trent has the perfect mug, the perfect mug , the perfect mug

@gabbydj6181

5 жыл бұрын

big guy I was thinking the same thing!!!!!!!!!!

@maryellenw

5 жыл бұрын

It's his body that I like most! Keanu Reeves serves similar face though.

@ramsuslethal

5 жыл бұрын

He looks like Frank Zappa too!

@bigguy1164

5 жыл бұрын

@@drewrhodes2820 Rollins in his forties. That period of time when Rollins stopped being such an autistic sperg over everything. Like teenagers interviewing him.

@willowmeanah

5 жыл бұрын

agree with the snape similarity. the hedge maze reminded me of goblet of fire or something (even though snape was never involved in that directly).

I remember almost 20 years ago watching this for the first time on the Closure VHS and being blown away. Always loved the effects and aesthetic of this video.

NEVER BEFORE HAD SUCH PHARMACEUTICAL PERFECTION BEEN ACHIEVED...

Love this song and so perfect to heard this in Hi-Fi Rush. Wonderful game, wonderful song, wonderful boss. Tango Gamework make a true love letter to music.

@Slyguy846

Жыл бұрын

I already loved this song but I was floored by how well it worked as a final boss theme!

@alltheorynopractice5467

Жыл бұрын

I commented out loud "oh, Kale's dressed like the music video, too" when it came up.

@porquetimas

Жыл бұрын

And gaming.

This is all 3 types of NIN songs in one travel-sized package.

Director and Producer: So how much symbolism, transcendentalism and surrealism you want in your music video? Trent Renzor: YES!!!

@yannafabian2965

3 жыл бұрын

LOL perfect

Boss music because a guy and a cat named 808 was fighting an evil iron man like CEO lol

Reznor + Romanek = perfection

*Kurt Cobain hated Smells like teen spirit video and Trent Reznor hated The perfect drug video ! Sometimes I just don't understand these artists.* 🤷🏻‍♂️

@bigguy1164

3 жыл бұрын

He hated the song more than the video. Lynch put him on a deadline and he didn't like that.

@matthewcrome5835

3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Radiohead and Creep

@OMGmyFACE

3 жыл бұрын

I mean, it's an awesome song and video but it's exactly the kind of thing you'd imagine being hit with at a Virgin Megastore. Doing an Edgar Allen Poe thing for the LiveJournal kids.

@fountaincap

3 жыл бұрын

@@bigguy1164 Yet it wound up being my favorite NIN song and video. Wonder what Trent would have done if he had more time.

@gachaworld7262

3 жыл бұрын

😂

I love that the video is not about a "lost lover", but a "lost" child. A dead child and the pain and insanity of the memory; or a visitation? VERY Gothic. Amazing.

Thank you HiFi Rush to letting me discover this song

I come back to watch this one again from time to time. Still with you. We need some remastered video, Trent.

Remember, kids, the same guy who directed this video went on to direct the video for Shake It Off by Taylor Swift!

@jellyfish0311

3 жыл бұрын

So versatile!

@EmoBearRights

3 жыл бұрын

I really like both vids.

WOW! after several years, finally here I can enjoy the official video. My perfect drug |m|

@EximiusDux

5 жыл бұрын

check the official nine inch nails vimeo channel. this video and many many more have been on there for many, many years.

@mr5elfde5truct

5 жыл бұрын

Nobody uses Vimeo.

@hectorperezphotographer

5 жыл бұрын

Jorge HA 😂

@EximiusDux

5 жыл бұрын

@@mr5elfde5truct Vimeo gets used a lot. But! the users simply aren't the childish Pewdiepie or people farting type of video makers. completely different, more mature content.

@OptimisticCynic715

4 жыл бұрын

@@mr5elfde5truct I used Vimeo or DM because this video was over there. Actually they're both around the top 200 sites.

I love the outro so much that I wish it was it's own track in itself that was more fleshed out.

I sure miss the 90s. Songs of fairh and devotion, Wish, Wedding album, Enter The 36 Chambers.....😊

I lost my son, this song is quite emotional for that reason

@johnrussell730

3 жыл бұрын

I did too, it's hard

@alex28martha37

3 жыл бұрын

yeah me too

@cream3281

Жыл бұрын

Sorry for your loss

This is gothic perfection! Lord Byron, Edward Gorey, Dracula, Death, Absinthe

@thirdstrike4u

4 жыл бұрын

Nine Inch Nails isn't a goth band.

I'm glad this exists

A thumbs up just isn’t enough sometimes. This is perfection. Every single frame is like a master’s painting. Mark Romanek directed this video, he also did the remarkable Closer video and the beautiful movie One Hour Photo with Robin Williams. The Perfect Drug video budget was some insane figure in excess of $800,000. The rooftop set, the ‘freezer room’ set and the large hand sculpture all ate large portions of the budget. But sometimes large budgets are given to the right people who create greatness. For the video Romanek was inspired by the artists Edward Gorey and Gustav Klimt. The large painting somewhat resembles ‘The Kiss’ by Klimt. The video’s narrative (presumably) follows a grieving man’s descent into madness haunted by a child’s specter. Together with vampiric themes and the Absinthe trip reminiscent of Francis Coppola’s Dracula which was still strong in peoples consciousness at the time. I was around sixteen when this was released. It struck a strong chord for me. I couldn’t believe the beauty and power of the song/video combination. Still feel the same all these years later. Today I’m thankful to have been growing up when this timeless piece was new. Every so often I come back and re-watch this video. Always look forward to the scene at the end with Trent gazing mournfully out the window with a greyhound resting on his knee and the child figure looming above. Accompanied by the song’s gorgeous outro. That image is so strong for me. I know Trent wasn’t thrilled about having a video with a bloated budget, and I think he had a certain disdain for the song at that time too. But I hope he can look back now and see/hear this with a fresh perspective. I can’t believe anyone could see/hear this and not appreciate its beauty. Big kudos to all involved!

@chuckliterally9373

11 ай бұрын

Absolutely right!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@jonwoolhiser9427

10 ай бұрын

Thank You for this informative review, I thought they were going for a Poe vibe.