IAMX - Happiness (Official Music Video)

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'Happiness' from the IAMX album ‘Metanoia’, released October 2nd, 2015
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Video directed, shot and edited by Chris Corner in Los Angeles, CA
Producers - Jenz Merrill & Janine Gezang
An UNFALL Production
Featuring Cynthia Marie, Buddy Daniels Friedman and baby Lydia
Phantom Miro Camera - Kyle Daly
Second Camera - Chris Corner
Associate Producer - Jordan Paley
1st Assistant Director - Zack Wallnau
Gaffer & Key Grip - Alyssa Brocato
Special thanks to Tiffany Steffens, Doomie’s Home Cooking, Ray Hinton from Lumitech Lighting and TVE Studios
Music written, performed and produced by Chris Corner
‘Happiness’ released on the IAMX album ‘Metanoia’ October 2nd, 2015
© & ℗ IAMX Productions Inc. 2015
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Lyrics:
I know I’ll never feel the same
I know I may never accept the change but I want
Happiness
I’m staring blank at my screen
Waiting for a sign, waiting for a smile to come to me
Happiness
Every day the news is death
You power drunk fuckers are filling my head with despair
Not happiness
Liars
Maybe I became too clean
Maybe the drugs are the only way to be free
Happiness
No breaking the anxiety
The man that I tried to but could never be faded out
With happiness
Everday hypocrisy
I see the zombies walking down the street and it kills me
Their happiness
Liars
© & ℗ IAMX Productions Inc. 2015
#IAMX #Happiness #Metanoia

[@denko3203]

I'm happy that 'How to Get Away With Murder' keeps using IAMX songs. They fit the vibe of the show perfectly!

[@dejianrulai]

100% correct

[@amosbehavedcalm]

+Denko lol same thought

[@AndrewMcClenning]

+Denko Amen sister... brother??

[@kamo124]

+Denko Totally agree

[@denko3203]

Andrew McClenning Brother. :D Denko is a nickname to my name Dennis.

[@kkafei4725]

I don't watch HTGAWM, but I'm glad that IAMX is getting mainstream recognition. Chris is a musical genius and his music should be shared with everyone.

[@denko3203]

+Laken D You don't know what you're missing. HTGAWM is the best show on TV these days!

[@batcave4071]

you're glad? thats possible the worst thing that could ever happen.. the concerts if chris are a disaster .. lots of stupid screaming ppl and dudes who just get drunk and start fighting and raging... it was the best before this thing came to the mainstreamers

[@Babysymmetry]

kkafei I agree

[@lb5491]

Music should be shared with everyone

[@BaldBuddy1]

This is Buddy, So Proud to be a Part of this MV what a work of ART. Thank U again for having me work on this wonderful MV.

[@Babysymmetry]

BaldBuddy1 awesome work!!! You put a lot of emotion into the video! Could feel it very well. Thank you for working with Chris!! xxx

[@nathanielgrey4091]

Were you scary bald man? Excellent work!

[@LiaM-jj7hc]

Awesome work!!!

[@svetovanabozenstvi]

You are amazing here

[@davidbuyense1724]

You are great in this video

[@mariaf.santos7553]

"Statiscally speaking, if you are going to be murdered, the killer will be someone you know... an acquintance, a friend, a family member... your lover..."

[@79oose]

Tiara Allen she meant the show

[@mariaf.santos7553]

HOLA that's part of the quote haha

[@79oose]

Randomly Me i know :)

[@ray9772]

Omagaaaad I love you 👌😂💕

[@decodingcap9965]

Well said. Is it from a source? Name it if it is.

[@alizabethnova5912]

Five years ago, this song significantly changed my life. I listened to it on repeat while going through one of the worst times I've gone through. It made me realize everything in my life I may love, but it was making me miserable. "I know I'll never feel the same, but I want happiness." It really stuck with me. Honestly, if I never heard this song my entire life would have gone drastically different. Because of this, I got {X} tattooed on me, to remind me I can Choose happiness. I did it before, and I'll do it again. I made it through all the rough spots before, I'll make it through anything. Thank you Chris, for being that light that I needed. You may never know it, but your music brings me so much happiness and inspiration I never have found in any other music.

[@DJJezzebella]

Hey Miss Alizabeth Nova? Would you do me a favor please? If you haven't already, please take what you just wrote there and send it to him personally. Even if you don't think he'll care or it matters, would you do it just for me if you don't do it for any other reason? I know personally as a musician if I heard somebody say something like that about something I had written it might just actually truly bring him some peace of mind and happiness for real! Do it however you're most comfortable. Cut and paste it and send it to their page. Or if you're like me and you like to go to shows, just tell him after the show in person what you wrote! That would I think that be the most gratifying cuz you would get to see that reaction on his face when you tell him that. But I don't know how shy you are, perhaps just sending it as an email might be easier for you. All I know is I'm sure he will not forget that. And it may not be the craziest idea to think that he might even NEED to hear that. More often than not, when you're in entertainment, especially when you're in front of the camera the performing type, nothing seems to fill that void, that hole in our souls, that bottomless pit of yearning because something is lacking either in our pasts, our upbringings, or our chemical imbalances that were born with just simply aren't the same stable levels as most others. But there's something about performing that puts the most gratifying, long-lasting, and probably the healthiest Band-Aid of a quick fix on that wound, usually each and every time you get the privilege of performing for an audience. That's why it's an addiction for us. But at least it's a healthier addiction than most other things that we tend to turn to again in in that industry. But hearing something that deep from somebody who listens to the stuff you create to fill that void and to know that it means something equally as important to you if not more important to you, this probably does something even deeper than performing. It's the kind of thing that when you're in some weird bed later that night on tour, cold, alone, and just trying to make through these last few dates and having a hard time remembering why you're doing all this and struggling so much as an artist when really you could go the easy route like everybody else and find a sugar spouse to take care of you and just surrender to a simpler life, a boring but cushy job, because doing what you love as an art as a lifestyle, costs you pretty much all of your life. But when you hear something like that, all of a sudden, it just becomes clear again as to why you putting yourself through all that struggle, and why you started doing this in the first place.

[@alizabethnova5912]

@@DJJezzebella I'll do that! I'm trying to see him on his upcoming tour, so I'll try to get a letter to him. It would be really cool to see his reaction and face in person when he reads it.

[@furryjellysmum6867]

❤

[@steffischwisow9601]

Geht mir auch so,schön geschrieben❤

[@racheldahliamusic]

Same same same

[@lucybrogden17]

this is one of them songs u can listen to while walking in public and feeling like a badass pretending you’re in a movie

[@YTExistor]

damn thats true

[@corinnae.7877]

This is one of the songs you listen to when you are depressed as hell, that's why I'm here.

[@cloudification]

Happen to me today🤣

[@cascawolff638]

I used to do this exact thing.

[@shanehuntley5496]

Yup!

[@thisistactical]

Metanoia is a masterpiece.

[@jsjsxd4374]

IAMX is a masterpiece.

[@aikyoinc.188]

Chris Corner's voice is eerily hypnotic, and I just can't stop listening to his music!

[@MyLeili]

AikyoInc. Love mr robot, and love iamx

[@almostaleonsandwich]

Oh definitely, deserves a lot more recognition and I'm glad he's been getting it these past few years. Also...is that a Leslie profile picture I spy? :)

[@chaosctrl333]

7 years ago?! My goodness. I have been listening to IAMX for so long. Very grateful for this music, it is so beautiful.

[@cyndancer]

So honored to have been apart of this work! It was such a joy to jump around and create art with my body with you guys!!! Truly magnificent and beautiful work! Well done Chris an Janine and everyone else who worked on this video! All the love, Cynthia Marie

[@j3nz13]

Cynthia Marie It was lovely to work with you! You look amazing in the video

[@willcruz7457]

Jenz Merrill Great work! This video is lovely.

[@Babysymmetry]

Awesome work. Thank you for working with everyone! Video is well made❤️

[@omarbarradasgarcia3399]

Cris córner?

[@dough1595]

HTGAWM really loves IAMX.

[@ValMattis]

And I do too haha

[@frigginirishloons]

yeah...someone has great taste in music. glad the mainstream is getting a taste of his genius. underrated for too long

[@user-sp7jh5dm4l]

Нравится мне iamx. Музыка интригующая, голос солиста,неожиданные музыкальные повороты,своеобразная драматичность. Глубина музыки и вокала.

[@user-kf9rk5rd1t]

значит у вас отличный музыкальный вкус,потому что Крис и его проект IAMX это лучшее,что случалось с музыкой за последнее столетие

[@CarlosHenriqueMoller]

His face when he screams 'Liars' for the second time.... OMG.... Tell me about actually feeling the lyrics.... This song is awesome!

[@MaryMarie666]

+Carlos Henrique Möller The song is amazingly powerful and the video brings that out in a special, particular way - an authentic "scream" - as a feeling actually, not just an effect of some feelings - can be "seen" in it. I love this music for how it makes me feel, how it... I don't know, unleashes emotions within me, I guees. Love to all IAMX fans!

[@Babysymmetry]

Carlos Henrique Moller you can almost feel the emotion!!!

[@unholymarishka]

He is so beautiful. And so is his music. Keep going, Chris, world needs such amazing people like you.

[@unholymarishka]

Hello :) Thank you.

[@simply_fiendish5604]

A show didn't bring me here. IAMX brought me here.

[@isabellabraito3367]

Same ;)

[@midnight5895]

true that ^^

[@ohioburlesque]

same

[@chloehowell1345]

Yes girl😁

[@harryklmt9778]

You're a special snowflake too!

[@bob_Human]

I didn't even realize IAMX was played on Television shows, good for him. Chris Corner is so under rated but is really a low-key rock god IMO. He would be the Hermit if he were a Tarot card, lol.

[@lolitasyringa3878]

I love the fact that you put a tarot card on his person so much

[@user-cd6ro8ff9m]

Дорогой Крис! Ваше исполнение прекрасно! Голос, музыка, видео - ничего не оставляет меня равнодушной! Слушаю Ваши песни практически каждый день и каждый раз наслаждаюсь! Спасибо Вам! Пусть у Вас всё будет хорошо!

This should be in a Mr. Robot episode. It fits so well with the series.

[@Igordrs]

+István Nagy OMG YES! It would be so fucking AWESOME

[@leonardohenrique5172]

it fits perfectly!!!

[@shoobey]

yes yes yes ues yes yes I was just thinking that

[@GikaMartins2]

2:12 htgawm feels 😱

[@edgardogregorini4600]

Fantastic video. Intense and dramatic. Great song. Depeche Mode style

[@sioux3]

Absolute perfection - such a brilliant visual interpretation of the song. It breaks my heart a thousand times over with it's sad beauty and touch of disturbing imagery. Just genius! (as always)

[@carlaelliscreations]

Sioux Krause I'm in love with it.

[@sioux3]

Carla Ellis it is hard for CC to EXCEED my expectations. He has done it here.

[@carlaelliscreations]

I'm really looking forward to the album, I need it. xxx

[@hoarderhell3589]

Never thought I would find a song to explain exactly why I haven't really left my house in over 12 years. Here we are. Thank you for reminding me of the mood.

[@rejoicedinthehopelesswelov5462]

My love for IAMX brought me to HTGAWM.

[@brizuelasergio]

It's good to know the magic works both ways hahah

[@octopu5ie]

Awesome! :)

[@y.b.7014]

The rawness of his voice is always almost unreal.

[@Banshee704]

Once again a masterpiece by one of the best artists right now.

[@SuzanaR]

I will always be grateful to HTGAWM for introducing me to their music.

[@joannablackwood2764]

To all of the people who said a tv show brought them here..good for you, it shouldn't matter how you discover good music. He's an amazing, talented artist and deserves all of the recognition. I'm glad you were able to find out about him and enjoy his music

[@AliiSparkle]

This is my "on-repeat" song 💜 Love it so much, so great

[@mehmetakifozyigit9121]

Me too

[@mehmetakifozyigit9121]

and it also makes me happy to see people who love the musics I love.

[@voidbodyy]

HTGAWM + IAMX = perfection

[@deathuponbrotherhood]

I love the subtle changes in his expression. Goosebumps

[@projectptube]

Just back from the New york concert. It was brilliant!

[@thetds101]

I'm DYING for IAMX to get the recognition he deserves. His music is AMAZING! I'm truly a fan for LIFE!

[@Gahanika]

Bravo to the whole team who made this masterpiece. Breathtaking. Chris, the feeling you put into this song gets me so deeply, I cry every time, Thanks.

[@j3nz13]

I am so proud to be a part of this video. I am so in love with this song and your transformation of the footage in editing is brilliant work. Great editing! Great song. Lovely adventure. Cheers!

[@kevins7704]

The beginning beat is so good

[@sontrava00]

i can't get enough of his music. he has such a great voice and damn, these music videos. the atmopshere, the colours, everything. i'm in love.

[@Ziondweller]

Leave it to CC to make the word happiness convey the deepest despair. I love the song. I love the video. I love the artists. He breaks my heart when he bares his soul and I welcome the aching. Sorrow has a beauty.

[@lisazoria2709]

Love it! I'm new to this band but glad I found them. They have a Depeche Mode-ish kinda feel to them. Definitely a fan! :3

[@helenfitch6590]

Reminds me of early Soft Cell.

[@itsmejahoo]

I can’t believe it’s been 7 years. Wow. I listened to this on repeat when it came out. ❤

[@coolcedre]

love their universe, and what a voice!!!

[@MsKivio]

Unfassbar gut, danke Chris, mischen von Musik und Performance perfekt, und der Blick in den Spiegel auch ...

[@Metida_369]

🎶💥💙💙💙💥🎶 Обожаю IAMX !!! А эта песня просто СУПЕР!!!

[@alinok5188]

Великолепно!!!

[@susifront7710]

I fell in love with IAMX ... at once❣️

[@StanDiggs]

that HTGAWM ending though..

[@mikejett2733]

This song should be the ending song for cyberpunk 2

[@biuroregionalneoriflame2752]

Polskja!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Łapki w górę! kochamy!!!

[@elijahsmith141]

I saw them in concert last night. The best I’ve ever experienced

[@mihaelastoica5322]

I've just play it again and again ..... it makes me happy!!! I love them

[@persevere6326]

Powerful

[@noodle1331]

Iamx is so underrated . I relate so much to the music. Every bit of it is so good. I never get sick of it.

[@ericchristen2623]

Another brilliant contemporary artist from the UK. Radiohead, Muse, IAMX.

[@KOSKingsOfSubhumans]

This Song blew me away and made me come back to the sublime artist that Chris Is. Every note,every lyric,Imagine are so full of emotions that i feel mine. Never had a connection so intense with anyone before. Thank u from the most intimate part of my soul

[@Lebkuchenmann71]

I love this Song ......

[@anacampos234]

A música e estética tendo um mesmo significado! Só IAMX consegue isso!

[@mikureloaded]

Janine looks fucking wicked in this video, this was perfect.

[@Fazntic05]

This Song Really Is About Happiness! *Sarcasm* This Song Sends Shivers Down My Spine.

[@semprefolle89]

This is ART. The very theatrical and intense expressions since 0:33, then 1:28, 1:57, 2:28; 2:45...(without counting the perfection of Chris' glances) they all moved me so much at first sight. Congrats to Chris, Janine and everybody who joined the making of this video. I'm a fan since 2008 and I still feel thrilled by IAMX.

[@liviadrusilla1913]

Exquisitely filmed. The water droplets feel like crystals and glitter spangled across the grim, noir palette. Truly artistic.

[@maikusch]

for nearly 10 years, i'm waiting for a deterioration in his music, but ...

[@MetaCitizen]

maikusch Isnt it weird?! The man is a creative wellspring.

[@Inter906]

maikusch well already in sneaker pimps it was the case :)

[@DaleGribble1]

maikusch i like IAMX/Sneaker pimps quite a bit and i think the album he did with jim abyss was his worst so far. i listened to the album a few times and it just didnt have that warm analogue indie buzz his other stuff does. even now it sounds more sequenced then played. his sounds have become too refined and clean. i hope the rest of his album is better than 'happiness'. good song but not much of a grand or deep statement in the song.

[@PalovaaraDaniel]

+GabrielMynd Agree

[@d5rmantis]

+GabrielMynd I dunno, The Unified Field had some incredible songs on it. I think Under Atomic Skies might be my favourite IAMX song. But generally Kingdom of Welcome Addiction is my favourite.

[@agnieszkakardas7839]

Happiness a state that I will never get, a touch of it is your music Chris, thank you for everything 🖤

[@em6132]

Just wonderful. As always.

[@TheSourpatch01]

I get to analyse this song and its video for my Modern Poetry class at University! Best fun I've ever had in a class!

[@user-hx8lq5bq8j]

The best song to describe current world and reality

[@malyshevamarina4777]

Mr.Corner, I dare to say that you are one the most honest musicians of our times.The way you creat your music beeng so fare and brave and beautiful in your sincerity brings so mach esthetic, intellectual and animal ..shortly, so many means of pleasure, that it is impossible not be grateful to you! Please, aware, that your russians beauties wait for u to come always..coz YOU ARE THE LIFE!..we. thank you and IAMX guys for your incredible performances! :-)

[@KurtVinion]

Excellente! Congrats Chris you have out done yourself again.

[@vitormanuelrodrigues1435]

One of my favourite IAMX music's.The text is just Chris in his best

[@bodoblaumann]

so perfect!!!! i love it!!!

[@spatzenhecke]

Glad I found another song I really like - that doesnt happen too often !

[@boopthesnoot719]

wonderful. beautiful. breathtaking. both song and the video. you never disappoint.

[@ergolibersum]

Was a great show last night in İstanbul. Please visit more. Especially, thanks for playing this.

[@pavlo1207]

Ergolibersum what do you mean 'exclusively'?

[@ergolibersum]

I mean *especially.

[@oyasumi5138]

Soooooooo beautiful and breathtaking •-• OMFG

[@bellamykrum]

¡Es perfecto! Janine se ve increíble ♥

[@dzynguy]

just fucking brilliant. amazing visuals to an amazing track. thank you to all involved.

[@racheldahliamusic]

Utterly obessed with this why am I only finding it NOW

[@olgagerman9216]

You're the only thing left that inspires me. Others are dead. Don't you dare stop doing your great job, Chris

[@airborne501]

Brilliant! This music is amazing! Every album is better and better. Thank you Chris Corner, your music always moves me. There is only a few artists that can do this. I get your lyrics and I get your music, brilliant!!

[@fatimazahid8895]

I've never visited a song cause of a show before and it used to annoy me when people used to say that in the comments all the time, but this was a great HTGAWM episode! Love this song!

[@TheBuggy242]

unbeatable great work again... looking forward to see live again... can't wait the album....

[@morgenlefay]

Minimal yet high-impact chiaroscuro highlighting tense physicality of Cronus...this video did not let the song down

[@yuepan3614]

elegant und aggressiv gleichzeitig!!! nur von IAMX kann man so was genießen!!!

[@jumama77]

Another IAMX masterpiece! I hope someday you'll tour South America.

[@disturbedmirror]

You are genius.... I am speachless after looking at this masterpiece, shaken by the depth of the combination between images, lyrics and sound. I haven't regreted once that I have tattoo'd IAMX on my hand since I have first seen you in Bucharest. I grow even more proud of it with every passing day. You take the word artist to a whole new level . All my love for IAMX, Robert !

[@AdrianFarcasAdiel]

It is one of the best song, on my opinion. Nicely done guys!

[@NexusReplicant7]

Amazing. Your voice continues to drive the machine that is IAMX. Extremely rare. Uncompromisingly beautiful. Chicago awaits. Bravo.

[@Tracydot3]

So beautiful! I can't wait to buy the album.

[@WomenBehavingBaldly]

This is BEAUTIFUL! Congrats to the team and my talented friend Buddy Daniels Freidman who's doing some great work!

[@CCela1608]

This music is feeding my soul

[@KittyKei]

I've been into IAMX for years. Last night the club I go to played this song and I was fucking losing it.

[@ldyhawkem]

Thank you to everyone who worked on this beautiful piece of art.

[@yayisavedzelda]

My love for IAMX brought me here, and continues to do so.

[@Twig-The-Wonder-Kid]

This is bloody great, love the vid, excellent... emotional passion... great voice on him.

[@lucstul2320]

So glad to see them LIVE 24 june 2022 in Ostend - Sinner's Day Summer .

[@luvsik]

Even the way he released it is genius, he has always been one of the leaders of independent music. It's not public, so no ads!

As usual, your song is beautiful and i love your sensibility. I am X like you !!! Loves !!!! I wait your full album and i hope to see you in Paris in November.

[@demmysdreams2826]

Happiness is listening to Chris Corner!

[@ProjectGnome1961]

A truly beautiful work of art!

[@dz0180]

This song, as all the others, are even more amazing live. Forever a fan! X

[@elizabethdavis1087]

I love you guys and your videos! This one is simply gorgeous. Its haunting and beautiful. Its like watching an explosion of unadulterated talent. So excited for the new album!

[@tattoso1]

So good. Obsessed.