Cosmo Sheldrake - Tardigrade Song (Live at the Scrump)

[@CosmoSheldrake]

I've spent the last couple of days searching for tardigrades at Edinburgh University's Department of Evolutionary Biology. It also happens to be apple scrumping season. So it gives me great pleasure to announce the release of “Tardigrade Song Live at The Scrump”. It was filmed while making industrial quantities of cider on an ancient apple press in Devon!

[@alpha8here]

It's lovely, Cosmo. Thanks for this!!!

[@JohnPeterStone]

Have you found tardigrades then ? :p

[@squid_3386]

Cosmo Sheldrake omg ilusm

[@pinkyblushbottom1897]

Love you and your music, buddy. Keep living your best life

[@dizzy_ddigital]

You were so funny when you shook the tree branches!

[@nuniyoa]

cosmo my man you're living the ideal life. singin' bout little microorganisms n pickin apples.

[@udiddet1498]

And now apple uses his songs haha

[@dimdive7997]

Right??

[@cranberryjuice69]

True xd

[@songbird427]

YES!!! And drinking the apples. Pouring the sacred sacrament into each cell and space between. And becoming one with the apple and the ancient earth and Waters and Sun which nourished it. And a bunch of other things…but I get excited and I ramble. I’ve never felt so understood, but by his mother who is just found after hearing Cosmo this morning. His father being Rupert Sheldrake, Cosmo might just be the incarnation of all the things the two are. That is perhaps the most hopeful thought! To me, at this time, This music is family, home, ancestral Oneness. And it is presence. Timeless. Now. It is played loudly as a frequency for relief of suffering of the Palestinian people. The apple here is akin to their olive tree. So grateful. “Music IS life” in every sense of each word.

[@RosenrotRtLiebchen87]

you look like you're cosplaying as Mario

[@bobbyarp8]

it’s actually the other way around 🙃

[@alpha8here]

These "live" videos are unlike anything I've seen. They feel like actual music videos

[@parovoziktutu9725]

Aren't they ?

[@FoxTrot63]

@@parovoziktutu9725 nah, just some lads having fun.

[@Mccallum2014aj]

Dear Cosmo, My sister and brothers dad Markus showed me you, and I'm 12 now I've been listening to your songs since I was hm, about 7, I saw you at Eden one year not sure what year it was cuz Ive been going to every Eden with my dad since I was about 3, you played amazing even if u did forget one peice of your equipment, the tent was packed and everyone loved you including me, I was crying my eyes out and my big brother Corran asked you if you could give me a hug and you agreed, I was so overwhelmed and I couldn't believe it, I just wanted to say thank you so much for filling a good chunk of my childhood with great music, love you cosmo xxxx From Daisy age 12 😄

[@t4ctic-hd]

Well Daisy, I'm 18 now. And I can say, you got a great taste for great music! I found cosmo about a year ago. And now I live with it... kind of.

[@Mccallum2014aj]

haha, thanks, all i can really say is you also have an amazing taste of music, cosmo is great!, and so are you :P hope you keep listening to him, you should so go to a live event where he is playing, the music is even better when its live and personal, the main reason why i love cosmo (apaprt from his fantastic music) is that he is so down to earth he isnt all fame overwhelmed, and ignores all of us and only does this for the point of being famous, he appreciates us and everyone and the living, especially tardigrades though,

[@alexchaven9364]

Hi I'm -21

[@justsomedudeiguess1746]

This is wholesome to me

[@Insert_channel_here]

:D That's very awesome!

[@kiki-drawer2669]

I wonder if any tardigrades made it into y'alls juice

[@dragonjames4500]

Probably

[@the_chaotic_changling]

i hope so

[@savannah6105]

ok this lads music is THE goblincore anthem

[@tardigrades3407]

y e s

[@chasethemaster3440]

Yes

[@ItsKam]

Cosmo's voice makes me want to drink mead and crouch-walk through a field holding up a deer's head as my own

[@the_chaotic_changling]

Definitely

[@LeeAllanSpades]

I have been looking for how to describe his sound for years. Goblincore is perfect.

[@RedThorn00]

I discovered how much I enjoyed this song along with this video a few months ago, and now I've come back to it because I was sitting here reading near the end of "Entangled Life", enjoying some narratives about yeasts and apples and as soon as Merlin mentioned "Scrumping" a sleeping section in my brain woke up and brought me back to this. I thought... "No way. I've watched what this is describing! The very event?" I love that it is upon the world in different forms in book and music video, and I can bring them together. Also I've been to many a cider press and they are a delightful sensory and ancestral experience. I'm grateful I can read or watch about them and smell the apples in my memories. :)

[@FunkyBeanProduction]

I would love Cosmo as a friend

[@squid1088]

scrump is a good word

[@porchcollapse8612]

Squid? Yes

[@margheritaparacini7729]

scrumptious indeed

[@uwu-gc2mk]

i must agree

[@theoneandonlymr.d]

yes

[@marzipanmenthol]

Respectfully, I am in tears

[@ositodraws]

Real tardigrade hours

[@kiki-drawer2669]

Now i really want to go apple picking

[@alpha8here]

Same here

[@OddBunsen]

*scrumping

[@devoniandevotee9494]

this is an awesome thing to wake up to!! just watching it i can smell apples and hay... also at 3:09 it looks like Merlin is getting showered with apple because of where he's standing haha

[@annabelleowl9586]

Every time i'm driving my car alone i just chant along to this song as loud as I can and it's goosebumps every single time. Thank you for that, god of the swamps

[@GioeLuciano]

reminds me of sober to drunk daydream while eating apples covered by trees under the sun with the view of hay bales falling down the hills

[@agnianaumova8501]

please continue what you are doing. it is unique and we all appreciate it so much.

[@CosmoSheldrake]

thankss

[@cryptid-king]

Had a chem teacher in highschool who absolutely loves tardigrades and i shared this song with her ❤ I've always thought they were so cute and I just imagine a tardigrade taking a nap in a nice patch of moss while listening:)

[@Наталья-х6э1э]

I admire you. I admire your music, it makes me crawl. You have your own style of music that cannot be recognized. I like the natural motifs in your music, it's really something unusual, a breath of fresh air in the flow of events. I like. Highly. True. I am from another country and share your songs with my friends and they also like what you are doing. I have some problems with the translation, especially because of your manner of pronunciation and I am very upset by the fact that in the description under video there are no words. I can only envy your productivity and wish you success. Be happy. From Russia, in which only a some people know about you.

[@artisticredhead3845]

im not convinved that this man isn't just a tall hobbit

[@brittneyoleniacz941]

Omg! How am I just discovering you now? I love Tardigrade! Fun fact: the oldest known record of Tardigradia in the fossil record comes from Raritan Amber, New Jersey, USA. It's 90-million years old!

[@saaa8107]

When i was little i often had strong impulses to just run away in the wood and became one with the nature, but with time they went away. Your music is the only thing that make me feel like that, i forgot how it felt. So thank you so much!!!

[@lort8334]

I want to pet that dog

[@omnimoni3219]

Me too

[@1nsgnfgnt]

don't we all

[@sergioc.7910]

I love this jam. First time I heard it I put it on repeat, and listened to it like 10 times... till I got the lyrics down. I suppose if there were anything that deserved a tribute song it's a Tardigrade, seeing as how resilient them little f**kers are. Much respect, and thank you for the great music Cosmo Sheldrake. A Mexican/American fan. ~Serg~

[@112tabby]

The humble tardigrade finally gets recognition

[@dimdive7997]

Now I want to organize a whole little summer festival in a village, where we bake our own bread and pick up apples and use wood to make a big fire. You can hear the cicadas, there is smoke in the air and its night. Lanterns are swinging in the trees, its warm and the people gathered around the fire, some are still sitting on the benches between the houses and the stone wall of the village. There are dogs with their owners, exploring the darkness with their excellent sense of smell. Bats are swaying in the breeze, the stars are blinking and the moon stands bright and proud on the dark night sky. Everyone has eaten and now you are telling stories about long forgotten things. Children are holding sticks in the fire. They are laughing.

[@grimble4564]

Well did you do it

[@depressoforsale]

one of the most strange and at the same time fascinating things about these live videos is how performing Cosmo just blends with the environment. like, absolutely no one minding a man singing in the middle of an apple press. people just keep minding their business, and Cosmo really feels like a mirage or an alien call from somewhere else

[@unlimon4712]

*_the king has returned_*

[@karleenb715]

I hope youre living your best life dude, thanks for the music

[@jenniemzcarr]

This song makes me want to give Cosmo Sheldrake all of my castle's wealth to be my resident minstrel. Now I just need a castle and wealth (and some scrumpy).

[@Windkisssed]

Believe it or not, I just discovered you from Pentatonix’s rendition of your song “Come Along”!! This has a very renaissance-y feel to it! Great video & music!! Thank you!

[@Firestarfury]

We have been blessed once more

[@noperope4055]

Just came home from school. immediately clicked and I don't regret it :D

[@tsurello9479]

you're one of the most amazing artists there are. can't wait to see you in Munich!

[@TerriblePerfection]

What?! He was in München 2 years ago? I lived in Bamberg but didn't know his music then. 😭

[@roselee7820]

This is so gorgeous. Everything about this vibe is beautiful.

[@Toolgirl64209]

Imagine you’re working on crushing some old-ass apples and some faerie king just pops in and starts singing about how tardigrades get way better lives than you

[@ovitunoda]

i can listen a whole day!!!

[@sweetskys243]

It's amazing, that's all I can say, I'm literally speechless from the video.

[@friendlyoldpieceofapoppedp711]

COSMO I LOVE YOUR MUSIC KEEP IT UP STAY POSITIVE 🇿🇦❤️🇿🇦❤️🇿🇦❤️🇿🇦❤️🇿🇦❤️🇿🇦❤️

[@drj7697]

I'm getting real good vibes from this

[@OnlyFootprints8]

It’s harvest season. What a great release!

[@clintdona4586]

I really love that Cosmo’s songs (at least the ones I’ve heard so far) don’t have any curse words, dirty stuff, or anything like that. Just nice music, simple lyrics, slice of life. This is my kind of music! :D Thank you so much for these songs. ♥️

[@danzaphile]

Tardigrades are incredibly versatile , a worthy song

[@sourcecreator5077]

What The Fuck! This is some of the best MUSIC I have ever heard in my LIFE 😢

[@violetw7225]

god you’re so weird you superb ocean man. you’re truly an art form.

[@ronhuiaobradcev189]

Magical

[@alouragavalis8872]

Please do a U.S. tour. I found your music recently and I'm obsessed.

[@Hampyumpy]

Lyrics If I were a tardigrade I'd move out from home Why live in the shrubbery when you could have a throne? Pressure wouldn't squash me and fire couldn't burn These are the things that I never will learn These are the things I never will learn... Lai, lai-lai-lai lai lai, lai-lai lai-lai lai lai, lai Lai, lai-lai-lai lai lai, lai-lai lai-lai lai lai I live in the shrubbery, for that's all I crave (Ah ha) I don't want these excitements to see me to my grave (Ah ha) I can live life in vacuums for years with no drink (Ah ha) And put up with hardships more than you can think And put up with hardships more than you can think... Lai, lai-lai-lai lai lai, lai-lai lai-lai lai lai, lai Lai, lai-lai-lai lai lai, lai-lai lai-lai lai lai If I shed all my liquid and let myself dry out I'll shrivel and sleep for some 15-odd years I'd wake up, come water, and get on with living With time in my pocket to pass by the day If I were a tardigrade I'd move out from home (Ah ha) Why live in the shrubbery when you could have a throne? (Ah ha) Pressure wouldn't squash me and fire couldn't burn (Ah ha) These are the things that I will never learn These are the things I never will learn... Lai, lai-lai-lai lai lai, lai-lai lai-lai lai lai, lai Lai, lai-lai-lai lai lai, lai-lai lai-lai lai lai Lai, lai-lai-lai lai lai, lai-lai lai-lai lai lai, lai Lai, lai-lai lai-lai, lai-lai lai-lai... For I am a tardigrade (Ah ha) And I'll stay at home (Ah ha) I'd not trade it for anything (Ah ha) Not a knife, a cup or a throne (Woo ooh, ooh ooh ooh) Well, all I want is my shrubbery (Ah ha) And my little patch of moss (Ah ha) With my whisky in the cabinet (Ah ha) And my feet all clothed in socks And my feet clothed in socks... Lai, lai-lai-lai lai lai, lai-lai lai-lai lai lai, lai Lai, lai-lai-lai lai lai, lai-lai lai-lai lai lai Lai, lai-lai-lai lai lai, lai-lai lai-lai lai lai, lai Lai, lai-lai-lai lai lai, lai-lai lai-lai lai lai

[@myste7004]

Officially my favourite artist in the whole world, I don’t need a reason:)

[@joneldiaz3264]

Love you cosmo #earlysquad

[@basketcasecreature7214]

Absolutely enchanting

[@dallaswalters2365]

How I wish this one was bigger, and seen far more.

[@themenwriteinthesugar7643]

aurora and cosmo need to collab, they've both got this huge folktale vibe to them

[@TristanDecker2017]

Any US tour plans? Or just, like, a show? Or just, a greeting. You just seem like such a good person and it comes through in the music and videos. Beautiful.

[@aliceswayer9979]

That right there people, is the Vibe

[@Sir1Veja]

Thank you for your music. You're brilliant. Congratulations from Azores, right in the middle of the Atlantic ocean.

[@Mreliasrose]

A beautiful video Cosmo! Your creativity continues to inspire. Keep rocking it brother!

[@CosmoSheldrake]

thank you!

[@purple4216]

You are hypnotizing. Your voice and videos,and I'm glad I continued to look for your music(although I am very late).

[@archananair624]

Your videos are always such a treat, I admire your originality.

[@alyssahansen1400]

Very good. I was excited to see this one. :)

[@thebeesknees3035]

I love this! The video fits your song so well!

[@ItsKam]

When he said "All i want is my shrubbery"... I felt that.....

[@rh-ml5nv]

vibey tbh

[@THLauren]

He is very underrated

[@udiddet1498]

Ahh, now Apple using your song "come along" Makes sense now. You're an apple lover! Haha god bless!

[@dullahanic]

tardigrades,,, cool

[@acompletelynormalhuman6392]

No tardigrades were harmed in the making of this video... mainly because it's next to Impossible to harm tardigrades

[@alonelyfriendofthenight6809]

Look at him go, lads! He vibin in that tree

[@lcjr7807]

Its funny how you were singing and everyone around you was doing their own thing.

[@Lizabearay]

This man is so underrated when I first started listening to his music I thought he was a big creator like Billie or Taylor Swift But was I wrong.... his music is literally my favorite I listen all the time to

[@GildaTheLily]

You are so awesome!!! I can't wait to see you live in Bristol on 22 November!! xxx

[@ScottRiddleArtist]

Amazing. I would be that the majority of humans on this planets don't know about the tardigrade. ❤

[@leasagna2202]

I want to live his life

[@hatoonnouri9348]

I'm in loooooove.... 😭😭

[@aidanshepard6080]

This guy looks so much younger than I imagined him, his voice fills your head and bounces around so it sounds like your head voice is singing along to an ancient chant known by all but sung by none. It’s bizarre to see that astral voice coming from a young man with messy hair up in a tree

[@honeybee1256]

i swear this dude has been around forever, like is this dude from the 16th century? that would explain his beautiful writing.

[@zerodecay1486]

good job man!! keep it up

[@dizzy_ddigital]

YOU'RE ALIVE!! BLESS!

[@ycler3505]

I am letting my cat listen to this song and she is so relaxed 😭

[@mistiegotch1153]

If you watch this video before bed, you’ll dream of tardigrades. (Proven) ☺️

[@MrChegcelestialslides]

Love your tunes, I've always been a huge fan of Edward Lear and EE Cummings. Now I play your music to my 3 and 5 year old girls, who love it too, I read all about Tardigrades and had decided that they made good role models and the very next day I found your song and it was so wierd that the song was what I had been reading about them little water bears. It seems they have less to fear, are less vulnerable and as a result they can afford to be a little naive because the consequences for them are miniscule. If something has no consequence why should they learn from it, that almost supernatural like a cause without an effect. I don't think they should fear fire or pressure if it has little consequence to them. I don't know what other troubles they might have tho, they probably have a little stress about desication, which hopefully hasn't caused them to have an overtly dry humour at times.

[@Drew4short]

Okay but- Cosmo is legitimately handsome

[@RekoTea]

Who had the time to be the one person disliking this.

[@zakirecicek5925]

Doğa, huzur, her şey...

[@clowntat]

I wanna go to the scrump

[@Radude33]

HE’S BACKKKKK QWQ

[@anthonypaulgarnett4920]

I'm usually strictly an ale man but this has made me want to dabble in some apple-based booze. Great folk vibe!

[@MariaGonzalez-mv8ie]

😍😍😍😍💙💙💙

[@eternalmiasma5586]

I am so bad with animals that I could probably kill a tardigrade

[@cosmoschiang2010]

i love you so much

[@rh-ml5nv]

heppy

[@hatoonnouri9348]

Wooow 😭😭😭😭💔💔💔💔

[@TheDrRinik]

Naaaaw, look at you and Merlin in matching colours !

[@lordstarlordkirby4731]

"It's a me, Mario!"

[@gibbythealien355]

That one dislike is sad.

[@omnimoni3219]

Yes

[@bobbyarp8]

4:36 my soul

[@hellogoodbye9478]

Love it! Especially your fur hat. Hope its faux though🐩

[@beau6875]

im not trying to start anything, but not everyone has to be vegan.

In my head, this fellow smells like brandy, carrots and sage.

[@oopsadaze]

If I were a tardigrade I'd move out from home Why live in the shrubbery when you could have a throne? Pressure wouldn't squash me and fire couldn't burn These are the things that I never will learn These are the things I never will learn... Lai, lai-lai-lai lai lai, lai-lai lai-lai lai lai, lai Lai, lai-lai-lai lai lai, lai-lai lai-lai lai lai I live in the shrubbery, for that's all I crave (Ah ha) I don't want these excitements to see me to my grave (Ah ha) I can live life in vacuums for years with no drink (Ah ha) And put up with hardships more than you can think Birds are with hardships more than you can think... Lai, lai-lai-lai lai lai, lai-lai lai-lai lai lai, lai Lai, lai-lai-lai lai lai, lai-lai lai-lai lai lai If I shed all my liquid and let myself dry out I'll shrivel and sleep for some 15-odd years I'd wake up, come water, and get on with living With time in my pocket to pass by the day If I were a tardigrade I'd move out from home (Ah ha) Why live in the shrubbery when you could have a throne? (Ah ha) Pressure wouldn't squash me and fire couldn't burn (Ah ha) These are the things that I will never learn These are the things I never will learn... Lai, lai-lai-lai lai lai, lai-lai lai-lai lai lai, lai Lai, lai-lai-lai lai lai, lai-lai lai-lai lai lai Lai, lai-lai-lai lai lai, lai-lai lai-lai lai lai, lai Lai, lai-lai lai-lai, lai-lai lai-lai... For I am a tardigrade (Ah ha) And I'll stay at home (Ah ha) I'd not trade it for anything (Ah ha) Not a knife, a cup or a throne (Woo ooh, ooh ooh ooh) Well, all I want is my shrubbery (Ah ha) And my little patch of moss (Ah ha) With my whisky in the cabinet (Ah ha) And my feet all clothed in socks And my feet clothed in socks... Lai, lai-lai-lai lai lai, lai-lai lai-lai lai lai, lai Lai, lai-lai-lai lai lai, lai-lai lai-lai lai lai Lai, lai-lai-lai lai lai, lai-lai lai-lai lai lai, lai Lai, lai-lai-lai lai lai, lai-lai lai-lai lai lai

[@oopsadaze]

Please check lyrics for corrections so I can sing correctly to myself in the shower and whenever I want to feel happiness

[@heysushi1550]

Come to newfoundland