De Staat - Tie Me Down feat. LUWTEN (Official Video)

Best Music Video - South Film and Arts Academy Festival
Finalist Short To The Point Festival
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‘’De Staat - Tie Me Down feat. Luwten’’
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Director: Ruben Van Leer
Concept: Tessa Douwstra (LUWTEN), Torre Florim, Ruben Van Leer
Creation: RVL_studio
Produced by: Mr.Frank
Producers: Sjoerd Dekker, Miguel Teixeira, Mathilda Hedberg, Ruben Van Leer
Director of Photography: Mick Van Rossum, NSC
Editor: Philip Smeulers
Choreographer: Antonin Comestaz
1st​ AD: Eritia de Jonghe
2nd AD: Senne de Beul
Art Department: Jelier & Schaaf
Art Director: Ralf van Lanen
Set Dresser: Huib Raeven
Assistants: Mara Baas, Silvana Araoz
Stunt Department: Stuntteam de Beukelaer
Stunt coordinator: Marco Maas
Stunt rigging: Brian van der Vooren, Paul Koops, JP Dekam, Saskia Neville, Staz Lazdan, Joey van Rijthoven
Postproduction: Darlings
VFX Manager: Robert Okker
VFX Supervisor: Lise Prudhomme
3D: Tim Van Helsdingen, Alex Doss
Compositing: Lise Prudhomme, Randy Roemeon, Ruben Van Leer
Roto & paint: Noa Graphics Studio
Grading: George Balatoni
1st AC: Vincent Geijsel
Gaffer: Paul Wilens
Best Girl: Karina van der Berg
Grip: Tim de Heer
Styling: April Jumelet
Make-up & Hair: Ellen van Exter
Assistant: Dominique Rikken
Set Photography: Petra Katanic
Sound FX & Audio Mix: Guido Maat (Audentity)
Production Assistents: Adam Crick, Kathy Shiavong, Nadine Haselier, Billal Slimani
Camera Equipment: Cam-a-lot
Light Equipment: Lites Amsterdam
Grip: Gripwise
Studio: Amsterdam Studios
Windmachines: Elementum FX
Stock: GettyImages
Special thanks to: Henk de Vries, Bo Polak, Berthine Van Dalen, Joris Oosterman, MoolChand Moond, Arjo Klingens, Jelle Schotanus
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www.rubenvanleer.com
www.destaat.net
www.luwten.com
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De Staat - Tie Me Down
Produced by Torre Florim
Co-produced by De Staat
Engineered / Mixed by Torre Florim
Mastered by Darius van Hefteren
Recorded at De Staat Studios / De Basis / Nijmegen / The Netherlands
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Song by Torre Florim & Tessa Douwstra (Luwten)
Words by Torre Florim & Tessa Douwstra (Luwten)
Torre Florim: Lead Vocals / Guitars / Synthesizers / Kontakt Strings / Autoharp / Percussion
Luwten: Lead Vocals
Jop van Summeren: Bass
Tim van Delft: Drums / Percussion
Vedran Mirčetić: Guitars
Rocco Hueting: Guitars / Synthesizers
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Lyrics:
Tie Me Down
Click the bait, pull me in
You caught me cold and got me shaking
Don’t you claim this domain
‘cause less is more I could be chasing
I’m one foot in, one foot out
I am free and for the taking
Don’t you ever speak for me
I don’t need no moderator
No one’s on my team but me
I’m the ball, the coach, the player
I don’t need no referee
To blow the whistle on me later
Oh, are you gonna tie me down?
Keep a suitcase at the door
Just a little overnighter
Sleep with one eye open, one eye closed
No bed’s safe when stakes are higher
Oh, are you gonna tie me down?
Fix me up, slow me down
What the fuck did you just ground me?
Oh, are you gonna tie me down?
Four eyes closed, four feet in,
It feels good when I am tied to
You

[@jackmackreth7137]

I swear these guys haven't made any bad music videos.

[@limabean8948]

I love how carelessly absurd they are, even if there is a deeper meaning, its like they're just having fun making them and it gives off an excellent charm

[@waggel.]

Burvil if you saw the live episodes, you could constantly hear that they were going to go to the snackbar after the live show.

[@mironkrumov]

One dislike? How can anyone possibly not like a De Staat video? Thumbs up!

[@cornelisverhoef9282]

Has to be from someone who forgot to take his or her medicine.

[@missichristensen3275]

Gosh her voice is gorgeous

[@luciennedepenne]

This song... after hearing it live for the first time, I have been obsessed. Love the video, great addition to the song.

[@JazzBoat_]

really pretty video, wish youtube wasn't trying to compress the really dark bits though

[@Gehr96]

It would probably look better if they would've encoded it with AV1

[@rubenvleer]

try putting the YT-quality to "1080P" might help ;-)

[@rdevries3852]

@@rubenvleer I'm watching it in 1080p. Still loads of compression artefacts though.

[@themistaken9571]

@@rdevries3852 they really need some kind of "this vid is in black and white" option or just fix their damn compression

[@claricem5521]

Blame tech. We need a better compression algorithm in general these days. UA-cam has to lower bandwidth somehow.

[@artonx4719]

Amazing song! De Staat is so underrated! The visuals are ART...

[@raytun1]

De Staat is a breath of fresh air to music and yet i feel I've known them my whole life. Thank you!

[@mustread-this4955]

Am I the ONLY fan in the states!?! PLEASE bring your funky rockin' asses to America!

[@MrRandomSuperhero]

Ik kan niet geloven dat dit zo onbekend is gebleven, zelfs voor een fan als ik. Beeldschone video!

[@carolinevdvlies6969]

Knap hoe tekst en beeld totaal samenvallen. Zo ziet bindingsangst er dus uit😊

[@Jmdeleeuw-]

Such a great video. Captures the feeling of the song perfectly. The chemistry between LUWTEN and Torre is palpable. Just like it was during the AFAS live show.

[@Asering]

Sometimes I wonder how Torre's love life looks like. Seems to be... interesting, if you judge by the songs.
Mona Lisa:
"I love the breaching brittle liar - liar
the sweet imposter, the cautious killer..."
I'll never marry you:
"Love, I'll never marry you
Because you don't ever tell the truth
Love, you come and then you go..."
Seems to be getting better with this one:
"Four eyes closed, four feet in,
It feels good when I am tied to
You"
...
Also, most probably it doesn't mean anything and I'm just making a fool of myself.

[@rollerscab]

He once said he doesn't really like making typical love songs, sooo

[@FuellingObsession]

He's actually in a relationship with the woman in the video, Luwten. :)

[@pugglespugson8599]

It's crazy that De Staat is actually still making music. The quality made me think they were way older.

[@archerlady]

As always, your video is a work of art! The song is awesome! Much love from Canada! ❤

[@gerkoreints80]

Pff, what a masterpiece....AGAIN!!! These guys just perform pure art, it's brilliant!!!

[@i.thildin]

Vedran was the guitarist for a memorial performance i was in back in September, so proud to have worked with and have danced to the music of such an amazing artist!

[@ragga7bond]

I just cant get enough of this video. What a piece of fkn art! Every shot is excellent, and the flags following the bass. Suede!

[@jemnikkeli6640]

When the bass hits and the flag flaps and the lightning hits in the beginning, I am given a great amount of sexual gratification. The visual and the music combination is THAT great.

[@RKroese]

I like the music, but I find your reaction fakkin stupid.

[@13macha]

LUWTEN has some serious power swag. HOT!!!!

[@danielp8433]

damn . "new" song for me , amazing!

[@zacumen]

I’ve been waking up lately with this goddamn, beautiful song stuck in my head.

[@chillsoft]

Brilliant. I've seen the ending scene many times in dreams and trips with my girlfriend. Amazing to find someone actually having the same vision and making it into a video! AWESOME!

[@Steef_Lee]

I fucking love everything this guy does

[@-Lisanne]

Zijn er momenten dat Torre niet legendarisch is?

[@isabeaudeters]

lisanne341 nope

[@ggmerlin5956]

Zelfs in het graf zal hij legendarisch zijn

[@nathalievanderlinden8575]

Dit nummer was voor mij het hoogtepunt van Down the Rabbit Hole 2019 ! Zo mooi!

[@frocco7125]

You guys are my favorite band.
I love how intense and groovy your music is.

[@schatteke]

Love it

[@haamalubai6846]

congratulations to one of your finest works yet! Im a longtime fan im a very proud one.
Keep it up!

[@geokorf]

Escher! Wonderful homage!

[@boyday5349]

I love de staat thuis alle albums
De beste van allemaal
Ik ga waarschijnlijk ook een keer naar pink pop want m'n vader is ook helemaal gek van jullie. Hij en ik krijgen kippenvel als we de muziek al horen. Niks beters als de staat. Alleen begrijpt niet iedereen bij mij op school die mening jammer genoeg. 😂😩😁😅

[@dwarffortress69]

Meaningful art!

[@claravalade2976]

Mon dieu, c'est juste super ! Beau travail !

this song is sooooooooooooooooooo awesome and the video is (again) simply amazing

[@badpunsmcgee]

Yep. Another awesome video from an already great song from easily the best album yet.

[@sim911]

Господи, до чего вы крутые! Спасибо, что вы есть!

[@deboom123]

geweldig nummer wederom. en LUWTEN voegt echt iets wezenlijks toe. goede combi. Smaakt naar meer

[@FractalFrack]

I'm always happy seeing a new music video from you guys :D Love from Germany

[@Tije.O]

Jeetje wat goed dit. Ken dit nummer al wel, maar zie nu pas het clipje en dat Lusten (ook al zo goed) meezingt. Chapeau!

[@johnscott9154]

Might be their best song yet, loving it

[@timojissink4715]

Holy shit, De Staat does it again. Amazing music video!!

[@moritzwagner4332]

OH. MY. GOD.
THIS IS GREAT.

[@aronmarcello5964]

IM IN LOVE AGAIN. THANKYOU FOR YOUR WORK OF ART

[@elvismcgentrix5275]

Well, fine. That's just fine. Another winner!

[@danielpaul7387]

Great video for the best song of the album

[@michelleodding9269]

I love it

[@jeffkesner7936]

How can this only have 102 k views?!?!? Epic song and video. When my compatriots ask me what Nederland music sounds like I play them Leef and then this and they freak out. "Wow, so cool."

[@derjones636]

Just amazing!

[@mrgarypitman]

where have they been all my life. i usually dont like this sort of music but now i love it lol

[@deniseb3917]

Fabulous

[@ToffeeAppleDesign]

love it!

[@andrea-8837]

Me encantó el ritmooo xD
EL VÍDEO MOLA MUCHÍSIMOOO

[@galileor.cuevas9739]

Primera vez que encuentro a otra persona que habla mi idioma en un video de De Staat!!!

[@andrea-8837]

@@galileor.cuevas9739 lo mismo digo! Jajaajja

[@TheMetaxes]

WOW

[@DustSeeker163]

love love love!!!

[@ziedhosni7655]

goosebumps

[@senkuro69]

Love this!

[@CoenCoenNL]

Predictive programming: Tie me down, did you just ground me? Next DS song: Phoenix: starts with sun corona.

[@JanSteinberg]

Wonderful!

[@christianmoretti6616]

Beautiful!

[@cscapemusic]

My anthem forever. Love this song and video so much.

[@winfriedhoffmann2218]

Cool, always,

[@abrianburns4544]

Love De Staat!!!! you guys Rock!!!!

[@johnmande7648]

Please no dislike this song is awesome

[@nodisalsi]

1980s music for 21st century meme. This joins my playlist with "Electric Dreams" by Philip Oakey and Giorgio Moroder.

[@mauijttewaal]

Cool

[@pipsiiiiii]

классные как всегда 👍🏻

[@vaksum]

Так точно😉

[@Jeroenvandeelen]

Awesome

[@carlosj55]

Great, Great song!!!!!

[@goodtohaveinajam8148]

Wow. It's a love song.

[@davidcusa6282]

Oh I like this a lot!

[@thewickedbihoftheeast]

I absolutely love it! Amazing as always.

[@iamdaboss13]

Another banger from the bar none best rock band going, life is good!

[@abnormarika]

So catchy and so good!

[@sixteenbynine]

Wow.

[@AadZwaan]

wicked! zoooooo lekkaaah dit nummer en die video is bloody brilliant!

[@b3rt861]

Great Video, great Band. First saw them at Open Flair Festival in Eschwege/Germany. Fan since then. Thumbs Up.

[@2Ursos1]

im speachless...

[@MertCanFrat]

excellent!
greetings from turkey

[@angelgabbs]

god this is so good and i love the video so much it's mesmerizing

[@The_Aries_BabyBoss369]

Nice!

[@imdeaf81]

Epic!

[@Kaiserkirsche]

Love it 🔥

[@flycrashrepairrepeat6225]

Best Album of 2019... Well done guys, great video, great song.

[@eva3308]

🏳️🏴

[@matheusbononcressoni6199]

Amazing! Greetings from Brazil! :)

[@benniewise2]

Am I the only one who thinks the lead singer is like super hot? Those expressive eyes man, jesus haha

[@iridiumvanadium776]

I agree. Torre is actually quite attractive as long as he doesn't try to look like a creep like in the Kitty Kitty music video.

[@jeanmanu]

clip & music are great !

[@neezy.]

Love the song, love the video!!!!

[@CircuitDruid]

Friend put me onto your De Staat, but I was not expecting how bonkers the videos were too! Really beginning to make a fan out of me. This is going to be stuck in my head all week :D

[@macgonzo]

I absolutely, completely and entirely, love, love, love, LOVE, this video ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@mystireon]

The style kind of reminds me of OK GO, sounds amazing

[@Apekots]

oh yes

[@TinoDamen]

A fucking mazing what a brilliant piece of art. De Staat sinds album 1 al hooked aan deze muziek. Keep on going jullie muziek betekent zoveel voor mij!!

[@evabours1980]

Wat een prachtige clip!

[@katjahuizinga9053]

Jeetje wat een geweldige mooie supercoooole clip👌

[@shyman0128]

Good video

[@vinnsterpj]

OMG

[@antonmatviichuk4787]

Кайфно. Мне чем-то старый добрый Roxette напомнило :)

[@okolekroes8385]

geweldig!!!!!

[@simonesimone7546]

N°1 Hit Parade Che Non C'è/ Settimana 2019-06-27

[@acidnija1754]

I will loop it so fucking many times...