OK Go - The Writing's On the Wall - Official Video
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LYRICS:
Listen, I know it's been hard, you know it's no different for me.
We're less than a zero-sum game now, and baby we both know that's not how it's supposed to be.
The writing's on the wall - it seems like forever since we had a good day.
The writing's on the wall, and I... I just want to get you high tonight. I just wanna see some pleasure in your eyes.
And I go too hot, and you go too cold and we both fall apart.
and you bring your mind to rest against mine, but the mind has no say in affairs of the heart.
The writing's on the wall - it seems like forever since we had a good day.
The writing's on the wall, and I... I just want to get you high tonight. I just wanna see some pleasure in your eyes.
Even if it's the last thing that we do together.
CREDITS:
Created By SpecialGuest.tv for OK Go
Directed by Aaron Duffy, Damian Kulash, Jr. & Bob Partington
Production Co - 1stAveMachine
Exec. Producer - Cheri Anderson at SpecialGuest
Exec. Producer - Sam Penfield at 1stAveMachine
Producer - Garrett Fennelly
Creative Consultant - Mary Fagot
Director of Photography - William Rexer
Production Designer - Ethan Tobman
Wardrobe Designer - Ciera Wells
Color - Ricart + Co -- Seth Ricart
Audio - Dig It Audio -- Jeffery Seelye
Who else is on an OK Go marathon?
+Jamazon me ^_^
meh
Always. :)
meeee
+Jamazon If I have to do drugs to tolerate a band, then I will choose Pink Floyd. Who wastes their drugs on this crap???
"And... CUT!"
*people pop out of no where
*and continue to flood into the room
Legends say people are still coming out from behind those pillars.
@@Infinite_Archive I wouldn’t doubt it XD
I genuinely still cannot figure out how they got there
"I just wanna see some pleasure in your eyes."
I think this is their goal for every music video. Mission accomplished, guys!
How they convinced him to shave of half of his beard is beyond me.
How they managed to do it so seemingly quickly is also impressive
near the beginning, you can see half his beard is fake
Off
Stop spoiling
the only time they ever used CGI was with the beard...jk...unless?
These guys make the most creative music videos. Ever. But I almost wonder if their videos get in the way of their music. Like, their music amazing too. But the videos are so insane I can't even relax and enjoy the songs.
Do a video where you guys are standing on a beach with chicks in bikinis.
Ok don't, just kidding. Keep it up.
Their music is pretty mediocre in my opinion.
+Hobbes Your opinion is pretty wrong in my opinion.
Opinions can't be wrong in my opinion.
Hobbes so i'm not wrong
Pippin Covington right
You know why I like this song and video the most out of all of their songs? The material matches. The song is talking about a relationship that isn't going well but the two people are putting up a front and making everything look right. But you look closer, and everything isn't what it seems. They start with a small "The writing's on the wall," but end with a giant message saying the same thing like... there are clues, but let's ignore them and go make these beautiful, yet fake things. Then life just shouts at you "Nah, it really is like that. Just look behind you. This is a big sign."
I honestly think, although it's not their most technically impressive video, it's certainly their most beautiful one.
Taka “not their most technically impressive video” I know it’s not filmed in a jet in free-fall but I don’t even know how difficult it was to line up the painted walls, especially the end shot. How?!
OK Go did a great ted talk that explains that the lead singer has always been obsessed with visual paralaxes. Super intresting.
Here It Goes Again (their most famous video, the treadmill one) does the same thing. The song is about an attempted relationship that's going nowhere, running as hars as you can only to make no progress. Like a treadmill.
I didnt read any of that but i totally agree.
_unless it brings drama..._
@Daniel Anderson
What people?
I didn't know vsauce could sing
+Ambishion what he's getting at is that one of the guys looks like vsauce Mike
Tbh tho,I think you're referring to the guy who got side-painted at 1:50,and if so FaZe would actually be right since he is the only one in the band that didn't contribute with vocals.
but what does "sing" means???
well dan is the drummer, so i doubt he really want to contribute vocally
What is "vsauce"?
Quarantine got me watching Ok Go videos on repeat because they're so entertaining
@Elizabeth Wallace yip
@@emperorhaya5351 ghj. P
Same here
Same same
So glad I funded this album. You guys always rock, and you never fail at music videos!
hjust got 1513 instagram followers from *instaPHAMOUS COM* today
Review of this over here! Great job, guys!
Whoa.
***** Hey there!
I love ok go
OK Go are the kings of music videos.
Yes they are, but their music is actually good aswell.
yah there music is as good as the video it is awesome
i agree
They are
you should check out the video for "Typical" by Mutemath. Its very much like an OK Go video.
Umm hey brain are you okay in there
Brain:...💀
King Vainy 😂😂😂😂
King Vainy
i think
I understand you
but I dont
Aren't we all just brains in weird biological machines.
Brain: The snack that smiles back
ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
The thing about this that I love, is not just the optical illusions, it's the fact that this is a long pan shot. Aka, the video has no cuts to different illusions. Long pans are not very common in films and even if they're incorporated, they're short. This is because long pans are really hard to make. And this video, creates multiple optical illusions with ONE long pan, managing to position the camera at just the right angles at all times, with no cuts in the footage. It is so incredibly fascinating to watch because this video accomplishes something that even Hollywood has a major difficulty with.
I love this video.
There could be hidden cuts, but the vid is still excellently made if thats the case
Watch this too shall pass if you haven't already!
Yes and the band must have an incredibly much lower budget than say Hollywood so it’s really impressive. A lot of on rid left artwork and designs and creations, plus yes the perfect angles all the way through the pan
🙂
@@nguyen-vuluu3150 there's a behind the scenes vid , its edited to be a bit smoother but they did it in one cut from all the fumbling and running from the entire crew and band
The guy at 2:13 really looks like Benedict Cumberbatch when he's upside down.. Does anyone else see this??
Talia Fore yep, i see it, haha thats cool
Talia Fore Sherlock is that you ? Season 4 pls !!!1111
Talia Fore there is actually a science behind that. and its pretty cool
OMG yes he does lol
reminds me of an old new order tune.
good call!
I thought it was a temptation cover at first. I can't enjoy the video knowing they're ripping off such a classic song.
Was gonna say!
this was the first thing on my mind anthony!
Yeah, same... Can't think which one however...
its going to be a long time before i can trust again
:O
+Zachary Maneja (BeyondOurUniverse) they're*
+Sir0cks *SirC0cks
3:26 This is an incredibly sad moment somehow... one second he's surrounded by his beloved friends, a second later it becomes clear it was just an illusion and he's actually completely on his own.
Yeah, it is actually kind of like my life. I thought the same.
I was all "huh?" and went to 3:26 and holy crap, I totally missed that. Have watched this video like 20x over the years and never noticed it
And then he finds them 5 seconds later
Dang I never saw it that way
Arm0ry dang you're right
it's a good thing the music's good, because I'm going to have the watch this a few times...
Maybe lol
Elise Jones
Shiva mantra
Argon ふ
True
You can say that for all of their videos lmao
DAT moment when the music video is not even famous for the music
+Tori Volz well then you know that you did a fucking good job as a director
+Tori Volz yeah but the music is also on point
DMC ANDAVA
I think this is the best New Order by far.
mmhmm
I love all the optical illusions! Super creative!
this is so cool
Indeed! OK Go always goes crazy with their music videos.
I love OK Go not only because they make good music videos, but at the end of a few of theirs, they try to include the production crew into it too, to show off not only their music but the people who helped the design and set building of these elaborate art pieces.
This song is also quite personal to me too, and really speaks to a certain point in my life, so thank you OK Go
Anybody else come here for the song? No? Okay then...
I love it!
I love it, it makes my ears tingle! XD
RollinLikeABetch it's not everyone's cup of tea...
I came for the video.
CamandWill1 I came for both
It's so annoying to hear people say, "The video was cool, but I didn't like the song." That's the point! The band knows they don't have a typical mainstream sound, so they bust their ass making unique videos in hopes of reaching a bunch of people. Only a fraction of which will like their music, but without videos like this, people like me would not have been exposed to it and become fans of it. I'd rather they take this approach than change their sound in an attempt to fit into the mainstream. Keep up the good work, OK GO!
This.
you don't have to be mainstream to have good music though. That's a faulty argument to be fair.
Can't agree more and that these sounds have been recycled since the musical style's inception in the 80's. But...why are people complaining about the sound if it's enjoyable and the video is tripping great. You know some true/real artists see the music video as a separate art form and sometimes an extension of the song or in the way that it doesn't overshadow the recording and it's lyrics. The way it should be.
I don't see their vids as them trying to reach out to a wider audience - they've always made these unconventional creative videos to go along with their songs right from their first album :) Either way I love them!
I though Ok Go was Mainstream.
This video fucked me up.
I tried *InstaPhamous* a few times. They are good
It's just too bad that OK GO can't think of some unique and innovative ideas for their music videos.
My brain is f*cking dying
+BurgerBandit thats how good this is
I was racking my brain thinking of how they could have painted everything to fit so perfectly, and then I had an idea. What if they put a projector in the place where the camera would go, and then they projected the image they wanted to make (square or circle or something else) and then they painted the surfaces that the image was being projected on. It would make it so much easier. I'm not sure if they did that or not, but it would make it so much easier.
Bryan Chu if they did that it wouldn't be proportional. Since the projecting would be smaller on closer objects and bigger on further away obejects.
Hmm. Have you noticed the way that objects close to us appear larger and those farther away appear smaller?
The parts of the building that get hit by the projector's light would be the same parts that would hit the camera with their own light.
Max K
ไม่ว่ารักจะทำให้เจบปานใดความรักยังงดงาม/เสมอ
And then Sam smith swoops in and steals the song name.
lol. Yeah!
There's older songs than this with the same name
But was Tim wearing a fake beard earlier or did he shave it off in the middle of the video
Fake beard. Well, half of one. You can see them try it out in one of the behind the scenes videos.
I just looked at the start on his beard and it is fake lol I did notice it before but I just didn’t pay much attention to it
Took 3 weeks to make and failed 50 times wow
dormammu i've come to bargain
Oh shit waddup
Oh well-played. Well played indeed. :)
Dormammu, I've come to bargain
(Laughs in background) I love that joke.
Isn’t that from doctor strange 😀
My brain hurts in a really really good way
Damien: Tim, we need you to shave off half of your beard.
Tim: What?! Why?!
Damien: It’s for a music video.
Tim: *grabs a razor* Which half should I shave?
AMAZING as always!!!
This is great! :))
My eyes is getting **** >.
really awesome! did you guys all know its possible to trick over luck? I mean search for this video here: *"Andrew B Cloverman"*
and thank me later on xD
This video reminds me of Brain Games.
wooww so creative....
Damn, just damn. That is all.
awesome video thanks for sharing!!!
I love all of the ***** videos. They never cease to amaze
Is this like the best video on youtube?
no there is 2K DISLIKES !!! WOW
+Andres Ricardo See the rest of their videos... They're relentless in awesome.
Definitely. I first saw it in the mall food court and all that's going through my mine is "I HAVE TO MEMORIZE THIS SO I CAN WATCH IT IN MY HEAD WHEN IM BORED!!"
+Andres Ricardo NO! The best video is how they made it
+Sebastián vanini link, pls
Okay...I've concluded. This band consists of scientists who love to make music.
It probably is the most complex shooting I've ever seen. Almost no opportunities for clipping and all. Brilliant.
OK Go are no music band, they are video-audio art geniuses!
Every time they step on the 3D painting, my heart dropped. Thought it was an object.
2,000 people aimed for the like button... And missed.
3:44 WHERE DID ALL THE PEOPLE COME FROM!?
i think message of the video is that things that doesnt make sense to you, they might. just from different angle/perspective.
Oooooor you're just overthinking something that's just supposed to be a cool video. But hey, I've been wrong before.
Interesting. Thanks.
I think the meaning is is if you have a buzzkill friend, do drugs together
Oh my god I never realized that! Mostly because I was so caught up with the video that I didn't pay any attention to the actual lyrics haha
Whoa. That's fucking *genius*.
This is like in Pokemon Snap when you'd take a picture of the Pinsir shadow
I always wonder why they haven't made a remake of that game for Wii U (you could use the gamepad as a camera!)
awesome, tried instaphamous and it did work to get me 491 instagram followers
It's weird that I won't know if I like the song or not until I see the video. The creative process of their videos is why I like OKGO. Their songs are ok, but their videos are out of this world!!
lockedlooneytune There songs are awesome.
comparing their songs and their vids is like comparing the Burst Laser 1 vs the BL2.
Against their vids their songs seem kinda bad
but that's because their vids are _insanely_ good
This song definitely has a New Order influence.
Umm the songs are amazing thank you very much
Me too. I usually like the song equally with the video but some times I like the video more and it takes time for the song to "grow on me". Although I'm still not that impressed with their take on the Muppet song.
Things I only noticed after watching the behind the scenes:
Dan's pink shoe even before the paint (from previous takes)
Damion sliding down the pole
Tim putting his glasses back on
Other set pieces like the bike and the boxes in the background
Also:
Hand moving the background at the beginning
Person who gave Tim the mirror is visible at 0:47 and 0:58
Someone in the background at 0:54
The camera shaking whenever it's placed
There are just so many hidden reminders of the amount of takes and moving parts that went into this video.
wtf happened to my eyes?
Your eyes are fine. Your brain, though, is failing as predicted :-)
CAT1554 by the way your fine you just have a temporary flux
+MaGaO
That's the same thing they said to my schizophrenic grandpa :')
Zoronii
wow. Maybe I should get into psychiatry... nah, psychopathy sounds so much more fun ;)
you have pleasure in your eyes
I always want to let this clip play in the background, because I like the music. .....but I always stay the whole lengh here to watch the video. It's just awesome and really hard work.
Same here. I just want some background music but always end up watching the whole thing again
This must have taken 394,293 tries to get right.
they said it took 50 takes
Ok
Go
+Joe Smilge How do you presume?
+primaltare they always release statements about their videos on their main channel. you can see the work that goes into these videos.
10 year anniversary!!! this song is still good ❤🎉
If you take acid and watch this video.... you're gonna have a bad time.
Seriously, how did 2397 people watch the immense amount of work and brilliant timing and ingenuity that went into this video, and then dislike it?
ThePoopenator some people these days
RSpudieD Indeed.
ThePoopenator They must hate life itself
ThePoopenator Now 2442. More people are disliking? :O
Simple answer: They didn't. Some people dislike a video without watching it. They just like doing that for some reason.
"I just want to get you high tonight."
High on drugs?
I mean, this video _is_ trippy...
High on happiness, love, etc. I thought that too but high on drugs doesn't really fit the rest of the song.
The Atomic Cherry that's the point
I'm high as fuck
The Atomic Cherry ep
I really wish i could like a comment more than once :/
Our art teacher showed this us
that's a veri nice teacher
cool
My art teacher is always trying to get me high, too.
My new teacher showed us this
My technology teacher showed me this in seventh grade! Clearly we all had great teachers.
My brains used to be functional before i saw this video
Ok Go, you make our ears happy and our brains mushy. So illusion. Much trippy. WOW!
get with the times.
I NEED A BEHIND THE SCENES
Doug Armstrong
I feel like that’d be quite a rabbit hole to go down
"Oh sorry guys, I forgot to hit the record button, yall are gonna have to do that again"
Their videos are so complex!
These guys must have superhuman intelligence and a shit-ton of money to be able to make these videos.
Kragatar this one was mostly paint and common household objects
Superhuman creativity and large companies who are willing to support them, actually.
Kragatar 9j
do they all have engineering degrees?
I listened to this song once three years ago. Then just last week I started singing "the writing's on the wall" the same way it was sang in this song. I didn't know whether what I was singing was a real song or not, I just kept singing that phrase the same exact way it was sang in this song. It happened consistently everyday, until I got fed up one day and decided to search up writings on the wall song. I went through a few songs then found this, and when I heard it sang the way I was singing it, I was totally freaked out. How could that song randomly come up to me after a few years?
It's on the MUZAK in a lot of shopping areas (plus it's catchy!)--maybe?
SAME
The human brain is fascinating, my friend
The law of attraction Love. Their music is all about it. A lot a music actually, most people just don't hear it.
same!! I remembered a vague tune and title and weird music video.... just found it 😄
"How much minds do you want to blown?
OK GO : "yEsS"
I find your lack of grammar disturbing
Boooooo.
@@tooflips2775
Lack of imagination is more upsetting, though
Forget playing tricks my eyes were playing magical illusions on my ass. This a very clever and a great video. I'm guessing it was all done in one take?
yes
No
It was all done in one SHOT, but it most likely required several takes to nail it.
*I'll be right back, I have to catch my brain.*
One Take Wonder.
Thanks Mike Figgis!
"It seems like forever since we had a good day..." Yesterday, I celebrated escaping homelessness by seeing OK GO live. People you need to go listen to them live, gobsmackingly hella amazing! P.S get excited for their new music to be dropped in maybe 2yrs, if memory serves one of their new songs is called "kinda, gotta, wanna- level up"
Unreal. This band just oozes talent. Easily one of the most creative bands out there today.
The Vision That's not the only thing that oozes ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
...
Paint out of a can. I don't know what you were thinking of ._.
but it is real
^^^
saying in a weird voice
3:13
rusty is judging you behind the curtain haha
you know me?
lol no
Rusty is a nickname for Andy, the guitarist of the band.
Oh, sorry. I just look a lot like Andy IRL.
Does anyone know the band that makes the music for OK GO's viral videos? They're very catchy.
Ok Go is the band
Really?
It was a joke, right? I think some people didn't get it. I laughed! =D
Too good. XD
Darude is making all the stuff for them.
"Sandstorm" was the first track Darude made for them.
“I just want to get you high”
Don’t worry I think I already am
Yup
OK Go continues to prove themselves masters of the conceptual video. Plus it helps that the song is really good!
Nice!
Nailed it yet again.
Quirkology, eat your heart out
gv
ikr!
The WORK that goes into these gives me a headache just thinking about it. Well done.
i listen to the same music as brock???!!
How in the hell in 9 years did this get only 20 likes
The end of this video makes me so nostalgic. Remember when you could be within 6 feet of someone, giving high fives and shaking hands? Those were the days.
:(
things are getting better
@@1.4142 indeed
they really do
How unbelievably rude of OK Go. What makes them think it's okay to have the ability to melt people's brains like this?
Unreal!
I had to watch this music video 5 times to see everything. These guy never run out of great ideas!
very cool
What? I saw them using the same techniques over and over again.
Matthew Diamante хиенат
While they're popular, it's a goddamn TRAJEDY this band isn't FARRRRR more popular...I mean, there's talent and there's TALENT....CRIMINALLY underrated, imho. How 'tubers that show ppl how to put makeup on end up with more followers than these guys is one of life's great mysteries.
trippiest vid ever seen but good job guys for the effort
the cubes at 1:24 got me shook
The video is awesome but I liked the song more.
I expect a lot of weird stuff, when I read the comment section,
But this response was so surprising it blew my mind.
Overall, this is the vid that should be popular on the music section of UA-cam! :D
I'm old (55) so I have an excuse for not seeing any of their videos until now, but now that I've discovered them-i can't stop! They are insanely creative, mesmerizing, fun and above all else the music is good too!
Wonder how many takes they had to do just to get the music and the illusions at the same speed
I heard that is about 50 takes
I read it took over 100 takes!
61 takes according to an interview I just saw.
Months.
His AMA on Reddit says it took 61 days!
I wanna know what the fuck happened to that warehouse place after they filmed this video.
*****
:O
*****
Shit that must be a painful clean up session.
Charlie Cairns they probably have people to clean it up for them
Scoutpancakes 3 I think he meant that it's so epic that cleaning it hurts. It would hurt me. If I had to clean that I would try to sell my house then buy it.
Isn't it the same as the one they filmed the rube goldberg video in?
You guys never fail to impress me with your music videos! My eyes the entire time O_O haha!
doobal :D
wtf my face the whole time O___O
Well hello there, Double.
HEY THERE TRIPLE
Rai kamaluddin waiz
Double
I mean he shaved off his beard!
It must be fun to be OK Go.
I wonder if it's ok go to be Fun.
How is possible 3 million views when just 1 million human on earth?
So intelligent
you drunk ?
there's 7 billion people in the world.
Ow...that hurts...
viewed 3 times or more by everyone, ;)
@IN by Vodafone لابس حلو كليب من غيرك مش هتكمل ياحراميية :D
“Ah shit man camera wasn’t working can we retry?”
OK GO never fails to impress in their music videos.
Who are you, go away.
this should be the song for the James Bond movie
how could that guy have a full beard then he lost the half of it then he got it back i'm so confused
+Dani Moreno He doesn't get it back.
+Dani Moreno They are a clever bunch. He starts with a fake half-beard, loses it, and never gets it back. The later shot with full beard is a photo. A clever bunch for sure.
He never got it back
Anyone else have no idea which band members play which instruments, because you only watch the music videos?
red guy = vocals, beard guy = bass, balding guy = drums, other guy = guitar and keyboards
My brain hurts so much
554 Dislikes // Really?? Its great and positive video!
SORCERY, I TELL YOU!! 'Tis the work of the dark arts!!
A ladybug flew onto my arm, fell onto my chest, and stopped moving as I was watching this. I turned my attention off the video and gently stroked it as I thought it passed away. Then it started moving again and is currently walking around on my glasses
Pure magic guys! Big fans of this creativity!
3:00
I still can't figure out where the mirrors are.
0:55 someone is carrying a wall in the background
For the paint set
if you watch closely you can spot small flaws throughout, but on first watch none of it is very noticeable
@@alexweaver9102 That might be why they have everyone come out at the end. Perfection is an illusion.
Listen, i know it's been hard
You know it's not different for me We're less than a zero-sum hame now, and baby
We both know that's not how it's supposed to be
The writing's on the wall,
It seems like forever since we had a good day
The writing's on the wall,
And I... Just want to get you high tonight
I... Just wanna see some pleasure in your eyes
Some pleasure in your eyes
And I go too hot
And you got too cold
And we both fall apart
And you bring your mind
To rest againist mine
But the mind has no say in affairs of the heart
The writing's on the wall,
It seems like forever since we had a good day
The writing's on the wall,
And I... Just want to get you high tonight
I... Just wanna see some pleasure in your eyes
Some pleasure in your eyes
And you bring your mind
To rest againist mine
But the mind has no say in affairs of the heart
The writing's on the wall,
It seems like forever since we had a good day
The writing's on the wall,
And I... Just want to get you high tonight
I... Just wanna see some pleasure in your eyes
Some pleasure in your eyes
I... Just want to get you high tonight.. Just want to get you high
I just want to get you high
Even If it's the last thing that we do together
Even If it's the last thing that we do together
Are these the same people from the "Here We Go Again" music video? And also, is this all in one go?
It took a long time to put together and set everything up, but it is a one take video. They had to do it more than 50 times but its all in one shot. Another good one to watch is White Knuckles (the one with the dogs) that took hundreds of takes and they have a behind the scenes video for it too. It is crazy what these guys and their crew do to make such awesome videos.
Yeah, I love there here we go again video! And I love this too :) Yeah, as far as I know they try and do their videos in one take, even though it takes millions for everything to go right, it's generally all in one go :) But imagine the work and practice behind it! Crazy! Awesome :)