I first heard this masterpiece in 2014 and can't believe that after 5 years I still listen to this song with almost the same feelings as the first couple of times, timeless...
I found an interview about the director and this video, a link should be added under the video: *- Are you telling a story? If yes, what is the synopsis?* ... There's a story, inspired by Nikolai Gogol's short novel 'May Night, or the Drowned Maiden'. Of course, it's a very liberal interpretation of the story, but the plots are similar. The main heroine is a senescent witch trying to save her vanishing beauty. She enchants innocent girls, forcing them to become a part of a heathen ritual. The girls fall into this magical net in spite of themselves, lose their spiritual purity and give away their youth and beauty. That is why the video is divided into two parts: in the first one, girls are dressed decently, their amusements are harmless and naive. But the witchcraft draws them farther, and the moment where the witch blows out a candle marks the border between two parts. In the second part girls are dressed in a more agressive manner, their make up is defiant, their moves are uninhibited and tempting: in such a way innocent beauty turns into comprehension of one's sexuality, grace becomes a weapon. But witchcraft is insubstantial, like any dream about eternal youth; a new day breaks, illusions separates from reality, white feathers separate from white petals, and witchcraft fails inevitably. We can see just an old woman, who's unable to change the timestream. __________________________________________________________________ Here's the rest of the interview: grimesreference.e-monsite.com/pages/album-2-halfaxa/page-9.html _This music video made by a young director, from Russia, needs to be known !_ _Here some question about its maker, Anastasia Shulepova, if you want to know more about her intentions :_ *- When did you discover Grimes? (love at first sight?)* The first time I heard Grimes about three years ago; it was a sleepless trip to the airport, endless row of fir's flitting outside the car window and the voice singing 'Crystal Ball' - all these things merged into one enchanting hallucination, full of echoes, ornate melodics and voices, proper rather to elves, than to human beings. That was interesting. *- When did you have the idea to make a music video about one of her track? Why 'Dream Fortress'? Is it one of your favorite song?* That might sound strange, but I didn’t have any choice, actually.Dream Fortress' appeared accidentally in my playlist and knocked me out without any warning. I've been listening to dozens of songs each week, but this track became a true obsession - I've been listening to it on repeat for several days. At some instant I felt into specific auditory trance - and images started rushing to my head like an avalanche. For some reason I felt that there was something slavic in this song, something pagan and bewitching. At the same time, I couldn't just play in a historical reenactment, I needed to take ancient russian customs and breathe a new life into it. Thereby, we got fire pois instead of ritual bonfires and tie dye leggins instead of mermaid's tail. *- We can see in your video description that a lot of people worked on it. They were your friends, your colleagues ? Do you all belong to a studio? * Actually, there was no rational reason to make this video - the song has been released three years ago, and nobody asked me to work on this project, so there were just me and my friends, ready to help. I spent my own money - about 2,500 dollars - for renting necessary video equipment, buying fabric for the costumes etc. And my friends - apparently, they were the only people, who could get pleasure out of hard unpaid work during two months. *- What was the most difficult thing to do during the filming ?* It was my first work ever - until I started filming it, I haven't had an idea how to create a video. That's why I can frankly answer that the most difficult thing was to stop trembling before the first shooting day. But when I found myself next morning, standing with a shooting script in my hand and watching models preparing for the first scene, I forgot about everything. We were shooting outside, and I quickly realised that nature was the hardest location to shoot on - daylight was changing every hour, wind was always too high or too feeble; once we've been attacked by an army of flying ants, but we withstanded. My perfectionism added more difficulties - for example, we intentionally transplanted algas from one place to another to make the first shoot. Some scenes have been shooted for 30 and 40 times, and it was devilishly hard for all crew, but the result was worth it. *- The animals were easy, or were they a little bit cheeky?* The hardest thing about animals was my absolute helplessness as a director; I could't say: 'Hey, what do you think you're doing? You must move in the opposite direction, gather yourself!' Anyhow, the snake was the easiest one to work with, true professional. The hen allowed us to film as many takes as we wanted and even presented us an egg as a bonus. But the ferret behaved like a scandalous movie star: he tried to escape, bite everyone he could reach and scatter his food as far as it was possible. No ferret in my next video, no way. *- Most of your pictures look like paintings. Did you think about painters, what are your references?* Thank you! Every beautiful shot was the merit of our D.O.P.; rather his talent helped us to achieve such quality of the shots, than our aspiration for imitating admitted painters. Of course, I cannnot but mention Andrey Tarkovsky, the greatest artist of moving images, genius director and unattainable ideal for me. Some of our friends have already blamed us for copying his shooting style (shots with water and paints, as well as the first shot with water and algas). If it was possible to approach Tarkovsky's mastery just by filming water - every single amateur could obtain immortality, I guess. But it wasn't enough, so we had to work as hard as we could. *- Are you telling a story? If yes, what is the synopsis?* Well, it's definitely not easy to be noticed and understood under all these metaphors and mythology - but yes ! There's a story, inspired by Nikolai Gogol's short novel 'May Night, or the Drowned Maiden'. Of course, it's a very liberal interpretation of the story, but the plots are similar. The main heroine is a senescent witch trying to save her vanishing beauty. She enchants innocent girls, forcing them to become a part of a heathen ritual. The girls fall into this magical net in spite of themselves, lose their spiritual purity and give away their youth and beauty. That is why the video is divided into two parts: in the first one, girls are dressed decently, their amusements are harmless and naive. But the witchcraft draws them farther, and the moment where the witch blows out a candle marks the border between two parts. In the second part girls are dressed in a more agressive manner, their make up is defiant, their moves are uninhibited and tempting: in such a way innocent beauty turns into comprehension of one's sexuality, grace becomes a weapon. But witchcraft is insubstantial, like any dream about eternal youth; a new day breaks, illusions separates from reality, white feathers separate from white petals, and witchcraft fails inevitably. We can see just an old woman, who's unable to change the timestream. *- Why the mirror ? What does it mean ?* Actually there're plenty of superstitions and legends related to mirrors : ancient people believed, that mirror could show the man's soul; other were sure, that dead people could reflect in a mirror. In the Middle Ages, mirrors were said to be a portal in another world; we used this image in our video. So, the mirror is the entrance to the territory of mysticism and witchery; the heroines step over the boundary of real world and fall into a subtle reflecting trap. It's a turning-point in our video: the hag's hunt is over - the victims are caught. *- At last, do you want to do another music video about another Grimes' song?* Grimes creates music which is very interesting to visualize; at the same time she usually acts as a director of her videos. As to "Dream Fortress", there was no official video for it, so it was an exceptional case for me. But who knows, maybe someday I'll be knocked out again.
Oh, touching He can't have it I can tease Oh, lie with me Tired of living on my own, baby Oh, how dear, when I see (Have it when it's waiting for you) Oh, no, you see the way and I can't see (Have it when it's waiting for you) I can't my baby (You're down, I know) I can't my baby, oh I can't my baby I can't my baby I am on my own Oh, I don't know how Oh, be on time oh Oh, I don't know how (Have it when it's waiting for you) Oh, be on time (Have it when it's waiting for you) I want my baby (I wanna pay) I want my baby (And I will know where I'm from) I want my baby I don't know how my baby Here I am, running in the dark Here I am, running away Here I am, running in the dark Here I am, running away Source: LyricFind
i feel like the meaning of the song is about sex. but sex now is seen so taboo or raunchy. but sex can be very beautiful. sex is the consensual partnership between two souls - giving and receiving each others energy. activating all senses: sight, sound, smell, taste and touch. with every touch, with every breath, the souls connect and energy manifest and forms into one constellation.
There is a fanmade video was uploaded in early 2013. Grimes stated on Tumblr: ''holy sh*t this has like 1.5 mil views. technically a fan vid but might as well count as official video, i appreciate all the work these ladies did
I think there was some sort of endorsement from Grimes if I remember well but frankly she (Grimes) got the perfect video for free; it’s spotlessly made, right on the mark, looks gorgeous and dreamy and everybody that comes to listen to the song sees this. Basically what I am saying is that she (Grimes) should have retroactively paid her (the video creator). I am bored and in pain so I’ll keep writing to busy myself: Grimes it seems to me has not emerged as the creative generous force as I imagined her to be -or at least to become when gaining proéminence, so it is not surprising. I am always a bit taken aback how little people who make a good amount of money from their craft do not seem interested in spreading around to lift young creators. This is marginally related on the question of remunerating people and referencing them properly even when you do not have to. I remember à discussion recently about Madonna, her behavior, her legacy and I do think if I were an artist of that stature I would probably have moved out of tik tok into multitudes of creative projects supporting upcoming and unknown artist/musicians. I wouldn’t try and keep up: I’d rest on my laurels and my iconic status and my way to be relevant would be to be super involved with a bunch of new artists and creators and invest my own money in that; as well as in outreach art/music projects; free programs, events. Like I would make it rain. I soil lay people handsomely for their contribution and not rip off stuff from tik tok without even a n attribution. I would be a hen mother. That would be my second act. So if someone somewhere made a gorgeous video for my music, a video that fits my aesthetics, a video everybody enjoys, I would probably give them a bunch of money so they can keep being an artist and create more. You know if I were, you know, a wealthy artist and not stuck in pain in my bed.
i really thought the girls in the thumbnail were exquisite paintings, and to my surprise, i saw them as animated real human beings in this beautifully ethereal video. superb job!
there could NOT have been a better video for this. when I first listened to dream fortress many years ago, this kind of dreamy nature was exactly what I thought of OMG
+wehttaM i saw this recently and my reaction was your default pic.. you can definitely see strong vibes of this in her life in the vivd dream music vid as well as the really recently california music vid which im currently in love with :+) but when grimes was really underground, stuff like this is what dreams were made of hahaha :) what camera do you think they used??
+Vulpix Phoebe but in the description it says it's official. and it was made by the artists. just not the same artist who made the song xd I though I will point out just in case someone would get your wrong.
I find myself taken into another reality for some minutes listening to her music. Talking about good music it should cause an effect on you and her music does. Awesome!
I just recently discovered this. Fell inlove with the song and once i saw the video i was so amazed and intrigued with the work. The fact that its not even the official video seriously deserved more credit. So lovely!
I really love this video. It goes exquisitely with the song and is a cinematique achievement. It recalls to mind "Valerie's Week of Wonders" and Austra's video for "Spellwork." Truly pagan and wild and magick. Namaste.
Nature aesthetics are just the same as we have here in Estonia, also the old wooden loghouse gave me some great chills. Im so thankful You made the video, it is fantastic! Hope that Grimes herself would see the video one day and asks you to join with her team :)
+Twizz The Whiz Kid im sort of familiar with this movie...... to me it reminds me of all the best parts of this drama dystopia show on the CW "The 100" mixed with a genuinely good drama on the history channel "Vikings" aha :+)
это как обернуться назад, и посмотреть вглубь, в далёкое прошлое, которое до сих пор живёт в своём времени.... и оно так далеко, и вроде бы хочеться вернуться..... но ты уже так далеко--_______________ this is beautiful___________
This is the only song I can paint on…all my painting mainly portraits are because of this or dare to say my inspiration are form this chaotique beautiful masterpiece ♥️thank you grimes
What is so wonderful about Grimes is that this is the new electronic punk: panache and witches and Japanese manga and Liz Fraser on acid. Whispers and birds singing spinto soprano. Finally, something new. It sure ain't no Gaga. All the programming writing vocals production you hear is all Grimes.
I like fire as much as the next guy but that mirror gag is just startling. The simplicity-to-effectiveness ratio is stunning. Excellent video to match an excellent audio.
From all the fan made videos i've watched out there .. thats the most perfect one , after i watched this video i was just staring at my monitor for about 5 minutes it made me feel like im in a dream . Great Job !
You made a wonderfull job on this video...i have been watching it for years, and it's still captivating...so much poetry in every shot in every single moove... Bravo!
Beautiful imagery, and artistry. This video is steeped in Wiccan primordial Goddess spiritual symbolism, and combined with Claire Boucher's musical genius, I found it deeply moving. Absolutely gorgeous, I would thank the artists that made this video happen, I think Grimes may as well put "Official Music Video" after the title.
I simply love the interpretation the artist give this song, it also remind me a italian movie Satan's Rhapsody from 1915, about a woman who in order to get her youth back make a pact with the devil, renouncing love, which result in eminent death.
BjorksMusic Thank you for your appreciation, This video was made by our film crew; you can see the full credits below: Directed by Anastasia Shulepova D.O.P: Dmitry Nagovsky Assistant Director: Maria Solovyeva Costume Designer: Anna Braude Starring: Adele Yudina, Julia Elina, Maria Nebotova, Elisa Kapitan Editing: Maxim Molchanov
For way too many long I've been talking bad on Grimes without not even listening to a whole album by her. And now I think about how stupid I was. For god's sake, I was too influenced by others...
@@kukunamuniu3495 Russian. Judging by the names given in the description of the video clip, it was filmed by Russians. It is logical that they did it based on their mythology. and yes, Russian = Slavic.
@@niki6969. that’s interesting what you say. It means if Russians make a clip based on Greek mythology, then suddenly it’s russian mythology lol? There’s nothing like russian mythology, there’s only Slavic mythology and please don’t teach me because I’m from the region.
@@kukunamuniu3495 Lol, my God, what are you talking about? Russians are a Slavic people. The Russians created this video for the Grimes singer based on their own mythology, which is logical. Russian and Slavic mythology are the same thing. or have the Russians already stopped being Slavs, hahaha? What is the difference between Russian and Slavic mythology? Stop talking nonsense. But it is logical that since this clip was not created by Poles, Czechs, Serbs, Bulgarians, then this is exactly RUSSIAN mythology. and how is there nothing like Russian mythology, if everything there looks like Russian mythology? The clip presents the Russian traditions of celebrating Ivan Kupala Day, and the girls depict Russian mythological characters called "rusalki".
Oh my goddess! This song is sooo beautiful, I feel like I teleported to some other world... damn the violin 🎻 bass on this tho, earphones make the sound so true! ❤️
I first heard this masterpiece in 2014 and can't believe that after 5 years I still listen to this song with almost the same feelings as the first couple of times, timeless...
I understand. This song always feels new and powerful to me.
2022 and counting
10 years now
this video transformed me into a forest nymph and i now live in candlelight
haha
Nice
Elliott Highmore Haha Nice Indeed Haha
This is the best comment
so where the hell do you get ur candles from
this is forever going to be among my favorite songs of hers. I was completely entranced when I first heard this
Milica I freaking love this song. I’m 51. Grimes is unique and Halfaxa is an astonishing album.
Completely agree
1. this could easily be a perfume commercial.
2. this lo-key makes me wanna be a witch.
Why not to the latter 🙃 be a witch
B S. They are models
It makes me wanna runaway with all my friends and live on our own island away from all the crap that’s happening rn.
@@melophile_69 we kinda guessed!
@@silverkitty2503 you did😵💫 but that was years ago 😱 now way 😐
I found an interview about the director and this video, a link should be added under the video:
*- Are you telling a story? If yes, what is the synopsis?*
... There's a story, inspired by Nikolai Gogol's short novel 'May Night, or the Drowned Maiden'. Of course, it's a very liberal interpretation of the story, but the plots are similar. The main heroine is a senescent witch trying to save her vanishing beauty. She enchants innocent girls, forcing them to become a part of a heathen ritual. The girls fall into this magical net in spite of themselves, lose their spiritual purity and give away their youth and beauty.
That is why the video is divided into two parts: in the first one, girls are dressed decently, their amusements are harmless and naive. But the witchcraft draws them farther, and the moment where the witch blows out a candle marks the border between two parts. In the second part girls are dressed in a more agressive manner, their make up is defiant, their moves are uninhibited and tempting: in such a way innocent beauty turns into comprehension of one's sexuality, grace becomes a weapon.
But witchcraft is insubstantial, like any dream about eternal youth; a new day breaks, illusions separates from reality, white feathers separate from white petals, and witchcraft fails inevitably.
We can see just an old woman, who's unable to change the timestream.
__________________________________________________________________
Here's the rest of the interview:
grimesreference.e-monsite.com/pages/album-2-halfaxa/page-9.html
_This music video made by a young director, from Russia, needs to be known !_
_Here some question about its maker, Anastasia Shulepova, if you want to know more about her intentions :_
*- When did you discover Grimes? (love at first sight?)*
The first time I heard Grimes about three years ago; it was a sleepless trip to the airport, endless row of fir's flitting outside the car window and the voice singing 'Crystal Ball' - all these things merged into one enchanting hallucination, full of echoes, ornate melodics and voices, proper rather to elves, than to human beings. That was interesting.
*- When did you have the idea to make a music video about one of her track? Why 'Dream Fortress'? Is it one of your favorite song?*
That might sound strange, but I didn’t have any choice, actually.Dream Fortress' appeared accidentally in my playlist and knocked me out without any warning. I've been listening to dozens of songs each week, but this track became a true obsession - I've been listening to it on repeat for several days. At some instant I felt into specific auditory trance - and images started rushing to my head like an avalanche. For some reason I felt that there was something slavic in this song, something pagan and bewitching.
At the same time, I couldn't just play in a historical reenactment, I needed to take ancient russian customs and breathe a new life into it. Thereby, we got fire pois instead of ritual bonfires and tie dye leggins instead of mermaid's tail.
*- We can see in your video description that a lot of people worked on it. They were your friends, your colleagues ? Do you all belong to a studio? *
Actually, there was no rational reason to make this video - the song has been released three years ago, and nobody asked me to work on this project, so there were just me and my friends, ready to help.
I spent my own money - about 2,500 dollars - for renting necessary video equipment, buying fabric for the costumes etc. And my friends - apparently, they were the only people, who could get pleasure out of hard unpaid work during two months.
*- What was the most difficult thing to do during the filming ?*
It was my first work ever - until I started filming it, I haven't had an idea how to create a video.
That's why I can frankly answer that the most difficult thing was to stop trembling before the first shooting day. But when I found myself next morning, standing with a shooting script in my hand and watching models preparing for the first scene, I forgot about everything.
We were shooting outside, and I quickly realised that nature was the hardest location to shoot on - daylight was changing every hour, wind was always too high or too feeble; once we've been attacked by an army of flying ants, but we withstanded.
My perfectionism added more difficulties - for example, we intentionally transplanted algas from one place to another to make the first shoot. Some scenes have been shooted for 30 and 40 times, and it was devilishly hard for all crew, but the result was worth it.
*- The animals were easy, or were they a little bit cheeky?*
The hardest thing about animals was my absolute helplessness as a director; I could't say: 'Hey, what do you think you're doing? You must move in the opposite direction, gather yourself!'
Anyhow, the snake was the easiest one to work with, true professional. The hen allowed us to film as many takes as we wanted and even presented us an egg as a bonus.
But the ferret behaved like a scandalous movie star: he tried to escape, bite everyone he could reach and scatter his food as far as it was possible. No ferret in my next video, no way.
*- Most of your pictures look like paintings. Did you think about painters, what are your references?*
Thank you! Every beautiful shot was the merit of our D.O.P.; rather his talent helped us to achieve such quality of the shots, than our aspiration for imitating admitted painters.
Of course, I cannnot but mention Andrey Tarkovsky, the greatest artist of moving images, genius director and unattainable ideal for me. Some of our friends have already blamed us for copying his shooting style (shots with water and paints, as well as the first shot with water and algas).
If it was possible to approach Tarkovsky's mastery just by filming water - every single amateur could obtain immortality, I guess. But it wasn't enough, so we had to work as hard as we could.
*- Are you telling a story? If yes, what is the synopsis?*
Well, it's definitely not easy to be noticed and understood under all these metaphors and mythology - but yes ! There's a story, inspired by Nikolai Gogol's short novel 'May Night, or the Drowned Maiden'. Of course, it's a very liberal interpretation of the story, but the plots are similar. The main heroine is a senescent witch trying to save her vanishing beauty. She enchants innocent girls, forcing them to become a part of a heathen ritual. The girls fall into this magical net in spite of themselves, lose their spiritual purity and give away their youth and beauty.
That is why the video is divided into two parts: in the first one, girls are dressed decently, their amusements are harmless and naive. But the witchcraft draws them farther, and the moment where the witch blows out a candle marks the border between two parts. In the second part girls are dressed in a more agressive manner, their make up is defiant, their moves are uninhibited and tempting: in such a way innocent beauty turns into comprehension of one's sexuality, grace becomes a weapon.
But witchcraft is insubstantial, like any dream about eternal youth; a new day breaks, illusions separates from reality, white feathers separate from white petals, and witchcraft fails inevitably.
We can see just an old woman, who's unable to change the timestream.
*- Why the mirror ? What does it mean ?*
Actually there're plenty of superstitions and legends related to mirrors : ancient people believed, that mirror could show the man's soul; other were sure, that dead people could reflect in a mirror.
In the Middle Ages, mirrors were said to be a portal in another world; we used this image in our video. So, the mirror is the entrance to the territory of mysticism and witchery; the heroines step over the boundary of real world and fall into a subtle reflecting trap. It's a turning-point in our video: the hag's hunt is over - the victims are caught.
*- At last, do you want to do another music video about another Grimes' song?*
Grimes creates music which is very interesting to visualize; at the same time she usually acts as a director of her videos. As to "Dream Fortress", there was no official video for it, so it was an exceptional case for me. But who knows, maybe someday I'll be knocked out again.
That is amazing
thanks this basically answered all the questions I had! Perfect.
Thx a lot!
Thank you for sharing this...
The hen gave them a snack lOl
the redhead with the fire is hypnotic... beautiful video.
vk.com/elina_yuliya
This is exactly how I feel while listening to Grimes.
Oh, touching
He can't have it
I can tease
Oh, lie with me
Tired of living on my own, baby
Oh, how dear, when I see
(Have it when it's waiting for you)
Oh, no, you see the way and I can't see
(Have it when it's waiting for you)
I can't my baby
(You're down, I know)
I can't my baby, oh
I can't my baby
I can't my baby
I am on my own
Oh, I don't know how
Oh, be on time oh
Oh, I don't know how
(Have it when it's waiting for you)
Oh, be on time
(Have it when it's waiting for you)
I want my baby
(I wanna pay)
I want my baby
(And I will know where I'm from)
I want my baby
I don't know how my baby
Here I am, running in the dark
Here I am, running away
Here I am, running in the dark
Here I am, running away
Source: LyricFind
i feel like the meaning of the song is about sex. but sex now is seen so taboo or raunchy. but sex can be very beautiful. sex is the consensual partnership between two souls - giving and receiving each others energy. activating all senses: sight, sound, smell, taste and touch. with every touch, with every breath, the souls connect and energy manifest and forms into one constellation.
I'm pretty sure Grimes loved this video...
There is a fanmade video was uploaded in early 2013. Grimes stated on Tumblr: ''holy sh*t this has like 1.5 mil views. technically a fan vid but might as well count as official video, i appreciate all the work these ladies did
She siad this could be her official video!
@@gustavgrime ¿en serio!? cuándo dijo eso?
@@Dovelunalove cuando lo reposteó en su Tumblr, si mi memoria no falla!
well its named official so i think she definitely approved of it
her best song in my opinion, god, i adore grimes so much, shes so unique...
This is pretty incredible for a fan video. The imagery feels appropriate.
i think its the official vid
@@silverkitty2503 It's fan made but Grimes let it become official iirc
This is the best unofficial music video ever... it's just..magic...
This video should be viral! I definitely share your video!
Indeed.
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I think there was some sort of endorsement from Grimes if I remember well but frankly she (Grimes) got the perfect video for free; it’s spotlessly made, right on the mark, looks gorgeous and dreamy and everybody that comes to listen to the song sees this.
Basically what I am saying is that she (Grimes) should have retroactively paid her (the video creator).
I am bored and in pain so I’ll keep writing to busy myself: Grimes it seems to me has not emerged as the creative generous force as I imagined her to be -or at least to become when gaining proéminence, so it is not surprising.
I am always a bit taken aback how little people who make a good amount of money from their craft do not seem interested in spreading around to lift young creators.
This is marginally related on the question of remunerating people and referencing them properly even when you do not have to.
I remember à discussion recently about Madonna, her behavior, her legacy and I do think if I were an artist of that stature I would probably have moved out of tik tok into multitudes of creative projects supporting upcoming and unknown artist/musicians.
I wouldn’t try and keep up: I’d rest on my laurels and my iconic status and my way to be relevant would be to be super involved with a bunch of new artists and creators and invest my own money in that; as well as in outreach art/music projects; free programs, events. Like I would make it rain. I soil lay people handsomely for their contribution and not rip off stuff from tik tok without even a n attribution.
I would be a hen mother. That would be my second act.
So if someone somewhere made a gorgeous video for my music, a video that fits my aesthetics, a video everybody enjoys, I would probably give them a bunch of money so they can keep being an artist and create more. You know if I were, you know, a wealthy artist and not stuck in pain in my bed.
@@MalincheDeniz nobody owes anyone anything
i really thought the girls in the thumbnail were exquisite paintings, and to my surprise, i saw them as animated real human beings in this beautifully ethereal video. superb job!
+actual rilakkuma the same here
Best timing and vision EVER. The cuts... God made them. Walk away, master is here. Amazing.
there could NOT have been a better video for this.
when I first listened to dream fortress many years ago, this kind of dreamy nature was exactly what I thought of
OMG
Grimes posted this on her Tumblr
+wehttaM i saw this recently and my reaction was your default pic.. you can definitely see strong vibes of this in her life in the vivd dream music vid as well as the really recently california music vid which im currently in love with :+)
but when grimes was really underground, stuff like this is what dreams were made of hahaha :) what camera do you think they used??
in the description it says it's an official music video though am I missing something?
could you tell me what's her tumblr???
+Krasimira Depp actuallygrimes
tumblrisgay
That music video is one of the best music videos i've ever seen.
And it wasn't even made by the artist
+Vulpix Phoebe but in the description it says it's official.
and it was made by the artists. just not the same artist who made the song xd I though I will point out just in case someone would get your wrong.
It isn't official. Grimes did not make or direct the video, it's fan-made.
She just acknowledged it (she discovered the video and she also thought it was amazing).
same, by far!
I find myself taken into another reality for some minutes listening to her music. Talking about good music it should cause an effect on you and her music does. Awesome!
I just discovered this... And it reminds me SO MUCH of the movie Midsommar.
I WAS just gonna comment that
GRIMES IS FROM THE MIDSOMMAR COMMUNITY
Joroc um absolutely not she’s head cosplay anime bitch
Damn that movie has scarred me for life
I'm usually on the verge of weeping by 3:05...such a beautiful song.
Me too..😢
Tears and ASMR is what I always get.
She uses a lot of animals as symbols, in videos, and in art and I really like the natural feel it gives her. Makes it seem more real and raw.
This wasn't directed by Grimes. Some Russian guy.
@@brijmsn wasn’t it a russian girl , not a guy ?
One of my many fave songs by Grimes... Although Dream Fortress is magical and dream-like it's so beautiful
I love this song so much that I don't have words to define the feeling stage in me
I just recently discovered this. Fell inlove with the song and once i saw the video i was so amazed and intrigued with the work. The fact that its not even the official video seriously deserved more credit. So lovely!
I always forget what a strange journey it is with Grimes but I quickly remember
still in love with this song in almost 2021
I can feel the Midsommar vibes here
i said to myself "midsommar vibes" then clicked newest comments and found this lmao
Fuckkkkk, that film is madddddd☠
Why went She got married with Tesla guy?
also wicker man id imagine
or the im a single mom in a basement vibe....
I really love this video. It goes exquisitely with the song and is a cinematique achievement. It recalls to mind "Valerie's Week of Wonders" and Austra's video for "Spellwork." Truly pagan and wild and magick. Namaste.
Nature aesthetics are just the same as we have here in Estonia, also the old wooden loghouse gave me some great chills. Im so thankful You made the video, it is fantastic! Hope that Grimes herself would see the video one day and asks you to join with her team :)
Wow! You guys REALLY know how to produce a music video. This is gorgeous, it should be the official thing.
The 4 elements... Earth, Air, Water, Fire. Kind of reminds me of that movie ''The Craft'', but in a more of a Mother nature, Wiccan type of a way.
omg.yes
+Twizz The Whiz Kid yeeeeessss! it reminds me also The Mists of Avalon! ♥
Anna Carolina I've never seen the movie, but I've heard of it... the film originated from a book, didn't it?
+Twizz The Whiz Kid im sort of familiar with this movie...... to me it reminds me of all the best parts of this drama dystopia show on the CW "The 100" mixed with a genuinely good drama on the history channel "Vikings" aha :+)
loving the andrei tarkovsky signature shot (flowing reeds underwater) references in the video.
Ouvia essa música a uns 6 anos atrás na minha era adolescente tumblr e ainda sou viciada em Grimes te amo p sempre grimes
Mam tak samo od około 14 lat. Kocham Cię na zawsze Grimes.
Saudades da Grimes do antigo testamento
это как обернуться назад, и посмотреть вглубь, в далёкое прошлое, которое до сих пор живёт в своём времени.... и оно так далеко, и вроде бы хочеться вернуться..... но ты уже так далеко--_______________
this is beautiful___________
Grimes should thank you for this beautiful video. It beautifully matches the song and quality of direction...
Best Grimes vid ever honestly, actually one of the sweetest music vids I've ever seen, truly, well done Anastasia.
This was beautiful Anastasia and crew!Grimes does a beautiful job as well.
I normally don't like videoclips from Grimes' songs, but this one is very beautiful.
whoever made this video: keep making videos! This is one of the best things I've ever seen.
are u kidding me?? this video should be the official one.
Ikr!?!?
It is now.
It is. Grimes said
This video is fantastic. I was addicted to this song for weeks, and the images and tone work so well for this unique piece of music. Thank you.
This is one of the most beautiful videos I have ever seen. I cannot stop watching it.
I cant stop watching this video. You all did such a fantastic job on it.
"Homemade" music videos never impress me, but this... This is truly amazing.
Such a beautiful song. Easily one of my favourite grimes songs
This is the only song I can paint on…all my painting mainly portraits are because of this or dare to say my inspiration are form this chaotique beautiful masterpiece ♥️thank you grimes
This is such a beautiful and amazing piece of art for this song! I'm truly blown away by all the visuals and camerawork!
Cant believe this video is on Earth, what a masterpiece and how much wisdom has poured into me
Simply beautiful, i love the Halfaxa's era ❤
This is absolutely gorgeous, I hope Grimes gets to see this some time in her life!
THIS SHOULD BE THE OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO, WHAT?!!
What is so wonderful about Grimes is that this is the new electronic punk: panache and witches and Japanese manga and Liz Fraser on acid. Whispers and birds singing spinto soprano. Finally, something new. It sure ain't no Gaga. All the programming writing vocals production you hear is all Grimes.
This is so good, grimes should buy it from you an use it as her video, I swear.
+TopHatKitty Ermmm, what, I thought this was an official video @-) WOW!! It seemd such a homogenous blend with the song
+TopHatKitty She doesn't need to "buy" it, it's the most viewed video on the Internet for her song. lol
Oh yeah, that makes a lot of sense.
+TopHatKitty watching her recent music vids you can definitely tell this inspired the hell out of her :)
The person who made this video has a lot of attractive friends ha
I like fire as much as the next guy but that mirror gag is just startling. The simplicity-to-effectiveness ratio is stunning. Excellent video to match an excellent audio.
A video about reflecting on one's youth. Beautiful.
Absolutely wonderful tribute. I'm so happy for you since Grimes herself digs this video. Congratz!
From all the fan made videos i've watched out there .. thats the most perfect one , after i watched this video i was just staring at my monitor for about 5 minutes it made me feel like im in a dream . Great Job !
I never thought there could be a video that did justice to this song.
But this is it.
Woah…. This feeling I have while hearing this song….
Oh my god, I thought this was official! This was amazing guys, seriously!!! It felt less like a music video and more like a spiritual journey :O
One of the most gorgeous effing things I've ever known in my entire lifetime.
Fell in love with grimes on 6th February 2018
No one can separate us!!!!!
this is awesome! the video fits perfectly with the song. great job! :3
this video is amazing! a piece of art and Grimes music is just magic
it's beautiful, in a way that awakens those who are almost dead, but are guided back to a pleasant place.
all the women in this video are so beautiful
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It's a true beauty We men love so much, right?
Vertico I love this beauty.....you i don't :D
Beautiful like you. You should be in it too after seeing your avi
That was awesome. Loved the hair colors intertwining on hair and in water and the cute little ferret. Very expressive ladies too
The visuals were haunting. I love it.
The one that I loved introduced me to Grimes music. And I love her.
wow this video is so lovely... i just love it.. pure magic!!!
This gives me chills in a good way. Whimsical yet melancholy! I floated along with those fairies.
You made a wonderfull job on this video...i have been watching it for years, and it's still captivating...so much poetry in every shot in every single moove...
Bravo!
one of my favorite grimes songs....beautiful video that fits the mood of the song very well
i miss this era
Perfect, just perfect! I'm in love with the aesthetic pictured in this video - nature, animals, flowercrowns...you did an amazing job!
absolutely fantastic video, really captured grimes music!!
+RudeyDoo92 almost reminds me of a film called company of wolves, dreeeaammyyy
Beautifully made. I honestly think this should be the real video, its so hypnostic and Grimes vocals just completes it. ;)
A ferret in a music video, now I've seen everything.
when you're high and listen to this song, travel to narnia
I did...but it was not narnia...
THIS SONG IS SO ADDICTIVE
No words... Timeless...
Beautiful imagery, and artistry. This video is steeped in Wiccan primordial Goddess spiritual symbolism, and combined with Claire Boucher's musical genius, I found it deeply moving. Absolutely gorgeous, I would thank the artists that made this video happen, I think Grimes may as well put "Official Music Video" after the title.
Dude this woman has the most aesthetically pleasing videos and I personally think this is one of the greatest songs of all time 👑💜
I simply love the interpretation the artist give this song, it also remind me a italian movie Satan's Rhapsody from 1915, about a woman who in order to get her youth back make a pact with the devil, renouncing love, which result in eminent death.
Why is there only one video associated to this account?! Anastasia Shulepova! Great work!
Did you make this great video Anastasia ?
BjorksMusic
Thank you for your appreciation,
This video was made by our film crew; you can see the full credits below:
Directed by Anastasia Shulepova
D.O.P: Dmitry Nagovsky
Assistant Director: Maria Solovyeva
Costume Designer: Anna Braude
Starring: Adele Yudina, Julia Elina, Maria Nebotova, Elisa Kapitan
Editing: Maxim Molchanov
Anastasia Shulepova Thank You for the information, very well directed and edited, nice vision.
Anastasia Shulepova ...this video is so beautiful and magical- GREAT job
Anastasia Shulepova
Did you make this video just explicitly for this video? Did the song inspire the video?
+Anastasia Shulepova Beautiful video! I thought, at last something really cool to watch! Definitely trippin images! Best of luck with your career!
I'm mesmerized by this video. I don't think an "official" one can top this. Sooo well done..
For way too many long I've been talking bad on Grimes without not even listening to a whole album by her. And now I think about how stupid I was. For god's sake, I was too influenced by others...
Duh
...the memories come rushing in like a flood...i cant take it..
wait a second it's unofficial?? it's spot on
I have watched this about 10 times in the last 24 hours.. Im addicted
I can't believe this isn't the official video, THIS IS PERFECT!
love the song & video, just waiting for the remastered mix
Russian mythology + song Grimes = something incredibly beautiful!
It’s not Russian but Slavic mythology
@@kukunamuniu3495 Russian.
Judging by the names given in the description of the video clip, it was filmed by Russians.
It is logical that they did it based on their mythology.
and yes, Russian = Slavic.
@@niki6969. that’s interesting what you say. It means if Russians make a clip based on Greek mythology, then suddenly it’s russian mythology lol? There’s nothing like russian mythology, there’s only Slavic mythology and please don’t teach me because I’m from the region.
@@kukunamuniu3495 Lol, my God, what are you talking about? Russians are a Slavic people. The Russians created this video for the Grimes singer based on their own mythology, which is logical.
Russian and Slavic mythology are the same thing. or have the Russians already stopped being Slavs, hahaha?
What is the difference between Russian and Slavic mythology?
Stop talking nonsense.
But it is logical that since this clip was not created by Poles, Czechs, Serbs, Bulgarians, then this is exactly RUSSIAN mythology.
and how is there nothing like Russian mythology, if everything there looks like Russian mythology?
The clip presents the Russian traditions of celebrating Ivan Kupala Day, and the girls depict Russian mythological characters called "rusalki".
both the video and the music are magical ..
Oh my goddess! This song is sooo beautiful, I feel like I teleported to some other world... damn the violin 🎻 bass on this tho, earphones make the sound so true! ❤️
Beautiful, uplifting tune. One of my personal faves to raise my spirits.
This is a lovely song. So peaceful
This is so beautiful 💕