Woodkid - In Your Likeness (Official Video)

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  • Опубліковано 20 жов 2020
  • WOODKID'S NEW ALBUM « S16 » - OUT NOW :
    woodkid.lnk.to/S16
    -
    Directed by Yoann Lemoine
    Director of photography : Nicolas Loir
    Production : Iconoclast
    Producer : Horace de Gunzbourg
    Line producer : Rémi Farkas
    1st assistant director : Mark Zarka
    Woodkid is dressed by Nicolas Ghesquiere
    Styling : Nick Royale
    Steadicamer : Rémi Quilichini
    1st camera assistant : Fabienne Octobre
    2nd camera assistant : Raphael Pfertzel
    Equipment : RVZ
    Line Production : Comrade Film
    Executive Line Producer Jean Michel Paoli
    Production Service Norway : Encore Film
    In cooperation with : Bergen Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
    Executive Line Producer Norway : Rolf Pedersen
    Line Producer : Morten Archer Bugge
    Drone : Motion Air
    Light technician : Jarl Johnsen
    Light crew : Vidar Skauen and David Odstad
    Make up : Lisa Ødegård Pedersen
    Woodkid outfit : Nicolas Ghesquière for Louis Vuitton
    Set costume : Anette Storberget
    Production assistants : Bendik Skari and Johanne Ousdal
    Medic : Tor Olav Berg
    Equipment : Storyline Studios, Dagslys, Kamerautleien
    Director image assistant / consultant : Ronan Querrec
    Very special B team : Albert Moya and Katya Mokolo
    Post-production : Poster / Nightshift
    Post-producer : Cyril Bordesoulle and Yéléna Dos Santos
    Editor : Maxime Pozzi
    Editing assistant : Alexandre Pressier
    Conformation : Roland Manoury
    Colourist : Mathieu Caplanne
    VFX artists : Cédric Morellon, Albin Martinetti, Diego Giunta, Sébastien Aubert, Vivien Salvagione, Matthieu Plessis, Julien Bonnet, Clément Papin, Florent Scieur
    VFX supervisor : Cyril Chanterault
    3D artist : Yoann Lemoine
    Special thanks to Stian Bogetvedt and Lars Hellandsjø
    Thanks to Henrik Woodbridge and Rikard Stark
    Thanks to Woodkid management teams : Timothee Plas, Fanny Tardy and Pierre le Ny
    Special thanks to Mourad Belkeddar
    Thanks to Nicolas Lartigue
    Thanks to all the teams at Adaptive Minerals : www.adaptiveminerals.com

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  • @TG-wy7ck
    @TG-wy7ck 3 роки тому +401

    I played bassoon in the orchestra, you can see me in the back! So much fun to record this video!

    • @sr.geozed2708
      @sr.geozed2708 2 роки тому +7

      Respect for you mate

    • @wallacepinheiro5755
      @wallacepinheiro5755 2 роки тому +12

      Damm, for real? That's awesome! Must feel really nice to be part of this masterpiece of a song

    • @TG-wy7ck
      @TG-wy7ck 2 роки тому +22

      Yeah, it was such a fun experience! It was filmed in the western part of norway. Really cold and rainy, but definitely worth it!

    • @daorignaldumbucket
      @daorignaldumbucket 2 роки тому +3

      @@TG-wy7ck absolutely awesome! I'm no expert, but it sounds like the original audio is an actual ensemble rather than a program. Were you part of the original audio? I do know that music videos aren't the original audio...if they were, I'd die for that audio setup

    • @TG-wy7ck
      @TG-wy7ck 2 роки тому +22

      @@daorignaldumbucket Hi dumbucket! You're Absolutely right! The audio is Recorded in France with French Musicians, and the video was recorded on an oil rig in the Western part of Norway, just outside Bergen. So since I'm a Norwegian musician I was hired to play on the oil rig and be a part of the video, but I'm not part of the original audio. However, this does show how much of a dedicated musician Woodkid is because he hired real musicians even though we weren't on the original audio

  • @Meandyoujustus
    @Meandyoujustus 3 роки тому +514

    I absolutely love the juxtaposition between his "I do try but I'm hopeless" and the sun coming up before him. Maybe not so hopeless, after all.

    • @Aurelien_
      @Aurelien_ 2 місяці тому

      Well said, Gandalf!

  • @kylecook9864
    @kylecook9864 3 роки тому +2113

    I’m shocked that we actually see him in one of his videos. This is a first.

    • @ugrainee
      @ugrainee 3 роки тому +80

      quintet versions of i love you and iron also featured him, im sure theres some more but these are the first ones that come to mind.

    • @smileon4112
      @smileon4112 3 роки тому +73

      I think pale yellow too but correct me if im wrong

    • @nalotschaeni
      @nalotschaeni 3 роки тому +23

      goliath too

    • @JayJay-hg5vp
      @JayJay-hg5vp 3 роки тому +41

      Is it actually him tho or photogrammetry 3d model of himself singing how he's not made in his likeness but more in a 3d representation of himself

    • @hondatetzuro
      @hondatetzuro 3 роки тому

      @@nalotschaeni was he in there?

  • @fprunkov
    @fprunkov 3 роки тому +1352

    This is a MASTERPIECE. Only Woodkid himself can express his music in such a cinematic and visually beautiful way with such a stunning location

    • @alikhamis3367
      @alikhamis3367 3 роки тому +9

      I'm in tears.

    • @jakubskonieczny5750
      @jakubskonieczny5750 3 роки тому +1

      If that's what you think I recommand typing "Kaleo - Save yourself" in youtube :-) Altough I agree the music & video are beautiful.

    • @NeathenAlero
      @NeathenAlero 3 роки тому +1

      @@alikhamis3367 _Me too. Woodkid’s songs, make me feel like I’m drowning in happiness._ ♥️

    • @neilisalive4892
      @neilisalive4892 3 роки тому +1

      Don't forget to appreciate where the cinematic genius comes from: the director Yoann Lemoine!

    • @fprunkov
      @fprunkov 3 роки тому +3

      @@neilisalive4892 Yesss. That’s what I like the most about Woodkid. He not only creates amazing music but also directs his own music videos

  • @sebastiana8155
    @sebastiana8155 3 роки тому +781

    Incredible... I would love him to do a Jame Bond song.

    • @javannapoli2018
      @javannapoli2018 3 роки тому +45

      Glad I'm not the only one who got bond vibes from this one.

    • @sebastiana8155
      @sebastiana8155 3 роки тому +4

      @@javannapoli2018 I know right, he has such a soothing yet powerful voice.

    • @lucaskanyodutra4177
      @lucaskanyodutra4177 3 роки тому +13

      Not James Bond, it's more deep than that...something like a remake of Citizen Kane, or enemymine, or some film more introspective or any iTim Burton's film

    • @sebastiana8155
      @sebastiana8155 3 роки тому

      @@lucaskanyodutra4177 Citizen Kane is a good shout!

    • @moviestudioprod
      @moviestudioprod 3 роки тому +6

      Enemy from Woodkid is a song made for a Bond Movie

  • @r.e.z9428
    @r.e.z9428 3 роки тому +111

    Just give the man a chance at a James Bond Opener at this point.

  • @old_kitsune2811
    @old_kitsune2811 3 роки тому +99

    On first watch I can't help but notice some visual metaphor.
    He fires off that green flair in a desperate attempt for hope in the dark, but it reveals nothing.
    Only when the sun comes up can you see the land.
    You can see it's right there.
    Not stranded in the sea after all.
    Utterly stunning

    • @YuriNoirProductions
      @YuriNoirProductions 3 роки тому +8

      some interpret the flare as reaching out for help, which seems to be unanswered but ends up the the new dawn

  • @zaheersarang6466
    @zaheersarang6466 3 роки тому +256

    Literally the saviour of 2020. Woodkid bringing some ray of light to a bleak year.

    • @ilkerbiner
      @ilkerbiner 3 роки тому +3

      his childhood icon is madonna :))

    • @Kyogen.
      @Kyogen. 3 роки тому +3

      He's not the saviour but he helps a lot

  • @RAESstudios
    @RAESstudios 3 роки тому +219

    2020 is better with Woodkid ❤️

  • @brotherjohannes6617
    @brotherjohannes6617 3 роки тому +222

    My band teacher introduced us to you when he played Iron one morning. Been loving your music ever since. Keep making music. Thank you.

    • @requiescatinpace9215
      @requiescatinpace9215 3 роки тому +7

      That just reminded me of the quintet version of iron, good song

    • @buggyking2523
      @buggyking2523 3 роки тому +9

      I really recommend listening to Golden Age if you haven’t. It’s what made me really start to listen to his music and it’s a great album

    • @brotherjohannes6617
      @brotherjohannes6617 3 роки тому +1

      @@buggyking2523 I have listened to some of the songs and they are good. Thank you for the recommendation though.

    • @requiescatinpace9215
      @requiescatinpace9215 3 роки тому +1

      @@buggyking2523 Golden Age was great too, I am one of those fans from Assassin's Creed so the first ones I listened too were iron and golden age (trailer versions) and i just kept coming back and listening to them and then I stumbled upon "run boy run" and I think "I love you" or "ghost lights", and then almost immediately from there I just started listening to everything else

    • @browneyesblackdragon7999
      @browneyesblackdragon7999 3 роки тому +3

      Lol years ago I played his Ghost lights song in my band class. Everyone was shook 😭 hes amazing

  • @ode4126
    @ode4126 3 роки тому +851

    This is gorgeous... As someone who's been fighting against depression for years, it hits me really, really hard. I don't think I understand the whole world he has built with this album, but it doesn't even matter because of how skilled he is at eliciting emotion with both his music and the visuals. It just speaks for itself and I had full body chills and tears in my eyes watching this. (The day dawning once he reaches out for help?? Damn)
    Also I absolutely love that Yoann is now comfortable putting his face in his music videos, since it made this way more intimate.

    • @annat5464
      @annat5464 3 роки тому +6

      same

    • @raf_haarhaven
      @raf_haarhaven 3 роки тому +25

      Same. listening to his music makes me realize the beauty of the dark days. For a moment the depression becomes something with a purpose! he puts in music what I can’t describe with words

    • @sunlightimplosoin
      @sunlightimplosoin 3 роки тому +2

      @@raf_haarhaven well said

    • @laladlgd2903
      @laladlgd2903 3 роки тому +5

      So I was not the only one with tears on my eyes after listening this song. Good to know.

    • @mothsforeyes
      @mothsforeyes 3 роки тому +3

      I'd highly recommend Son Lux for all the sad ones out there. Yoann has collaborated with them several times, including this album (Reactor, IIRC).
      I would suggest their new album Tomorrows I and their album Brighter Wounds. Hope you enjoy 🖤

  • @sebastiencalandrini9650
    @sebastiencalandrini9650 3 роки тому +91

    The sun is rising on you, Yoann. It is rising for you and it will shine bright, Woodkid. There is light at the end of your darkness__brighter and clearer days are coming your way. You are a rising star, a beacon of light lighting up our way and enlightening our souls. Don't you ever change, Mr Lemoine. We love you just the way you are.

  • @kationa_avsl8328
    @kationa_avsl8328 3 роки тому +325

    Je crois que c’est la première fois où l’on voit ton visage dans un de tes clip officiels et quelle émotion... La chanson, le clip si impressionnant et cette émotion à travers les micros expressions... La lumière, la mise en scène... Tout est parfait et nous plonge dans un autre univers. Juste merci pour cette musique et ces visuels qui veulent vraiment signifier quelque chose. Merci.

    • @thatch6119
      @thatch6119 3 роки тому +3

      Je me suis dit la même chose sur le fait que ce soit la première fois qu'on le voit dans un clip

    • @praedyts7021
      @praedyts7021 3 роки тому

      Non c’est bientôt une répétition

  • @niklasschmucker994
    @niklasschmucker994 3 роки тому +570

    [Verse 1]
    Washed in thick black haze
    We're not unfailing, I see
    I can't fix this mad desire
    And I feel your love expire
    [Chorus]
    I know I'm not made in your likeness
    You're not made for my darkness
    I know I'm not made in your likeness
    I do try but I'm hopeless
    [Verse 2]
    Watch my fears unravel
    Can you see the truth of me?
    I don't hold the light required
    For this endless walk on wire
    [Chorus]
    I know I'm not made in your likeness
    You're not made for my darkness
    I know I'm not made in your likeness
    I do try but I'm hopeless
    [Bridge]
    Straining fights and Demerol
    I've never been on time for you
    I break the rules and protocols
    And I just keep on missing you
    Straying nights and after all
    Would you be waiting here if you knew?
    I'm just alone and cynical
    But I will never not need you
    No, I will never not need you
    [Chorus]
    I know I'm not made in your likeness
    You're not made for my darkness
    I know I get lost in the process
    I do try but I'm hopeless
    I know I'm not made in your likeness
    You're not made for my darkness
    I know I get lost in the process
    I do try but I'm hopeless

  • @rudimate7569
    @rudimate7569 3 роки тому +187

    The cinematography is breathtaking. I am truly fascinated by how light itself can tell a story. Respect for everyone who worked on this.

  • @TheJoebing
    @TheJoebing 3 роки тому +145

    This album is such a perfect mix of cold industrial tone and warm heartfelt vocals. Bravo, encore un succès 🙏

  • @Basti13player
    @Basti13player 3 роки тому +170

    For me, S16 doesn't have tracks that stand out nearly as much like some do on "The Golden Age". But the whole album should be seen as a complete work of art. This has layers upon layers of depth. This is an album to take time to absorb. This is no one hit wonder, it is instead another masterpiece.
    Yoann, from the bottom of my heart - Thank you.

    • @Sophie-kv9zz
      @Sophie-kv9zz 3 роки тому +7

      That's how I felt after my first listen. But this album has really grown on me. It's definetly its own thing.

    • @DeBlauweOlifant
      @DeBlauweOlifant 3 роки тому +8

      the album is really good but i cant connect with it the same way i did with the golden age. maybe its just cause im mentally at a different place then where i was years ago when the golden age came out. The golden age was dark but i think this was lyrically is even darker. and im a much happier person than back then

  • @aaaaatttt
    @aaaaatttt 3 роки тому +193

    Streamed the new album today. First impression: He kept the cosmos feeling from The Golden Age, but reduced brass and added more strings, so the whole album sounded more mysterious and melancholic to me. The percussions were... metallic (I don’t know how to describe it) which was interesting. Some songs were soft and relaxing at first but then bam! All the brass, strings and choir and percussions came in. Soooo epic. Then the Japanese counting suddenly popped up, I was like hold up hold up what was THAT! As if all the emotions packed up until then burst out. What an emotional roller coaster. He is one of the most brilliant and creative artists I’ve ever known to use the voice of the orchestra so well.
    Here is my tier list: Goliah, Reactor, Minus Sixty One, Pale Yellow, In Your Likeness, Horizons into the Battlegrounds, Highway 27, So Handsome Hello, Enemy, Shift, Drawn to You.
    Thank you Woodkid, very, very great album.

    • @schrou
      @schrou 3 роки тому +8

      The percussions sound "industrial", right? (like the theme of the album)

    • @aaaaatttt
      @aaaaatttt 3 роки тому

      @@schrou yeah right

    • @JenniferMerlyn
      @JenniferMerlyn 3 роки тому +6

      @@schrou I think that's also where the coproducer Ryan Lott might come in - a member of the band Son Lux - highly recommend checking them out, if you like those sounds :)

    • @joaopedrolorentz5099
      @joaopedrolorentz5099 3 роки тому +4

      @@schrou Especially in Goliath. At first, it sounds harsh and uncomfortable, but then you get used to it and start enjoying the masterpiece it is.

    • @schrou
      @schrou 3 роки тому +2

      @@joaopedrolorentz5099 Totally :-)

  • @Asquithification
    @Asquithification 3 роки тому +33

    Sometimes power resides in vulnerability. It is powerful to surrender to who we are even if it means admitting our darkest demons. "Im not made in your likeness, Youre not made for my darkness". Probably the most truthful and painful love declaration Ive ever read.

    • @ethrick.k.1292
      @ethrick.k.1292 3 роки тому +1

      I’m still trying to figure out if he’s talking about God about how we are not made in his likeness what I do agree with your statement it is beautiful and true

    • @kiuUndergroundRePata
      @kiuUndergroundRePata 3 роки тому

      after 11 years I admitted the same truth as this quote from Woodkid ending the best love relationship I have ever lived, now, I am lost in the process of a hopeless future, not for the loss of love itself, but for the revelation of my darkness!
      this song was already a masterpiece for me by the 1st note, now, watching the amazing video it s like a punch in my stomach, lovely!

    • @Blueiesky4069
      @Blueiesky4069 2 роки тому

      @@ethrick.k.1292 I was thinking about my relationship to God or to the place i feel like no ome appreciated me. I hope one day i'll find a safe place where i am accepted and appreciated.

  • @MisterRawgers
    @MisterRawgers 3 роки тому +51

    One of the best songs of the year

    • @juwo1949
      @juwo1949 3 роки тому

      Not the best because of the other song of the album? Xd

  • @celaxie
    @celaxie 3 роки тому +6

    "He stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and, far as I was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward-and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been at the end of a dock."

  • @icensalt
    @icensalt 3 роки тому +79

    I can't even dude. You're consistent with your masterpieces, that shouldn't be possible at the level you're at. Also, ABSOLUTELY EXCEPTIONAL SHOTS.

  • @shreked6800
    @shreked6800 3 роки тому +22

    How woodkid hasn't been asked to do a Bond theme yet is beyond me. This would be a sick Bond song.

    • @sunloops1646
      @sunloops1646 3 роки тому +1

      I think you have to be British

    • @shreked6800
      @shreked6800 3 роки тому +1

      @@sunloops1646 Ah, this is a good point!

    • @isthatciaran1784
      @isthatciaran1784 2 роки тому

      @@sunloops1646 billie eilish?

    • @sunloops1646
      @sunloops1646 2 роки тому +1

      @@isthatciaran1784 true actually, quite unusual

    • @isthatciaran1784
      @isthatciaran1784 2 роки тому +1

      @@sunloops1646 Ikr, he’d be perfect

  • @JustChewyy
    @JustChewyy 3 роки тому +69

    Elles sont tellement cinématographique tes musiques.. On écoute pas une histoire, on la RESSENT.

  • @10thCompanyCaptain
    @10thCompanyCaptain 3 роки тому +47

    There is something about this video and the location that just makes me think of Metal Gear Solid V and mother Base.
    That said I'm just appreciating how lovely this video is in general. The singing during the dawn is so gorgeous.

    • @gbc2095
      @gbc2095 3 роки тому +3

      I've started mgsv this year, haven't finished it yet, kinda needing to take it slow lol so yeah pretty late to the party. But anyway, whenever I listen to Iron I cant help but think of MSF and DD

  • @alexmarg5816
    @alexmarg5816 Рік тому +14

    One of my favourite songs he has made . I would dedicate this song to my ex so often . I both loved her and this song equally , she ended up messing everything up I was forced to leave her and she immediately got with another guy . For some reason I have forgiven her even though I shouldn't . Every night would listen to this song and wait for her to message me , I know and I hope she never does but for some reason that hope still remains . Having been used , she used my insecurities and my fears against me even though she was in the wrong . Idk I'm typing all this but it least it will probably make feel a bit better because I've kept everything inside all this time . Hope the person reading this has a beautiful day .

    • @devin8367
      @devin8367 Рік тому +1

      I'm so sorry you went through that man, you seem really kind and forgiving. I hope things get better, you deserve it

  • @railgap
    @railgap 3 місяці тому +2

    It's not fair; Yoann makes beautiful music, AND he makes beautiful moving pictures, AND he's a damn handsome man. Come on man, leave a little talent for the rest of us! ;D

  • @xjumper4412x
    @xjumper4412x 3 роки тому +14

    "I'm just alone and cynical" Hit me like a truck the first time I heard it.

  • @pentel4178
    @pentel4178 3 роки тому +38

    You can see in his face how deeply he knows every inch of this song. The emotions he expresses through both the singing and the music video are just,, indescribable. It's breathtaking

  • @paragonelysee8197
    @paragonelysee8197 3 роки тому +24

    Best thing to happen in 2020 by far

  • @PoppaDocRocks
    @PoppaDocRocks 3 роки тому +2

    This video has literally showed me the beauty in large factories/machinery, a place I’ve never looked for it before. If you look through the right filter, you can find beauty in almost everything.

  • @ApasheOfficial
    @ApasheOfficial 3 роки тому +641

    La musique est si calme mais c'est tellement violent !

    • @doxis2
      @doxis2 3 роки тому +26

      The Man himself commented on this video. Imagine what sort of killer collab would be.

    • @ur3834
      @ur3834 3 роки тому +36

      Apashe ft. Woodkid ? Ce serait un missile comme musique

    • @amakuno7309
      @amakuno7309 3 роки тому +5

      Yes clairement, super puissant, son orchestration m'impressionnera toujours autant

    • @remydubard2229
      @remydubard2229 3 роки тому +5

      Mais WTF je m'attendais à tout mais pas à un com en français d'Apashe. T'es un Dieu mec 🙏!

    • @carotheplaylistmaker
      @carotheplaylistmaker 3 роки тому +4

      @@remydubard2229 Pareil, je viens d'aller revoir le clip de Good News du coup, et de découvrir celui de Majesty, quel kiff 😀

  • @amakuno7309
    @amakuno7309 3 роки тому +69

    I know it'll be incredible
    Edit : It is

  • @MrSokolll
    @MrSokolll 3 роки тому +30

    the new album is just awesome

  • @pinkshirt3549
    @pinkshirt3549 3 роки тому +8

    Dude, where were you hiding? And why are you still so underrated?

    • @Rankurusu777
      @Rankurusu777 Рік тому

      It's funny because he's technically not underrated or hidden. If you look up the list of his works, both prior to becoming an artist himself and then everywhere his music has been featured after becoming an artist, the man has been quite literally everywhere but it's definitely one of those cases of people liking the handful of individual songs but not checking out the artist as a whole. He's certainly grown more though as an artist and in following and hopefully the success turns into greater works and an amazing fandom overall though.

  • @aserta
    @aserta 3 роки тому +5

    Some suggest a Bond movie, but man, i'd love to see Yoann tackle a space opera type movie. Something in my bones tells me that if he'd be given creative direction, he'd make an amazing score. And if someone like Yoann and Bear Mccreary would team up...*mind blown*.

  • @tommnox
    @tommnox 3 роки тому +4

    This is so quiet and powerful at the same time.

  • @Sunset-Sam
    @Sunset-Sam 3 роки тому +8

    Woodkid can make a stage out of anything, this is a cinematic dream

  • @RahmaNaceur
    @RahmaNaceur 3 роки тому +28

    I can't even begin to express how woodkid makes me feel, he is a once in a lifetime artist, he just creates this parallel universe where he takes me every time I listen and watch and feel his music. Thank you for inspiring and nurturing my soul.

  • @KerDesing
    @KerDesing 3 роки тому +9

    Masterpiece, 10/10, this is not music, this piece goes beyond.

  • @Billbrox
    @Billbrox 3 роки тому +14

    FIRST clip in which Yoann himself appeared!!!

    • @KnigthMare69
      @KnigthMare69 3 роки тому

      Official clip you mean... quintet versions of other songs and live with son lux also featured him before

  • @lauranimbus8092
    @lauranimbus8092 3 роки тому +8

    There is so many complex emotions and parts to this wondrous song that I've been hesitant to post my thoughts here for fear that they won't do justice to this piece or miss other ideas. Here's my interpretation/speculations:
    It feels like the main character (portrayed by Woodkid) is addressing earth or nature. Lonesome, surrounded by metal manmade machinery and scenery of the oil rig (represented by the electronic, pulsating sounds and punctual distant drum), the main character seems to speak on behalf of humanity: Acknowledging the need for nature but also the entrenched needs humanity has created for itself, things that are at odds with each other. I think he also realizes the entangled needs of all humans. How it relates to his place on the rig, and how some of those needs and perspectives cause suffering in not just the earth but other humans. Whenever he contemplates his place in the world and acknowledges his "darkness", the "darkness" of humanity, the strings stir and combine with the 'machine' noises. This bittersweet turn in the music may represent how humanity has become intrinsically tied to both the power of machines (not necessarily a bad thing) but also the 'organic'--intrinsic things of humanity such as emotion and need for nature.
    Thus, the gravity of the scene where he fires the flare--seeming to wish he was that small green light streaking away from loneliness, sadness, and stifling duties to his job/humanity. I get the sense that he wants to break from humanity, leave the rig and return home. The weary longing and melancholy on his face when he watches the flare start to fall reminded me of the faces of all those feeling 'stuck' in life, trapped in a soulless duty or difficult/painful time in life. He cannot bear to watch the flare hit the water and extinguish, instead choosing to close his eyes against the reality of seeing something he possibly identifies with abruptly fizzling out.
    I feel like the third part of this song really turns a bend in his story, both in key and feeling. After admitting that he "will never not need you" to both nature and humanity, he owns both the good and the bad as well as his own hope. Holding onto the hope of returning to land and reconnecting with humanity and nature, the sunrise begins to brighten the sky. This feeling of hope is accentuated by the visual of seeing land, of clearly seeing the human faces of the orchestra surrounding him, and the strengthening of the electronic and string sounds. There is a sense that even if the protagonist doesn't return to land for many more months, he's transcended the fear of never returning home through his acceptance of both his and humanity's issues by striving to continue onwards as a wiser person.
    I will just finish this by saying that this song really became the anthem of survival during the pandemic for me. It reminded me that all of humanity is in various stages of struggle together due to this and other problems. We are not like the flare--quickly extinguishing after impatiently/carelessly running for complete freedom, leaving everyone else behind--but instead like the main character: Full of complex ideas, accepting reality, learning from our mistakes, trying, connecting with nature and humanity, and holding onto hope for a brighter future.
    I don't normally listen to lyrical music or even enjoy music videos but Woodkid's pieces are so unique and emotional, full of symbolism both visually and in the language, that I can't help but contemplate them long after I've heard/watched them. Sorry this is so long. Thanks for reading! :)

    • @climbtheladder9440
      @climbtheladder9440 3 роки тому +3

      Well said. The first few times I listened to this piece it absolutely broke me and I got a very similar sense.
      That shift you mentioned, in addition to what you said, also gave me the impression that, through those painful admissions, we could turn each of the lines in on themselves and allow ourselves to know that we ARE of Earth and that even though we have used it for our darkness, there is always redemption.

  • @Dreamfuture1
    @Dreamfuture1 3 роки тому +5

    The violin parts sound strangely James Bond-ish, and I love it, I wish we could see a next James Bond movie with Woodkid

  • @LaRomaBella
    @LaRomaBella 2 роки тому +6

    There are so many amazing layers to this song. One that I don't think that's been discussed too much - the juxtaposition on the oil rig staring at the shore, singing "I know I'm not made in your likeness, you're not made for my darkness" speaks so much of the damage humans have done and continue to do to the earth. This is just one of many interpretations I have of this, but it's one that I didn't see discussed in the comments.

  • @karenstark9235
    @karenstark9235 3 роки тому +5

    this is beautiful. His cadence in this song reminds me of Antony and the Johnsons’ “Hope There’s Someone.” what an amazing and entrancing piece of art.

  • @bipbopopo
    @bipbopopo Рік тому +3

    i always look for this song when i feel lost

  • @soyrando
    @soyrando 3 роки тому +28

    I see in this is album a simple and powerful message: don't destroy the world

  • @quocor
    @quocor Рік тому +4

    I don't understand how this just got 1.2 million views?! That's a masterpiece!

  • @aminekemicha8951
    @aminekemicha8951 2 роки тому +6

    A James Bond potential soundtrack! An amazing song, voice, and video ! Great job as usual WOODKID!

  • @chronic_daydreamer
    @chronic_daydreamer 3 роки тому +2

    Yoann, I just wanted to say, I understand the song. I understand the pain. You’re loved. There is hope.

  • @j-solidus2909
    @j-solidus2909 Рік тому +10

    One year later and this song still gives me the chills, just that amazing 🙌🏻🙌🏻

  • @thesaiyangod7509
    @thesaiyangod7509 3 роки тому +5

    The musical genius is back! His voice is just the most beautiful thing in the world.

  • @mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299
    @mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299 3 роки тому +10

    ''Your not made for my darkness''
    I have always felt that in every relationship I have ever had but I know without that darkness I would never truly cherish the light.

  • @MaximeMarais
    @MaximeMarais 3 роки тому +5

    Wonderful. Magic. Inspiring. Woodkid.

  • @navegantestelar
    @navegantestelar 3 роки тому +4

    This is beautiful. Thanks to all people that helped create this. 🌹

  • @surensimonyan5589
    @surensimonyan5589 3 роки тому +3

    There are war in my country, there are war with covid-19, but woodkid here to save us with his music.

  • @wallacepinheiro5755
    @wallacepinheiro5755 2 роки тому +4

    This is so underrated. Easily one of my favorites from Woodkid.

  • @FRENCHFILMBLURRED
    @FRENCHFILMBLURRED 3 роки тому +6

    Jamais pensé que Woodkid pourrait ouvrir les vannes de l'émotion un jour. Les cavalcades outrées, le lyrisme grandiloquent de The Golden Age ne laissaient pas espérer un tel dépouillement, une telle économie des moyens, une telle intensité, une retenue aussi palpable. On sent que le Breton a voulu prendre du recul et ça lui réussit très bien. Un album qui va se déguster, s'épanouir sur la longueur et sur le temps. Comme un très grand vin.

  • @Sumtinrandom
    @Sumtinrandom 3 роки тому +3

    I remember Woodkid performing on MELT! almost 10 years ago. He was so good. The energy was fantastic. His set was over but he just didn't wanna leave stage and they kept playing song after song until the festival staff had to just kind of usher him and his band off stage to allow for the next band to perform. I can still see him skipping around the stage in absolute glee. Good memories.

  • @hybrid59100
    @hybrid59100 2 роки тому +6

    On vit dans un monde ou Wejdene fait 100 millions de vues avec " Reprends tes caleçons sales" et où Wookid fait 1 millions de vues avec une merveille comme celle-ci !

  • @ratri3319
    @ratri3319 3 роки тому +51

    With a lot of Woodkid songs, I feel like it can be seen as a love song between individuals, but also as love songs from a person to God. As with "I Love You", there's just a profound sense of yearning and questioning to a higher power. "I know I'm not made in your likeness, you're not made for my darkness" just sounds so tired and so reflective of a world where it sometimes feels that God has really turned His back from us :(

    • @slimecorn
      @slimecorn 3 роки тому +4

      I'm not religious so the god stuff doesn't quite hit for me. I appreciate that it can be interpreted in different ways though

  • @meg4948
    @meg4948 2 роки тому +1

    Everything about this piece is beautiful.

  • @terminatorm134d3
    @terminatorm134d3 3 роки тому +4

    I just got back from military training, im tired as hell, and then I hear this song swimming through my ears and I have never felt more relaxed.

  • @markthe1991
    @markthe1991 3 роки тому +3

    I have no words. This is wow!

  • @BlueberryRockShooter
    @BlueberryRockShooter 3 роки тому +3

    As someone who went through a crisis of faith this year, this song really hit me when I heard it.

  • @sebastienhipfriend6780
    @sebastienhipfriend6780 3 роки тому +1

    So handsome, Devil Romeo 🌒
    S16 constate, alerte, (r)éveille . . . et laisse aussi espérer ! ⭐⭐⭐⭐

  • @gnomeater
    @gnomeater 3 роки тому +4

    When a song is so good you start it over before it's even ended. Hot dang man this is fire.

  • @flyingdutchman3165
    @flyingdutchman3165 3 роки тому +7

    Woodkid, you’re saving my 2020 ❤️

  • @alecvalencia9851
    @alecvalencia9851 3 роки тому +3

    2:35
    Es tan bello, I really feel something breaking up in myself when I listened it🤍👌🏼

  • @MrArtodon
    @MrArtodon 3 роки тому +1

    Tant de beauté dans un seul homme....
    Merci Yoann ♡♡♡♡

  • @analucia.9838
    @analucia.9838 3 роки тому +4

    I can't explain what i feel when i listen this song, Woodkid make me feel like in other galaxy. 🌌

  • @LailaMelkevoll
    @LailaMelkevoll 3 роки тому +6

    Beautiful! So glad that the wonderful Bergen Philharmonic Youth Orchestra could take part in a collaboration with such a great artist as Woodkid. Congratulations to all involved. A pleasure to both watch and hear. My job is in the Grieg Hall, as the orchestra, so I guess you can call me partial, but this was genuinely super!

  • @PurplexityGold
    @PurplexityGold 3 роки тому +24

    Far away, but I’ll still try to catch one of your shows.
    Someday.
    *>!

    • @wflerin
      @wflerin 3 роки тому

      Where are you from?

    • @PurplexityGold
      @PurplexityGold 3 роки тому

      @@wflerin I’m about an hour away from Los Angeles, California, but nothing passes through here these days - I miss the movie theaters the most~

  • @Shlotov
    @Shlotov 3 роки тому +1

    S16 could be a best lp of this year. 10k you so much 4 you great mu6c and inspiration.

  • @thiagoraniery4330
    @thiagoraniery4330 2 роки тому +1

    This song saved my life. 🖤 Thank you, Yoann.

  • @SpraTzSerenity
    @SpraTzSerenity 3 роки тому +4

    Cela devient habituelle chez toi Yoann. Tu tapes fort, là où il faut, avec des musiques qui parlent à l'intuition. Des clips cinématographiques qui parlent et touchent. Un de ces artistes qui savent parler au coeur des gens échoués dans un monde bien trop grand pour que l'humanité ne sache le gérer.

  • @chocolateer2
    @chocolateer2 2 роки тому +3

    Absolute masterpiece. Bothers me that there hasn't been more people that have seen this.

    • @Dharmarenee
      @Dharmarenee Рік тому

      They are tuned into a different frequency.

  • @amen_actually
    @amen_actually 3 роки тому +2

    Woodkid's gotta be one of the most versatile artists out there. Adept at not just his music, including the instrumentals and lyricism, but also how to stage an incredible show, to channel an emotion, to create VFX and renders by himself, and spearhead the production of his own music videos in an artistically pleasing way no less!

  • @BiGGMiXX340
    @BiGGMiXX340 3 роки тому +2

    He makes good on his "Songs to you make feel like a superhero" motif. Looking forward to the masterwork.

  • @Celladebella
    @Celladebella 2 роки тому +5

    Woodkid is brilliant. This is haunting and beautiful. I always feel so seen by his musical

  • @danielchiambrino7150
    @danielchiambrino7150 3 роки тому +3

    Je ne me lasserais pas de regarder un si beau lever du jour aux côtés d'un si bel homme... Une chanson tendre, autant sans doute que l'artiste... Ah, si seulement...

  • @raminnezer7059
    @raminnezer7059 2 роки тому +1

    I'm discovering it late, but... It is underrated as hell.

  • @user-nu5nv1yg5r
    @user-nu5nv1yg5r 2 роки тому +2

    Dad: Son, you gotta go spend time on an oil rig, that's where real men work!
    WOODKID *lives on a rig, gets inspired, writes heart-wrenching lyrical songs*
    Dad: BOOOOOOOOOOOOIII

  • @ryandavies3610
    @ryandavies3610 3 роки тому +8

    This is such a moving piece of music! The strings are hauntingly beautiful. Woodkid never disappoints.

  • @elizabetha9886
    @elizabetha9886 3 роки тому +3

    Totally in love for this man, this video, this deep S16 feeling.

  • @Dharmarenee
    @Dharmarenee 3 роки тому +1

    ❤️ Him, words, music,setting👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽💕🥰🥰🥰

  • @excordxd9611
    @excordxd9611 2 роки тому +3

    Woodkid I love you for this music please never stop to make music I know it's many works and stress. But we need these music today, because everybody is remixing or cover songs. But woodkid makes own music outstanding and really special. I love you for your music my biggest respect.

  • @MrRandomSuperhero
    @MrRandomSuperhero 3 роки тому +4

    The end of the song is an organversion of the intro of Run Boy Run/Golden Age, amazing little crossover.

  • @olivine4296
    @olivine4296 3 роки тому +4

    Tout est superbe...surtout la voix!!!

  • @cassiem1148
    @cassiem1148 Рік тому +1

    theres alotta comfort coming from this song

  • @bicheiroparadoxo4894
    @bicheiroparadoxo4894 3 роки тому +2

    The industrial atmosphere adopted in those recent clips gives both a vibe of dread as a vibe of greatness. The melody of the songs induces us to appreciate what we're seeing, the towers of iron our commons have built, the draining of coal and petroleum from the entrails of Mother Earth. Our poetry is as much tragic as astonishingly beautiful.

  • @korfian257
    @korfian257 3 роки тому +3

    Woodkid coming out of his shell

  • @MrTchupam
    @MrTchupam 3 роки тому +5

    This album is amazing.... the melancholy and deep feeling on his voice, the dramatic introspective lyrics, the peaceful iet raw violence of the chorus due to the combined of the above plus the perfect use of the instruments.
    It isn’t two or three songs that are great, its the whole album that builds this incredible harmony.
    I love iron but I don’t know if this is better

  • @CiudadanoDin
    @CiudadanoDin 3 роки тому +2

    Yoann is so beautiful! And talented, this whole video is great. The aesthetic of the oil rig ( is that what that is?), The absolute darkness and the beautiful song is so moving. Lyrics are perfect.
    I'm so happy he's back

  • @christina_mironova
    @christina_mironova 3 роки тому +4

    For me, it sounds and feels in a different way after watching this mv. It’s really beautiful and sensational. Thank you~

  • @vasco8528
    @vasco8528 3 роки тому +29

    Favourite one of S16 yet. Well maybe this and Reactor lol

  • @gebeine
    @gebeine 3 роки тому +5

    protect yoann at all costs!

  • @railitto
    @railitto 3 роки тому +1

    my favorite song off the album...so glad it got a video, especially such a lovely one

  • @T--kq3pj
    @T--kq3pj 25 днів тому +2

    I'm baffled how this masterpiece have so little views.

  • @Spiritus_sui
    @Spiritus_sui 3 роки тому +1

    Mother base from MGS5 looks amazing.
    Another masterpiece from genius Woodkid.