MGMT "Kids" Video

[@MrSpeedyAce]

I still and will always consider this as the "official" MGMT Kids video.

[@Aifvanlopez]

I am here from time to time for the same reason. The story behind this video is awesome.

[@lukejacobs2000]

Me too!!!

[@dorkanderson4963]

I only liked MGMT cause I thought this was the official video. Didn't even realize fan made videos was a thing in 2007.

[@MrSpeedyAce]

@@dorkanderson4963 Exactly right. The actual MGMT video seemed like a step down from this one.

[@catisreckless4647]

I like the other one.

[@MrJaimilly]

still the best ''fan-made'' video I've ever seen..

[@chinozerus667]

I agree. Kakkmaddafakka - Touching you is quite on that behalf aswell

[@ElGuny]

man I tought it was real video

[@thedevinefeminine]

You ever heard of Sparkmaster Tape?

[@uwillnevahno6837]

This MGMT fan vid is an amazing video I'd like to introduce you to this one Metallica's Orion set to space (sadly not the OP): kzbin.info/www/bejne/bonClIRvos50ftE

[@andrewhernandez929]

It's not fan made it's the og video when they first came out

[@WaniZame]

15 years later this is still the only version of this song video that works for me. It less than a 100k views when I first saw it! Look at it now, madness.

[@johnevon3030]

Amazing being this video was a final for a collage course that was thrown together at the last minute.

[@matthewlewers4239]

@@johnevon3030absolutely insane man life is amazing

[@rumsfield100]

still the definitive "Kids" video... and probably the greatest fan video ever made. One of the best songs of the last 10 years and every time I hear the song this video is in mind... I remember dancing to it at an underground club in Tokyo in 2008 or 09 and they were projecting this video on the wall...

[@DerekBrownJ]

I thought this was the official video for the longest time, that those were their faces. I think I like it better than the official one. Something about the contrast of the one intense person and the other very happy person, it's very dramatic and engaging. Hypnotic.

[@chaddeez8446]

This is the official one

[@billsutherland3935]

@@chaddeez8446not sure if joking?

[@kemarwable]

All the flaws and the imperfections in this video - 240 p included - is why it is so awesome it's just the perfect representation of an amateur work. Really congrats to everyone involved in the making - you all did an awesome job maybe without even noticing it which is the main reason why it's that good - innocence in the process.

[@matthewlewers4239]

💯💯💯

[@nopancakemix570]

There's something addictive about their faces and the way they move...

[@mok0s1]

True, is like they do it for real. No adulterated

[@fallenpoj17]

IKR

[@AlejoFerrari29]

It is not by chance that this video has been viewed 16 million times more than the official

[@nopancakemix570]

Alejandro Ruhl Very true.

[@RadcoRose]

Yeah, the woman looks interesting btw... I like her face.

[@H2whoaMusic]

All these years later and still a perfect track. Heartbreak hidden behind a facade of playfulness.

[@conor1565]

anybody still watching this? pissed at youtube for taking it off search.

[@TheSuperwaaaa]

Conor too relatable, KZbin might be going to shit but the creeators although rare are great and worth it.

[@jmckenzie962]

Yeah I'm still here in 2018, it was only the 3rd one down in the search.

[@conor1565]

yea it's currently back up.

[@littledittymusic]

Yep.

[@pedropaladino]

Yes

[@quiketnies]

this is my favorite fan-made video ever

[@MrJaimilly]

your so right..probably the 'best' fan-made video ever.!! i read your post a couple of weeks ago and my jaw dropped. I had no idea that it was fan-made..i thought for some reason they had made 2 vids..thinking the kid 1 was to scary..you learn somthing new everyday..lol

[@ilight8]

The thing is I swear that the women in the video is in another MGMT song - electric feel, you see her for a second in the same makeup. I'm probably mistaken.

[@MrJaimilly]

ilight8 yeh.!! your right..i noticed the 2 of them in the Electric Feel video..lol.maybe theyre groupies or roadies whatever they call them now..lol

[@Adrimixmi]

***** ilight8 Read the description of the video ;)

[@MrJaimilly]

Adrimixmi Right..cool...totally get it now..!!!.thanks for setting me straight..

[@biggusdickus7417]

I remember seeing this video years ago, and loving it back then, too. Every so often I come back to it. The woman in this is absolutely beautiful, she has that "there's just something about her" element.

[@pnlrogue1]

This. It feels like you can see something of her spirit through her performance

[@BackRowB]

@@pnlrogue1 My dude - you replied to a comment 10 years old

[@pnlrogue1]

@@BackRowB yes, yes I did. And?

[@rorydathomas452]

Why is this clip just so damn good? It's one of my favourite music videos of all time, almost zero production cost and just absolutely fantastic. Captures the song much better than the official music video. Dammit I love this clip.

[@smartpug967]

how

[@christianhackl474]

Also my thoughts, mostly. Agreed

[@protogencheeseeater]

Found this when I was a teenager and loved it I'm 28 now I still love this version on the music video more than the original!!!

[@Aabb-yy9wi]

me too,i was a university student when i heard it,now I'm 35 💀❤️

[@duxwontobey4887]

The girl with the facepaint is incredibly beautiful omg

[@coreyharvey114]

+Amy thechubbylittlesatan really? i dont get it ._.

[@bozenovsky]

she look chicky but not beauty

[@TokiNoArk]

+Entrée Plat et Dessert Eh no, she's a she, named Abby according to the description below the video

[@Joiset696]

She is Abigail Fuller and Indeed , she is so cute look for her on Twitter She is really cute

[@ggj1987]

Her smile at 1:05 is incredibly cute

[@newtechi]

yeap this is like 100 better than the original videoclip.

[@mredyhcapamab]

I can't believe this doesn't have like a million likes but you only posted this four days ago so okay :D

[@angelloakira]

fudge yeah it is

[@hackradt83]

1000000000000000000 better dude

[@shippy1991]

This one actually came out before the official video, but I agree this one is better. The official video's just disturbing

[@karlajaramillo8250]

Absolutelyy!!!

[@xtimrs]

MGMT owes me becoming a fan of them for years now to this video made by a fan. It just evokes a special sort of feeling.. it's perfect in every way, and I love it.

[@Joiset696]

She was my crush when i was a dork teenage ♥ and FIFA 09 Was the best lol

[@fj2krack]

yeesss!!!!

[@user-xn9pb3st3z]

Joiset Shell u still are a dork teenager ;P

[@homeiswonderland]

I remember seeing this music video years ago and could never remember what song it was! So happy to find it again!

[@brockbracken318]

Same But unfortunately it was the other music video. My dad showed it to me as a little kid and I was traumatized.

[@thebrassmonkey100]

Admit it.....we're all back for some more of that face! she is too cute, and for those of you who dont know, the two actors (Abby and Raf) play a small cameo in the electric feel video, just watch it, you cant miss them.

[@Kristiqnsan]

at 0:15 seconds

[@nueonetwo]

So true I love that girls face, looks just like my ex

[@TheKANTUS101]

Spencer you too ??? LMFAO.

[@thesam19841]

I read an article about this once... apparently MGMT were so impressed with the video that they asked them to come and be in Electric Feel... the same article said that the girl had a crush on the guy and this that's why they did the video... it's just them painted like Kiss behind Christmas lights mixed in with clips of people dancing.... brilliantly simple, real chemistry between people who really you can tell, really enjoy the song

[@thesam19841]

@@nueonetwo same here her face looks exactly like a girl I dated a couple of times in college... there are always a few girls you just wish you had done better with

[@gonkraider]

I'm unsettled that this is 8 years + old; ugh time flies.

[@TheKANTUS101]

same here man, same here. Randomly sitting here watching videos of mgmt and had the urge to try to find this. When I saw 8 years old, I couldn't even beleive it.

[@millergqgq]

This is still "new" music in my mind. WTF?

[@kimwarnesjo539]

Le electric wprker

[@celestialthot8412]

9

[@jmckenzie962]

10 years old now, Jesus Christ I'm old

[@THEGREATMAX]

He captured real emotions in this video, that's why people feel it so much. Raf was upset over wearing the face paint, and you can see his emotional pain and indifference Abby had a crush on the guy who is filming and you can see the love and attraction on her face. She was trying to sort of show off for him. But yeah, it's really a beautiful video because of those two things. Because of how real the emotions on the camera are.

[@hanoj007]

That backstory adds so much, thank you. And explains so much. I had assumed they were directed like this and were just really good amatuer actors, but the fact that the guy was infact totally over it and annoyed with the makeup while the girl is having a blast helping out her crush while flirting with him behind the camera makes absolute sense. 💯

[@savvy_mj4014]

I'm so glad I found this song, I remember listening to it all the time when I was little ...... *And everything that changed in those years*....

[@aimezlafille]

This really is such an artful video. I get lost in Rafael's eyes and Abby, with her hair flying around... I don't have words. Well done.

[@daniels.ikigai]

I am here listening and watching every now and then this same video since 2008... Probably one of the first gems i find back then... I didn't understand a word of English back then 😂😂

[@JohnnyDarko01]

Grats on getting back on youtube, I better save this to Hard drive this time

[@FaustTTV]

IT'S BACK!!!! OH MY GOD IT'S BACK!!!

[@Kreutz]

***** Dang, yeah. Was it taken down for a while?

[@TheKANTUS101]

Kreutz yeah for like ever it seemed like. I remember watching this when it came out.

[@hockeyplaya0021]

50 million views, not bad for a video that was done in a day to cram for a class lol

[@biglurch9666]

pipe99p ooj

[@cody9419]

This is great! The girl's face is really cool. Very expressive, in spite, or maybe because of the makeup. She really looks like she's having fun. She also seems like a fun, care-free, flighty, but not dumb, hippie-like girl I'd expect to see at a music festival. She did well. The director did well to capture and instruct her too. The framing works good on her. The dude looks cool too.

[@ivyquartz8400]

Excuse me the world isn't full of chavs I'm a hippie and so is everyone in my family you are dumb too think that!

[@freemansteinslab]

15 years on and I still come back to this one from time to time...I wonder where Raf and Abby are now? I hope they are doing ok? 😊 Edit: Found them both on FB and they both seem to be doing just fine... ☺️

[@willy37314]

She has the most beautiful smile i ever seen

[@StevenEveral]

I remember hearing this song at an indie club in Seoul, Korea in 2009 and this video was playing on the wall. Great times.

[@stevenriley7775]

the year 2022 checking in. Still the best video ever made fan-based or otherwise.

[@knifeforkandaspoon]

So much better than the official video. This should actually be the official video.

[@akanhere27]

+knifeforkandaspoon read the description

[@jorgecmp9873]

AK27 FIFA jinb. No pz

[@jorgecmp9873]

No. B? 7@ / 0..0. ''''(

[@dirklammers7859]

I call BS on U traitor!

[@WR3ND]

Nammering plebes going on twerk jerkin. This is the official one, you twits.

[@danco2283]

I do not know everything about this world, but I know enough to tell you that your work is excellent, from the heart.

[@ZadeMeadowsLittleMouse]

This video is amazing!! I can’t believe I’m just now finding this masterpiece!! 😍💖

[@jaygenson4788]

The best song. So many people love to hate on it, but love it secretly at the same time in order to remain “cool” if this is their overplayed song I’ll still play it. It’s saved my life.

[@marksme]

A haunting song....

[@Mr5083]

April 23 2019 Im still here enjoying this video

[@Squinkamel]

Me too.

[@TheGoodesBrothers]

I just wanna say, if you're still checking your KZbin notifications that's is, that every time I hear this song I think of every image you've laid down, from the dancing weatherman to the super-weird synchronised black and white dancing, and I thank you for that. Such and awesome song accompanied by such awesome imagery, you'll go down in KZbin history; you deserve a lot of respect mate 👍

[@edwardhoward-williams1692]

So much better than the stock video, as people have said probably the best fan made video ever. It just rules.

[@jen7186]

Drives me crazy knowing that the garbage YT algorithm suppresses this masterpiece now. This website used to be for creators.

[@Getaloaf]

They guy who shot the vid has pics of nak3.D. kids on his Instagram EXPOSE THEM - and this song Kids is in a movie called Didi dropped 2024

[@sertifiedjeenious1577]

Hello. The year 2020 checking in...... still the best music video ever made!!! The song is great on its own - but the video really makes it what it is. Congrats Jon (and Abby and Raf too i guess). A classic! A masterpiece! Still the best as far as i'm concerned after all these years..

[@schultzjessicaa4848]

this is my favorite fan-made video ever There's something addictive about their faces and the way they move... So much better than the official video. This should actually be the official video.

[@vénitienne]

🤡🤦

[@nomadovic]

9 years passed... still melting seeing that smile of hers :)

[@lupo03]

In 2015 I understanded that this is a fan made..... In 2020 I understood that that wasnt how you spell understood

[@doyler84]

This is the original video.

[@topdavid]

Slight Sin No way, this is just the most viewed...

[@sonic10ultimate]

Rakuzan™--Older Supraball Player-- I don't want to be the grammar nazi, but it's understood.

[@jannatera7794]

Rakuzan™--Older Supraball Player-- hahaha, same thing to me

[@connorharlow6228]

+Rakuzan™--Older Supraball Player-- whatever it is it brought up my mood :P

[@sethmyrrh8471]

This takes me back. I wish I could go back. I really like this video. And MGMT is rad.

[@traumerwall]

it's been a few years but I still can't stop love Abby and especially when it's in the make-up of this makeup emphasizes it as an interesting personality)) I would also like this girl and this is exactly the same make-up)

[@lavellegreen9856]

This video is so euphoric.

[@primusvix]

I've had this vid for many years...absolutely a keeper. not many like this...

[@GaiAlubinur]

The guy´s face is what makes this video work.

[@MrRockfish01]

Still awesome in 2019

[@jlstanfield4391]

I love the white face makeup, what a great song, it never gets old

[@marneyzj]

So ready for the new record from MGMT. Already have my preorder in!

[@suzawilo]

Still one of th greatest vids on YT ❤❤❤ Much love from Finland😊

[@haneOokame]

I can't stop lookin at them, I CAN'T STOP LOOKING AT THEM! I want to be their friend and have them paint my face as well!!

[@dubj5191]

From the second the dance routine starts on beat everything just feels right. Love this fan made version & always have. Always come back to it

[@zefi2321]

Something about that girl is pulling on my heart strings wtf, she’s so attractive

[@amho1]

Better video than the original !

[@sowtwtwt]

I am still obsessed with the face painted guy after all these years lol

[@ninaleh3524]

Thank you! Everybody's talking about the girl and I'm just drooling over the dude xD

[@kadijahsmithh]

sameeee everybody is talking about the girl like what !

[@kadijahsmithh]

Nina Leh omg sameeee

[@Klipse11]

The GOAT of all non-official videos. Perfection.

[@EasierHistory]

There’s something so enticing about that girl...Idk what it is but I think I’m in love

[@CHEDDScast]

This is fan made.. Wow GG Jon salmon

[@JazzTitan]

I never knew that this wasn't an official video. Like I knew there's the other one, I just figured they made two of them or something. For a class, this is pretty amazing. Of course everyone can't stop talking about the girl, but I love how they're so opposite of each other throughout the video. He's so serious and doesn't show any positive emotions, whereas she is bouncing around and can't stop smiling. I also love that little look away from the camera thing she does at 1:13

[@Twfish13]

her little eye roll kills me man, has for years

[@richardalexander302]

Never gets old in 2020

[@yuri_alba]

The best 240p video on KZbin!!!!!!

[@IamJacksColon4]

true story i thought the painted kids were actually MGMT, one of them looks very feminine.

[@HsuFetish]

Yes, you're right - the young woman in the video looks very feminine, indeed. How very observant of you.

[@TheAoyoc]

this music video captures this song better than any other attempt.

[@DeadPollo]

i don't know who you are but i truly hope you are feeling good right now Because only good people with genius ideas can come up with such marvelous videos.

[@wolfkiller6668]

This song is a work of art

[@LelandTien]

Mr Salmon, would love an updated link to the HD version!

[@dennisearl9686]

Are you kidding me? I'm loving the video especially knowing that there are passionate folk wiling to display freedom in such a great art form. The home made video makes this song better!

[@timespaice]

One of the best video ever

[@IzzyMarie]

When I watched this when I was younger, I thought it was the real thing, ugh its so good!

[@rebeccachesnul5948]

Omg same here back when I was in 8th

[@Wanderer-l9h]

This is rockin' my metaphoric boat.

[@ashleyclubpenguin9385]

The first time I heard that song I listened from your vidoclip and I think that makew the song better! Amazing work!!! Congrats

[@mellyflores3681]

I NEVER THOUGHT ID SEE THIS VIDEO AGAIN MY LIFE IS COMPLETE

[@inagreenleaf]

So nostalgic. It's one of those videos that'll stick for a long time, and indeed better than the original.

[@32snowbound60]

i always thought the girl in this video was mysteriously hot... anyone else think so? who the hell is that?

[@32snowbound60]

Hahaha^

[@paoloweed]

Me too...

[@randomjeb]

Her name is Abby

[@Fido1488]

There's a certain allure to her.

[@thedevinefeminine]

I thought they were all dudes. Lmao

[@mr.graymond5163]

I remember watching this with my dad and brother. This video is 1 year younger then me

[@ihaveaboyfriendmeh1026]

I thought this was the official video

[@OnlyOriginalSongs]

yes it is

[@THEGREATMAX]

A lot of the times, people forget that we, the audience, are the camera. Abby looking at the camera guy with so much love in her eyes is like she's looking at all of us. It's kind of beautiful, like a flower. She just comes off with this enthusiasm and happiness to be alive, and she's trying to share it with us through her body language and everything... so it makes everybody feel good inside

[@MrKosheen85]

That half smile @ 2:57....

[@davebj2987]

* - *

[@clubdesalud1488]

Great song and video that became part of my sound track of life. Was about to enter mid life when it came out. I had just completed a major life mile stone all the while living in a failing marriage. Life was litterally bitter sweet. I was on my own doing my thing trying to grow business, be a good dad to my 2 young kids. This style of music is a huge compliment to gen x music. It follows a natural progression that we can appreciate. And yes, this amateur video for me is the video and i am typing in this comment after just completing another major life mile stone that has taken me over 27 years to finally make happen

[@starpeep4410]

THIS is what I want to hear

[@dreamologydept]

i love the song but really im staring at her beauty

[@munherpes]

Just realized one of em is a girl; explains why "he" is so damn pretty.

[@zacharieaviles9801]

Anyone transcended the space-time continuum and is watching this from a state beyond the Lorentzian manifold, where conventional geodesics and spacetime symmetries no longer define reality?

[@Matty6660]

this new comments system is painful

[@EdAlbert]

I love this song

[@markfowler21able]

"THIS IS MY DESTINY!" -John Locke

[@artvjon]

Forever grateful for this song for helping me discover this band! I just reviewed MGMT's new self titled album,check it out,its the featured video on my channel! Want to hear what everyone else thinks!

[@broxtt]

It is so amazing that this (awesome) video is still available

[@EpicBurnReturn]

For reasons I'm not entirely sure I understand.. This song makes me unbelievably happy :)

[@EpicBurnReturn]

After countless hours of tireless research i can happily confirm.. its just a really good song!!

[@perrincaroline73]

Her face ... 1:05

[@Barrosy]

More views than the original video. How nice...

[@whoadude2038]

replay aspect. the original has an intro to it. this one can be replayed easily

[@jmckenzie962]

Not anymore. The official video now has like twice as many views than this one, I think that's because this video was taken down for awhile and only recently put back up.

[@iljogogalicia3026]

thanks JSalmon thanks Mgmt JSalmon gracias por crear este video y por tus actores ..en especial Aby Gracias a Mgmt por el tema Kids que hermosa cancion ... Gracias todo este sentimiento que tengo por estar aqui .. saludos a todos ..los que al igual que yo disfrutan de este Video y la Cancion

[@màxrivess]

j'adore cette musique

[@yanisk5773]

magnifique musique j'adore

[@xyxMUSICxyx]

Im in love with the girl :S

[@lexxx8959]

Abby fuller

[@nataliagarcia9529]

The girl omg

[@ZombieProductions09]

I heard this song in my friend's car and I searched it here.. I won't agree that this video is the worst he did according to the uploader. It's so beautiful! I thought this was the official video. I love the artistic style of the models :)