Aldous Harding - Zoo Eyes (Official Video)

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'Zoo Eyes' by Aldous Harding, from the new album 'Designer'. Out now on 4AD/Flying Nun, buy and stream here: aldousharding.ffm.to/designer.oyd
Directed by: Aldous Harding & Martin Sagadin
Cinematography: Julian Vares
Camera Assistant: Alex Parsons
Production Manager: Bonnie Gosnell
Make-up: Julia Sharp
Costumes: Steven Junil Park
Gaffer / Grip: Simeon Hoggan
Production Assistants: Ella Waswo, Emma Grace Shine
Cast: Aldous Harding, Baarack O’Palmer, Hillary Cross, Josie Archer, Kosta Bogoievski
Editing & VFX by: Adam-Luka Turjak
Colour by: Julian Vares
Lamb Minder: Emma Grace Shine
Photography: Max Lester
Thanks: Carolyn De La Mare, Civil & Naval, Lorina Harding, Louis Dyer, Max Giles, Nate Tamblyn, Nellie Lovell-Smith, Nick Lowry, Oliver Dawe, Nick Robinson, Ramon Palmer, Reeve O’Malley, Sam Duncan, Thomas Barrer, Zac Beckett-Knight
Filmed on location in Ōtautahi, New Zealand, 2019
#AldousHarding #4AD #4ADRecords
Listen to more Aldous Harding's songs here bit.ly/332iKVK

[@flora1842]

I think "I drove my inner child to a show, we talked all the way home" has got to be one of my favorite lyrics of all time. Idk why but it really resonates with me.

[@Aurora-xx1ls]

Same✌

[@Johannastairwellstudio]

flora !! Yep

[@erflingnot]

🙃

[@debracazalet]

Resonates here too 🌸

[@denni092]

I though she said ‘’…to the shore’’ But yes, agreed… I feel similarly with her lyrics… such beautiful poetry

[@literaticrux8292]

Saw her last week in Philadelphia. She said between songs: "It's a strange thing, giving strangers everything...I wouldn't do it if I didn't think it was worth it."

[@innumerable_meanings]

Yeah she's making bank!

[@quixotica726]

Nice! Saw her at Johnny Brenda's this past April... she was fantastic!

[@lazybelphegore6748]

Literati Crux Sh*t just missed her-I could have been there.

[@TheLuxxors]

Literati Crux totally jealous. I’d love to see her. She’s ridiculously talented in so many ways.

[@maise08]

omg i am soooo bummed i missed her im in philadelphia too. she is my icon for this season 2019

[@tinrat-n-teet]

I’m a 53 year old skull tattooed 240lb biker and I think I’m in love with her lol

[@delilasloan8914]

Music is so awesome that way.

[@saharalhussin2189]

قق

[@MrJuly66]

Me too, I'm besotted.The young man's Kate Bush

[@jguitar23]

I'm a cis Mom up to armpits in laundry & in love too.

[@romanasky6820]

When a song starts off with a "Why? What am I doing in Dubai?" It has to be good.

[@jeanyvestheriault8362]

Meaning perhaps that city should have never existed in the first place, I mean for what it is today.

[@carmencaamano9434]

Probablemente depende del dinero que te pagan en el trabajo!!!

[@alfredschaffer2755]

No doubt David Bowie must be watching her, smiling, singing along, loving her work.

[@Indienads]

Agreed

[@carmencaamano9434]

Es fantástica. David Bowie? Why?

[@bileductable]

Aldous Jodorowsky

[@iandalziel7405]

Mallet and aforethought...

[@assrake]

Nice. Yes

[@sergioparedes5137]

She's really further away...

[@iainrobb2076]

@Robert Bruce It's a reference to the Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky. He seems to feature clowns in all his films.

[@TLoveInfinity]

A more perfect comment does not exist. :D

[@davidxiong9453]

I've always been blown away by her writing. Her lyricism is so refined and precise, like sculpting stone with water. The same goes for her performances. She is an artist with the word, the music, the theater, and the visual art of all of her music videos. She is supernatural. And this song is right up there with her best ones.

[@oatboatly7875]

The pixelated look for the goth makeup is iconic

[@therealitycollective9456]

Yahhh. And her expression with that makeup is so full of like... motherly love. It makes me feel seen and held.

[@jonasktew6857]

I didn't love her at first, I'll admit. . . but the more I immerse into her quirky world, the more I think she's absolutely genius!

[@shneckelheimer]

She knows something we don't.

[@krilli]

Yet we recognize it when she says it.

[@Americansikkunt]

Please, stop your idol worship.

[@Americansikkunt]

N.Z. Storm Waver It could be a cult against idol-worship, for all you know...

[@Scientificmethods]

Speak for yourself Scotty :P

[@Jeremy.Bearemy]

She knows where to get lots of 'shrooms

[@OleanderProducing]

Her art is always sweet and dangerous, creepy and alluring, catchy and strange, simultaneously mainstream and underground. For me it's her combining opposites and the tension between them that makes it so interesting and thought-provoking.

[@skepticonolion5970]

Ambivalences

[@OleanderProducing]

@@skepticonolion5970 that's the word I was looking for....So I used too many :D

[@skepticonolion5970]

@@OleanderProducing my pleasure

[@braydeny]

That was her plan

[@thatellipsisguy8984]

Irina I beg to differ, I’m not getting any mainstream here...

[@stephencassista574]

my favorite sleep paralysis demon has done it again

[@cacidoo]

Lmfaoooo

[@fuge90]

check out her horizon music video from 2017

[@loverainthunder]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@dr34mw34v3r]

Terrifying

[@dr34mw34v3r]

I can never catch it

[@DionHewson]

692,983 views - this is criminal - this is the best band in the history of what ever genre this is

[@-Datura-]

I cannot believe that through my decades with 4AD that they still find immaculate art. Aldous is just immaculate art! A wonder and a heart break. Blown away by this amazing artist! Just incredible!

[@andrewwhitehead6764]

I've never looked that good in purple. If I had a fruit pastel that size floating near me I simply would not be able to concentrate. I've loved 4AD for decades. This is why.

[@200902336]

Kindness is the greatest wisdom... I feel that deeply from this artist. I don’t know when was the last time I felt so comforted by something.

[@ikaray1775]

i exactly feel the same about her :D

[@TheVeiledCollective]

When people ask what's at the edge of the universe..... Its this! Pure ethereal heart grabbing magic.

[@sepijortikka]

Nice one (saying this as a mathematician)

[@austinshort3313]

Aldous Harding is New Zealand’s brightest glow worm. Strange, magical, and ethereal..

[@mosskey]

I am immensely thankful Aldous Harding exists

[@1happyaua]

Amen

[@bertsmert6787]

You and and I both❤

[@carmencaamano9434]

​@@1happyauaa la mierda!! Busca páginas religiosas

[@fabioaug.]

She embraces her uniqueness in a way not many do. The beauty in her art is its freedom.

[@AnthonyHarris-gw3fx]

Free your mind and your ass follow up on your iphone face 😈👿🌟🕳️💢💙❣️💌❣️ sent 💗📤 via Google maps Sk8DeadAnt https play boy cemetery things Rip living room D Black Widow Spider 🦇⚰️🤬🤯🥶🤢🤮😷👻🕸️🇦🇱😱🕸️ Ant Man 🧛🏻‍♂️⚰️🦇 girl straight up and down 👇🧛🏻‍♂️👩🏼‍🦳🌹

[@tubbyrowlands7069]

That happened to me once. I was going to the corner shop, then the next thing I knew, I was in the middle of Dubai.

[@tobythagaud]

Happens in my life almost every day. It’s quite annoying. At work one minute, Dubai the next! SSHHEEEEESSSH!!

[@williamwalls9768]

I have quickly become a bit of an obsessed admirer of this woman,like just in the last seven hours

[@ablackbirdthatiswhite1124]

Same happened to me. 😊

[@bollweevol]

ditto

[@JT-si6bl]

This it wat i luv abowt geniuses; they attract geniuses to make big genius. they swim together in the new worlds they make.

[@manimanibooboo]

i revisit this record over and over, i guess four years now... i'll go a long time and each time it just gets me to my core..it is unsettling and beautiful

[@ajbaines6403]

obsessed with how she makes me feel

[@CDWLowe]

AJ Baines word.

[@mrsinn2642]

I fancy her

[@homeroprodan]

Bowie would love her

[@iandalziel7405]

ashes to ashes - the proto-Aldous kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqqwnmeof8qgqqs

[@ShawWow]

Why, is she underaged?

[@homeroprodan]

@@iandalziel7405 I thought about the same video!

[@tiffanyfranks5861]

Homero Prodan YES🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@pekbekmkek6310]

i think he preferrred satan and being degenerate

[@rckhnt]

Whenever I go down the Aldous Harding rabbit hole I never want to come back up, I could live there forever..

[@bhuvidya]

Aldous has done something that is getting almost impossible to do these days - be utterly unique and compelling.

[@victoriabennett3789]

AMEN TO THAT!

[@danielsan360]

And consistent.

[@dedclownsRfunny]

Nothing unique about her, sorry. Insipid falsetto and deliberate (fake) quirkiness has been done to death.

[@victoriabennett3789]

@@dedclownsRfunny We're all entitled to our own opinions. I just wonder, however, why you're here commenting if you despise her so vehemently.

[@danielsan360]

@@dedclownsRfunny I feel the "fake" quirkiness in what we see now is coming from the video art which she might not have a lot of influence over. Listening to this project over her last ones, it seems the quirkiness in the voice inflections etc are not happening on this album as they were in the past either.

[@garyives1218]

700,000 views, completely deserved. Was so fortunate to have seen her with her amazing band last night. They were phenomenal!

[@therealitycollective9456]

1:00 sometimes you have to make sure the weird 12 foot tall black thing is following in your footsteps

[@jonathandavies7462]

Hannah - another golden thread connecting NZ and Cymru - straight through the centre of the planet......Fyccin Tydi luv

[@mrsigns100]

She changed my whole vibe in a matter of an hour.

[@johnAsanz]

There's something quite hypnotising about all her videos, find myself coming back to them again and again.....

[@BlaqueCzar]

My 6th time watching it today

[@hunteryadon9201]

Saw her live at the Olympic in Boise Idaho and asked her to sign my vinyl I purchased. She looked at me like a cow looks at an oncoming train and said, “Did you even watch the show...” and walked away. I wish I could return the entire signed album, what a peach she was. @4AD @Aldous Harding

[@ZacO8965]

Her black and white face is so mesmerizing. I want it as my lock screen, please.

[@EloiseMwahaha]

she's so weird and wonderful, we need more people like her!!!

[@philipmcp]

I watched this video on loop a year ago and find myself returning over and over again. "Do you love me?/Again/Again in the morning in the light" has got to be some of the most devastating lyrics I've ever heard.

[@baileyreinke2215]

Somehow this felt like it lasted for 1 hour and 1 minute at the same time. Absolutely ethereal. Perfect. Inimitable.

[@junkhog5036]

"What am I doing in Dubai?". I understand the concept of feeling adrift, lost, somewhere you shouldn't be, a rock you jumped on and stayed for a minute... It's a mad world, a riotous journey if you're open to just expressing and feeling what's there in the moment... Aldous seems to encapsulate the real and unreal parts of it perfectly. Phenomenal stuff. Just been recommended by a friend!

[@mordreddelavirac]

I'm stuck on her, rarely i come across such talent, she is mesmerizing, fascinating stuff.

[@safe4jam]

This song/video is a beautiful rendition of the genie and the bottle. The spirit of limitless potential escaping the confinement of circumstance. The self choosing the nurturing guiding voice and together concurring the voice of self criticism and doubt.

[@jgjayhawk]

I only recently learned of Aldous Harding. I’m currently watching ALL of her videos and downloading ALL of her music. I’ve had the Designer album on repeat since purchasing it. Wow!

[@robertandyjustus]

I have to stop trying to understand her and just appreciate and absorb her. ... I'm getting there...

[@victoriabennett3789]

I recently saw her live in Chicago and got to talk with her after the show. Right before I left, I took her face in my hands and told her "You are beautiful all the way through". She waved her hand and said, "Oh, go on now." Surreal doesn't begin to describe that experience. It was a blessing.

[@Missjunebugfreak]

That sounds amazing. It' great you got to have that moment with her.

[@Aguantis]

@@Missjunebugfreak yeah I'm jealous

[@mrraffles2050]

"It was a blessing". There, those are the words I was looking for. I witnessed her live in Cambridge, early 2019; a gig like no other I had ever been to in 40 years or so. Utterly absorbing, fascinating and memorable. But you words are best - a blessing, yes indeed. Her music, she, is a blessing.

[@victoriabennett3789]

@The Guru of Kang ??? Strange comment.

[@toddnoble1936]

Saw her both nights there. What an amazing experience. Also went to the show earlier this year.

[@meri7108]

I was PRAYING that this song got a music video and I was NOT disappointed

[@dynamite3690]

My ears and eyes tell me Bowie would have loved Aldous. Just perfect in her own way. Oops I just saw somebody else felt the same thing before me.🙃 Wanted to add, I think the whole album is timeless. Also, I love that all of Aldous' videos are simple, but here's the proof you don't need a big budget to do expressive stuff. If you haven't already watched the older ones, go for "Hunter" and "No peace" and for Marlon Williams' "Strange things" please.

[@matthewthorson1441]

Absurdly beautiful and stunning in all of its ways...

[@roycewhitaker9220]

Wow she's beautiful, & has a beautiful voice very talented.

[@Missjunebugfreak]

Love how her videos always have an element of eccentricity that catches you off guard in a really good way.

[@jeremyraney3659]

I was lucky enough to see her live in Atlanta on Saturday, and all I can say is if Aldous comes anywhere near you do what you have to do hear her live. She was incredible.

[@raithbheartaigh4946]

Agreed, mate...I've seen her three times down here in Melbourne - I think she still lives here - and she's been extraordinary each time. Not everyone's cup of tea though, my girlfriend was unimpressed. Ah well.

[@edithflores826]

I saw her last night. Amazing talent!!

[@CH-kw8qw]

Her Austin show Monday night was a religious experience for me. If I had the means I would follow her around the world.

[@raithbheartaigh4946]

Turns out she lives in Cardiff (Wales) now...

[@pacificaifyouplease8560]

Yes!

[@victorcorrea91]

She's the art's most terrific dramatic expression nowadays.

[@bliss230]

Yep... I'll be watching this a million times just like all the others...

[@aaroncummins2752]

New Zealand,, nice to have remembered a pin"" ask for me and " yu shall receive" still love it great woman.🌻

[@lindagwilliam3249]

This artist just keeps getting better.... absolute joy listening and watching her. Seen her in person 3 x now and each time she is more mesmerising than the last. Stunning videos and pure vocals. Such talent.

[@wildrosecece]

That low voice, wish I could sing that low. That stop .. in the measure is brilliant.

[@Finegritmusicofficial]

I just can't stop listening. This is one of the best things to ever occur on KZbin

[@JayPrice0057]

God I love this person. Every damn song blows my skirt back. It’s phenomenal. Truly.

[@timsanchez2584]

Damn, it's been 5 days and still playing this contageous tune nonstop

[@marknewman5842]

I dont know what it is about her? Ive been hooked for about a year now and i dont get hooked on much. Oh well. Just gonna go with it. Thank you thank you..ms. Harding

[@CH-kw8qw]

Me too. She has ruined me for all other artists

[@bliss230]

Same!

[@christophermckenzie8486]

Just now met her. WOW!! I listen to all kinds of different ,weird and interesting music. She is a diamond! Beautiful voice. Interesting and different.

[@Corey-gb1rx]

damn she is good at being nonchalantly trippy af

[@charleshoward1475]

I adore both the Designer, and Party Albums a great deal. I shall look forward to watching, and listening to this Premiere come this Tuesday Evening. Some fabulous videos already up here from both Albums. Many Thanks to Aldous Harding for all of her wonderful songs. and to 4AD a great label.

[@4ad_official]

[@charleshoward1475]

Thank You!

[@michaelhawkins7389]

@@4ad_officialHello there I have been trying to get hold of Hannah she has not been using her Facebook group page " Aldous Harding " I'm I right in thinking someone on her behalf runs it ?

[@charleshoward1475]

Thanks 4AD. I'm really taken by this song and video. It's quite something, and a wonderful addition to Aldous Harding's Zoo Eyes song. I find myself most enchanted. Love the dark masks and bright bubbly coloured make up, not to mention the landscape here.

[@martinferguson4462]

Thank goodness, still shamanic artists in music ind. this day and age

[@muprock]

Where do I sign up for this weird and wonderful cult?

[@bliss230]

Dubai

[@Finegritmusicofficial]

Go watch "The Holy Mountain" and then respect her even more.

[@Trollificusv2]

Watch her videos. When she snaps that stare straight into the camera, she can see you, and that's how you're chosen. Till then, maybe look at all the peaches?

[@muprock]

@@Trollificusv2 Can't wait! :D

[@Bikewithlove]

0:26 is the funniest entrance ever put into a music video - a split second blur of Aldous being chucked into the scene. The whole video seems to be inspired by a mushroom trip. I once ate psychedelic truffles with a friend, and the experience was similar to this video.

[@dgodiex]

Thanks for not making any sense Aldous! Pure bliss.

[@johnkendelhardt2528]

YES! I was so hoping we would get a third video from this album.

[@heather1893]

Enchantress. Do not lose your young eyes Aldous.

[@jbpeony7872]

The shot compositions in her videos look like surrealist paintings

[@FatKrakenFP]

Yep. Aldous proves once again her ability to transcend the simple music video format to an art form rarely seen. She poetically adds layers of meaning, mystery and complexity to her music employing a simple style that is nonetheless entirely captivating. Well done!!❤️👏👏👏

[@DoMythago]

Yayyyy....... and now you can start thinking about the video for "Weight of the Planets".... :) :P .... so many great songs!!!

[@tobeysmith6425]

I want to see her do Fixture Picture live.

[@DoMythago]

@@tobeysmith6425 It's so weird you should say that :) as I saw Aldus a few months back play Cambridge, and my only disappointment was that she didn't play "Fixture Picture"! I assumed it was because the harmonies were really tricky to perform live...... Recent set lists suggest that she's now performing the song, so I'll have to go and see her again (London I guess)... lol ;-) what a drag :)

[@kirstieh8094]

Dominic Cahalin my favorite song on Designer!

[@DoMythago]

Me too :D

[@patrickwalsh8769]

Dominic Cahalin Weight of the Planets is my fav. And I think it captures the pressure of becoming a global focus of attention in an honest, delicate, human way

[@su90069]

I’ve been all over the world either traveling by plane or with my eyes closed and rare is your brauty. Every land has its own wisdom. Your land must be steeped in great oracles still unknown to humanity.

[@MariaM-qm1cl]

I haven't listened to this song in months... saw it in the sidebar; listened... and it was wondrously beautiful. I am so happy to have heard it again. I know, for the next week, I will be singing "what am I doing in Dubai?" Thank you, Aldous

[@aaroncummins2752]

How can you not love this woman. Hay"it's, the greatest show in life you receive , all love is free " it's the greatest show on earth you shall receive.love it.

[@tiffanyfranks5861]

It’s like Bowie , Beck and Nico

[@MrInterestingthings]

Nico definitely visually but the arcane knowledge that Bowie acquired through reading , mysticism , traveling exploring self must be a part of her makeup too . She knowx , feels a lot we know she is the real thing. She needs a great sound production like an Eno .I feel too much is hidden , not revealed in her records .

[@nickhyder9141]

@@MrInterestingthings I agree. I'm waiting for a breakthrough production outside the 70s folk style.

[@jorgeanguas9220]

Slowly, steadily, recovering my interest in videos thanks to someone like her.The MTV awards don't know about real video artists!

[@nahleighodriscoll9226]

I feel like Aldous Harding and Noel Fielding would be really good friends.

[@iandalziel7405]

The discreet charm of Boosh Wah, see...?

[@nahleighodriscoll9226]

@@iandalziel7405 precisely, good fellow

[@SuperMiley1994]

Awesome, so it wasn’t just me who was thinking of Noel. Her music videos aesthetic reminds me of Noel Fielding’s Mighty Boosh and Luxury Comedy show.

[@nahleighodriscoll9226]

@@SuperMiley1994 Exactly! They would do an amazing collab haha

[@candyslashthekiller7058]

Can you imagine her on the mighty boosh

[@user-ri7ws4xr7f]

I just got home from the post office, received the long-awaited CD with the new album Aldous. And then there's such a gift on KZbin !!! Coincidence? I don’t think so!

[@iandalziel7405]

I've had one of _those_ following me around for yonks, it lurks on the periphery, casting inexplicable shadows ...from unseen light sources.

[@mia-qt7zz]

are you alright?

[@scifisyko]

I don’t know why I love that bass walk-down at 4:49 so much but I really really do.

[@HanifBarnwell]

Nailed it.

[@drcrazyhand]

Jesus I love her!!

[@TrueCyborgon]

You just get new art and music taste ...

[@BernardColdwell]

Can't get enough of this track. It's the greatest show on earth you shall receive. What wonderful thought out lyrics and very well done. Like it is. Am a new fan from this day forward

[@BlaqueCzar]

I'm in the same boat the words ib repeat are a melody I welcome.

[@dartmoor1009]

I love this singer/person, what a an artist.

[@Smintjes]

I heard this on Belgian radio while driving on an empty motorway at night. Mesmerizing...

[@Rudistardust]

She's David Bowie and Laurie Anderson's love child.

[@buckycore]

This is the most magical video and song I've ever experienced. Wow. Just....wow 😍😍😍

[@lawyer231]

Would you say it was the the greatest show on earth you have received?

[@liarcheckmate]

Saw her in Brooklyn recently. See her. She elevated my mood for weeks. From the very first moment she steps out on stage you know you’re on the ride and it makes you giddy.

[@nategood505]

Cant believe it just through this up after" We Are Made Of Stars "......☺☺☺

[@ROIDS]

the "zoo eyes, zoo eyes, zoo eyes" part sounds a lot like the "didnt I, didnt I, didnt I" from cheap tricks I want you to want me

[@micheefus]

we let the weirdness in

[@FilipeMariaBraga]

Meeting this artist has reinforced my hope in the ability of human beings to reinvent themselves and how beautiful their creations can be.

[@zincminus3793]

My favourite Aldous video and that’s saying something

[@victoriabennett3789]

What I love about this video is that we finally get to see Aldous' face expressing joy that is wide open!

[@erickent4248]

I love this lady very much. This song sounds like Goldfrapp’s Seventh Tree album a bit.

[@pluto_rising]

Eric Kent yes also that clown type outfit gives a similar vibe to that album (:

[@paulmarsh9544]

Some people take things to the max but that's only the halfway point for Ms. Harding

[@MarcassCarcass]

I dreamt i was walking thru that field of rocks. Felt hopeless, was glad it was a dream.

[@joscabamia11]

Why, what am I doing in Dubai? In the prime of my life Do you love me? Cried all the way through Zoo eyes, zoo eyes, zoo eyes Zoo eyes Ask for me and you shall receive Opulent fair All rain is beads That drain to where the mother shell meets the sea I drove my inner child to a show It talked all the way home And the nectar Zoo eyes, zoo eyes, zoo eyes Zoo eyes Ask for me and you shall receive Opulent fair, all sound is bees That drift to where the covered tree has no leaves Nice Nice to have remembered, well, a pin A colourful bride They are magnificent Do you love me? Again Again in the morning In the light, a playing fight And the nectar Dubai, Dubai Zoo eyes, zoo eyes, zoo eyes Zoo eyes Ask for me and you shall receive Opulent fair, all fear is green It sits above the classroom of your dreams Zoo eyes Ask for me and you shall receive Opulent fair, all love is fleece It leaves a cold lamb laughing in the breeze It's the greatest show on Earth you shall receive It's the greatest show on Earth you shall receive It's the greatest show on Earth you shall receive It's the greatest show on Earth you shall receive It's the greatest show on Earth you shall receive It's the greatest show on Earth you shall receive What am I doing in Dubai?

[@chriswr1]

4AD - the Flying Nun of everywhere else :)

[@heleanazambonino]

This caught me by looking a lot alike the moorlands around Cotopaxi volcano. Beautiful art, beautiful song. Extremely incredible voice. love it.

[@raresmircea]

Clearly marked by aldous huxley and douglas harding, everything leading to this surreal character