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Video Credits
Created By: Apartment D (@apartmentdfilms)
Director: Sean Malony
Producer: Maximilian Lopez
Production Manager: Zoe Moacanin
Director of Photography: Warren Sheetz
Art Director: Tiffany Liu
Fabricator: Ilyssa Simsek
Additional Fabrication: Christine Brennan
Puppet Fabrication: Hannz Mulligan and Maximilian Lopez
Animators: Hans Voegeli, Daniel Ruiz and Sean Malony
Additional FX Animation: Kianu Morales
Production Assistant: Sierra Benhoff
Track Reader: Ricardo Munoz
Post Production: Yuya Takeda
Compositors: Shanti Hands, Daniel Ruiz, Sean Malony
Wolverine Wire Sculpture by: Dillon Markey
Watercolor Paintings by: Robyn Stanford
Chakra Illustration by: Jonathan Peartree
Creative Consultant: Cami Kwan
End Credits Editor: Zoe Kim
“NASA’s 4K View of April 17 Solar Flare” Credit to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Special Thanks to: Cami Kwan, Ari Grabb, Jason McLagan, Travis Lee, Sam Gurry, 24 Memes Per Second, Space Lube, Aaron Umetani, and all the rad artists at Apartment D
Music Credits
Written By: Dan Avidan & Brian Wecht
Vocals: Dan Avidan
Additional Vocals by Arin Hanson & Michael Starr
Keys, Synths, and Piano: Brian Wecht
Drums: Havve Hogan
Guitar: Lord Phobos
Bass Commander Meouch
Synths & Keys: Doctor Sung
Additional guitars: Jim Roach
Produced By: Jim Roach
Engineered By: Jim Roach and Jerik Centeno
Assistant engineered By: Clinton Welander
Mastered By: Randy Merrill at Sterling Sound, NYC
Edited By: Jerik Centeno and Jim Roach
Recorded at Sunset Sound and Santa Monica Recordings in Los Angeles, CA

[@apartmentdfilms]

From all the artists at Apartment D: This was a mega fun rollercoaster to animate, we hope you all dig it!! ⚡

[@ArthurDoyleLazerhorse]

Astronomical amount of work went into this. You crazy bastards!

[@jonathanhall9244]

You guys carried the fuck yeah all the way. This is absolutely beautiful and my new favorite 8 minutes of stop motion work from all time

[@vividandlucid]

I can't begin to imagine how much love and effort went into this! So awesome!

[@glitchedcargo7577]

ITS AMAZING THANK YOU!!!!!

[@kagemarunl]

You all did a PHENOMENAL JOB!! Thank you for your work on this, to everyone who helped! ♥♥

[@Codarius]

This feels like it should be on Adult Swim in 2004, in the best way possible.

[@williammeyer2584]

Very Moral Orel, yes

[@AxxLAfriku]

Chill out, what ya yellin' for? Lay back, it's all been done before. And if you could only let it be, you will see that I am the funniest YouT*ber of all time. Admit it, my dear follow*r coda

[@gregorywiederecht]

@@williammeyer2584 or Titan Maximum

[@user-qo7xy9yt2x]

Time travelers from the future DO THIS FIRST

[@ocarinaplaya]

The kind of video you'd see on MTV if that channel had just stayed the course.

[@BierBart12]

The kinda MTV video you'd see if you stayed half-awake past midnight during a flu And years later, you'd question its existence, since it was amazing.

[@intendedviewer922]

@@BierBart12 i know exactly what you mean 👌

[@danieltilson4053]

What gets me, is that MTV pulled off like... 4 spinoff channels. Each intended to be music only in the beginning, but then changing when they realized they got better ratings from bad reality TV shows. Every time.

[@maddestmike5791]

Funny that you mention that, since Dan said during the Game Grumps Super Metroid playthrough that he hates MTV.

[@becomingachristian]

Yes had MTV just continued to be racist music lovers what could the music world be to this day

[@elizabethmullis8096]

I absolutely love 7:43 where Dan is signing the numbers 6 and 9 in ASL. Not sure if that's intentional or not but I totally noticed and appreciated the inclusion

[@ViridianAubergine]

It's stop motion, it's ABSOLUTELY intentional

[@savarast]

Thats pretty damn cool actually

[@sawyerschultz6205]

sorry for being a uncultured swine but what is ASL?

[@vicentefernandez9084]

@@sawyerschultz6205 American Sign Language :)

[@sawyerschultz6205]

@@vicentefernandez9084 thank you

[@saxmaverick]

"men and women wave to each other from a respectable distance" hits harder

[@linkholder]

69 likes, heh, nice

[@Kuro_Tsuki]

OOF 😣

[@1cancadrilo1]

Covid69

[@lavity7157]

@@1cancadrilo1 nice one but also, OOF

[@BlindMelonLord]

Right? Oof

[@dapperdavid3193]

Brian: "aka: DAAAAAAMN" Danny: "hobbies: Jewing around" My two favourite details from their blink and you miss them bios.

[@jasperlennaen3578]

My favourite is that its says Brian is from Tokyo, New Jersey.

[@entr3_nou5]

@@jasperlennaen3578 ain’t that the place Big Hero 6 is? Lmao jk

[@freddylisy10]

My favorite is how Brian’s height and build are both ninja and his hobbies are theoretical physics and causal mutilation. With some croquet on the side

[@protalghulnist4126]

@@entr3_nou5 that would be San Fransokyo

[@emmmaleficent]

My one disappointment is that dachshund is misspelled.

[@slimchelmi6940]

I'm being completely serious here: everytime I get to that "god damn brian you killed them all" part tears fill my eyes because I'm *SO GOD DAMN INVESTED!!!*

[@danieloceansmith3156]

His spite is enough to allow him to breathe in space…. Yeah that tracks

[@beefykeith48]

i feel the exact same way :,)

[@zrizzelangelo3.03]

Goddamn Brian indeed!!

[@brandsworth2022]

The part at the end where it recaps the events while the numbers zoom out slowly gets me emotional every time for some reason.

[@brianmcawesome]

@@danieloceansmith3156 That is the power of a well crafted and payed off melody. It can make a song as silly as this emotionally powerful.

[@samvogel2015]

This is my favorite Evangelion timeline, where the instrumentality project is just Danny causing a massive global orgy. But seriously, absolutely love this remastered version and can't wait to see more of ApartmentD's work!! Wonderful job to all

[@boobah5643]

I was gonna complain about that coming from nowhere, but given that I saw imagery from _Outlaw Star,_ _Gurren Lagann,_ and _Cowboy Bebop,_ can't really argue against it.

[@shurikenkat]

Shinji finally learned to bone.

[@loadeddice4696]

@@shurikenkat Kaworu bones Shinji until he can't walk straight Or think straight Or ANYTHING straight

[@Geth-Who]

Remember Hideaki Anno said that everything made with Evangelion is canon somewhere, so...

[@kellyhh2519]

It's what Shinji would of wanted 😌

[@ziethusfozzy1275]

I love how they showed us the making of in the credits, it's done so well its easy to forget each one of these were handmade puppets painstakingly animated frame by frame

[@Igarappappa]

Especially since at times I couldn't tell if it was actual physical models or very good CGI that emulated the look.

[@Patterrz]

I remember when the original came out, still an absolute banger

[@Lectrikfro]

Just like Danny

[@mystikpahndah1847]

Honestly wasn’t sure how much they could improve on the original. But yet, they did it.

[@tafferchuck1349]

I prefer the original simply coss Brian's acting at "people wave at each other from a respectable distance" was too good. Although this one has it's charm as well simply because of that space viking girl

[@mystikpahndah1847]

@@tafferchuck1349 I mean that’s totally fair. I loved the live acting in the original. (And their older stuff) Especially the continued use of the Danny dolls for stunts. That always gets me.

[@jeffstromberg8918]

@@mystikpahndah1847 I like this version of the song more, but the original video is better.

[@dv8474]

This shit was incredible, but the thing that killed me was that split second flash of Dan’s face at the very very end. Especially because I know EXACTLY what power hour episode it’s from.

[@andromeda4655]

I love how Ninja Brian is totally focused on piloting the ship and always has his trademark rage filled expression except for when Danny touches him at 1:57, where he becomes suddenly *incredibly* distracted and focused on Danny 😂

[@WalcomS7]

More ships need grappler arms. Outlaw Star wasn't enough.

[@apartmentdfilms]

HELL YEAH!!! 💪💪💪

[@IkkinDarkheart]

Hell yeah dude!

[@blockprime3006]

No fucking way hi walcom didn't expect to see you here I'm a big fan

[@shroomer8294]

Ships that hold guns > ships with guns

[@robertdelangel1230]

Doesn't help that Dan is dressed like Gene Starwind

[@Maybeprobablynot]

I love that Danny is signing "6-9-6-9" in ASL near the end, in fact there are so many little touches just make this a spectacular experience!

[@MrLegendofLP]

Holy shit I didn't catch that! I wonder if one of the artists that worked on the animation is Deaf or if the animation studio is just super progressive, cause that's an insane level of detail. New head canon: Danny Sexbang knows ASL solely so he's able to attempt wooing Deaf girls, and in this apocalyptic hellscape of anti-sex, Kristin was a Deaf girl that Danny just happened to fall for. I have no evidence of the last half of this headcanon and a lot of evidence against it, but I'm standing by it. Because while Danny Sexbang is presented as a pathetic, sex-crazed loser sometimes, deep down I think he's a sweetheart suffering from a serious case of Toxic Masculinity.

[@apartmentdfilms]

HECK YEAH!! So glad you noticed! A large portion of our team went to a school with a big deaf/hard of hearing population, so we wanted to add in some ASL!

[@joshoc252]

@@apartmentdfilms Hell yeah! My partner and I use ASL when we go nonverbal (autism) and I noticed it and we were both so happy! That little touch made our days, thank yall!!!

[@jocab3674]

@@MrLegendofLP I like to think he just learned ASL during his time as the Number 1 Ninja, and then just went full "Oh hey this'll help me seduce people!" sometime after he retired, he's Danny after all, he knows everything to do with the art of seduction

[@sorayuu8134]

That's epic af, anyone have the time stamp?

[@catrycerz]

God damn, Brian jumping through space is hella smooth and so dynamic-pretty sure I’ve just watched those frames alone more than I’ve listened to the song. You go, Apartment D!!!

[@ardzruni]

I always loved the headcanon that through Danny and Brian's inspiring examples, Kristen becomes the badass empress of the newly sexy earth. Now it is not even headcanon anymore that is exactly what is going down here.

[@JOELDSDLR]

I thought her name was Katie

[@theobserver9498]

@@JOELDSDLR Yes, Kristen Katie Darling De La Tetasrockean is a long name so her friends usually just call her by her first or second name.

[@Dead94820]

No matter how much I love this I can't help but miss the Evil Overlord Arin.

[@Kae.the.Selkie]

He's credited as "additional vocals" so is it actually him?

[@PsychoDiesel48]

Same, and some of the lines don't have that same rockin' vibe to them but hey, this version is just as dope

[@ZombieJesus1987]

@@Kae.the.Selkie I think he was one of the overdubs for the Evil Overlord. There was Michael Starr's voice in there and Arin is the deeper voice

[@Gyrono]

I also miss News Reporter Mark.

[@Tir3d219]

@@Kae.the.Selkie No, that's the lead singer of Steel Panther I believe. Arin's voice contributions are just the intro as far as I know.

[@grayjuner8880]

"You're gonna carry that fuck yeah" You guys are amazing

[@djbubblegum9975]

Based Cowboy Bebop reference

[@apartmentdfilms]

So stoked y’all are picking up the references 😭🔥🙏💪

[@blainegreene9751]

@@apartmentdfilms you guys killed it with this video extremely well done hats off, I got a bunch Gurren Lagann vibes from it as well don't know if that was intentional

[@moemuxhagi]

@@apartmentdfilms Let me guess : the Giant Six Winged Dan was Evangelion, and the Awesometer rating "11" out of "5" is Unicorn Wizard ?

[@waffles7038]

Was just about to comment this. So damn good.

[@benjanzen798]

Has anyone else noticed that the "uncharted awesomeness" was an "11 out of a possible 5" from Unicorn Wizard?

[@alanstringer.]

I ctrl+F'd to see if anyone had mentioned this, I'm glad some people out here are cultured.

[@benjanzen798]

@@alanstringer. hell yeah man I’m so glad we’re in the same boat lol

[@RobIsJobless]

Lots of classic references like the unicorn horns on the ship and everything

[@triforce8014]

fuck yeah

[@personwhotalks2049]

Dan as a biblically accurate angel at 5:39 is hilarious.

[@The_Dying_Rose]

Evangelion refrence?

[@LordCantalo]

This rocked. I do miss the charm of having friends in these things, like our GG boys as the Dick Elders, with Ross just on his phone the whole time, and Mark reporting about the orgy on television.

[@spicybeantofu]

Yeah that what makes the videos best

[@arlopullman4926]

I mean, that's covid for you. I don't doubt they'll get right back to it after that.

[@KitsyX]

It's ok, just edit the old video to the new version... All sorted.

[@canoncosplays]

Yeah i do miss that

[@mapleleaf5991]

I mean... the other version didnt end up on a milk carton or anything... It didnt go anywhere.

[@ImperfectXIII]

"Sakuga level" "You're Gonna Carry That Fuck Yeah" This is fucking legendary.

[@TapathyWR]

That fucking Evangelion reference though

[@papasadfather4192]

My thoughts almost exactly, holy shit this was awesome

[@hrodga]

Man, the Cowboy Bebop reference makes me wish Dan would cover some songs from the OST.. I'd love to hear him do "Call Me, Call Me". Hell; if he did a video, he could dress up like Spike.

[@andrewmeyer3599]

@@hrodga don't give us hope like that

[@launchpadplays]

@@hrodga I would literally die if Dan covered Call Me Call Me 🤯

[@ShybiNeo]

i love how christian hesitates a second before taking Danny's hand because human touch has been outlawed, great detail

[@andrewpacini168]

Kimberly is definitely better here than in the original

[@OjamaIndigo]

@@andrewpacini168 yeah Katherine is great in this

[@L33PL4Y]

You do know it's Kristen and not "Christian," right lol?

[@ShybiNeo]

@@L33PL4Y shhhhhhhhh, I'm stupid and don't know names 🤫

[@yawninglion1677]

I know, such great development for Katrina!

[@deadmemes4188]

After listening again to it. "Speed of brian" really got me.

[@loadeddice4696]

"The speed of light's for pussies" is an amazing line. It's so stupid, I love it.

[@jamesbtrippen6236]

Fun fact... Danny got this whole song done in one take. And he can harmonize with himself

[@afro-sisco9751]

Seems accurate

[@kfaughter4350]

That's actually not true

[@bulbavivi]

Facts

[@Olemayolol]

@@kfaughter4350 You’re just a hater

[@thewackerly]

@@kfaughter4350 Of course it's true! They have a time-machine-spaceship!

[@JustAPrinnyDood]

I've said for a long time now, if NSP ever does updated versions of their older songs like they did with this the album needs to be called The Ream Master

[@zeebo30]

The album is called Level Up

[@JustAPrinnyDood]

@@zeebo30 Ah, so it is.

[@DarthZ01]

@@zeebo30 doesn't change the fact that it needs to be the ream master

[@zeebo30]

@@DarthZ01 ur not wrong but I do enjoy it being called Level up as well. Feels appropriate for what the album is

[@breezingby2611]

Maybe the next updated songs album

[@Cyranek]

masterpiece

[@BruhMoment-mn9kn]

+6969 social credits comrade! 💪

[@eclipsedragonwing]

I love how Brian has to stop Dannny when he says "Open the bay doors" after he jumped out an airlock on their road trip.

[@Bluecho4]

I know, right? Ninja Brian: "No you don't. Not again."

[@MrWhiteSuit17]

TWRP is the special sauce that completes NSP. Together it's an unstoppable duo. Can we see a Starbomb (Level Up) in the future?

[@teensierkitty4214]

Nap is already a duo and TWRP is several guys

[@SteamyBlizzard]

@@teensierkitty4214 why

[@dragzking]

@@teensierkitty4214 He means an unstoppable duo of bands, despite TWRP being most of the instruments and helping with I think every single song since they’ve joined, they still are two bands

[@kfaughter4350]

Starbomb is done, they said they would never return to it ever

[@MoteMotin]

i cant believe they put "savage badger" as dan signature move, literally a move from nsp first song ever, watching this is such a bliss, thanks to everyone who made it possible

[@arielbridges961]

Those profile cards that the Elder looks at are from the first music video.

[@shead3583]

Mazel Tov Cocktail got me😆😆

[@Telemachus3232]

Did you notice the Quantum Awesometer was a nod to Unicorn Wizard. The Quantum Awesometer goes from 1-5 all the way to 11. Unicorn Wizard had the line "turn that s*** up to 11. Out of a possible 5"

[@qwertyasdf4081]

Yeah, I love when ApartmentD makes an NSP music video, they do amazing work

[@rikurankonen4055]

Let's get one thing straight. If the whole album slays as hard as this does, it will not be leaving my stereo for a whole year.

[@hallowed_grounds]

It do

[@rikurankonen4055]

@@hallowed_grounds OH, IT DO

[@L33PL4Y]

I REALLY REALLY REALLY FUCKING HOPE that they don't stop here with the Level Up concept and make more albums redoing old songs, because holy shit their music benefits SO MUCH from it.

[@minniejordan6208]

I love at 5:27 Danny did the Powerline - 'Eye 2 Eye' dance! So many amazing subtle touches were made while making this and I'm here for it.

[@Ashley_Rayn]

omg I just realized that now, thats awesome

[@Kayla-rm3ev]

I personally really appreciate that animators went through the trouble of having Danny sign “6969” at the end.

[@OwenLearnsDrawing]

Even deaf people can listen to this song! 😊

[@aaronbickle2006]

TWRP just raised this song to a whole different level. They absolutely rocked it. Can't wait for the full album release.

[@transcendentalanarchy]

What is twrp?

[@aferinx4931]

@@transcendentalanarchy Tupperware Remix Party, the band and Canadian boys who help dan and brian as their instrumentalists for almost all songs, so they can do stuff like this

[@Kitten_Cacophony]

@@transcendentalanarchy Also in puppet form at 0:50

[@orion470]

@@transcendentalanarchy fucking awesome, that’s what

[@minkeyandzomble6206]

6969 has already been released on an earlier album. This isn't a new song. Just a new video for it.

[@xRAINxOFxBLOODx]

6:30 Damn, that might just be the best Brian moment in the history of NSP...

[@nova.r.]

I love all of the little details Apartment D added to this video - Lamar the dinosaur in the time travel tunnel, the 'nut' button, the inclusive couples, and the cute-yet-evil redesigns of the Dick Elders. I wasn't sure if this version would stack up against the original but I'm so glad I took the chance - and I'm so glad they remade it. So much love and care was put into this video and song, you all did amazing!!

[@preeperdeep705]

Okay, but not enough people are talking about how Apartment D absolutely knocked it out of the park with the animation!

[@badantelope9870]

Idk what comments you are looking at. All i see are praise

[@Sheppmo]

I like how they showed a “making of the video” at the end. That team was dedicated as fuck!

[@mikegoggin570]

I love the original, but TWRP really elevated this song to a whole new level.

[@boibotgames5308]

You are very correct

[@theresaburgess3819]

Dare we say they LEVELED UP lmao I'm so sorry

[@scandinavianjoelmiller]

I like this but I have to say I prefer the original but it’s always nice to get an alternate version

[@KOVG1]

When Kristen/Katie walks on the ship for the first time, it looks like Ninja Brian is creating the smoke on the right. That's a fun little Easter egg

[@IckyNeko]

Brian's astroid to astroid leaping is so damn smooth, mad props to Apartment D. And the song slaps ass too, natch.

[@InfernalBanana]

You guys weren’t kidding when you said “Level Up”. Chills the whole time. Well done!

[@rizilmcbumbersnazzle188]

Same I had chills the whole way through.

[@ericwilson-musicandcovers8576]

Soon as that power chord hit I was like, "oh we're in for a treat,"

[@MichaelRichards983]

I didn't think it was that good

[@ineedabetterpfp2485]

@@MichaelRichards983 I mean. I guess I can’t argue with that, I guess?

[@MichaelRichards983]

@@ineedabetterpfp2485 A good response to my comment who be "who cares what you think." 😎

[@entr3_nou5]

I like how the remaster of this song actually makes it more like other rock epics where the different “sections” feel like different songs that blend in with each other, like where Dan and Kristen make love for the first time. Nice touch!

[@noahwebb6381]

Katie

[@nikomiyozo8671]

I think this was heavily inspired by the prog band rush with the name similar to 2112. You are right though and twrp made it so much cooler than the original which was already awesome. I'm hoping for Attitude City on the album.

[@entr3_nou5]

@@nikomiyozo8671 you’re gonna look at my username and tell me I don’t know what the inspo for this song was 😂

[@nikomiyozo8671]

@@entr3_nou5 I didn't read it tbh I just got off a 12 hour shift of work and was surprised by this beauty of a song.

[@CuteYuffie]

I cannot believe that Google put two commercials IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS MASTERPIECE OF A SONG AND VIDEO LIKE WHAT THE HECK LET ME ENJOY THIS PIECE OF ART

[@glz2274]

Tell me why I get chills every time at "SOUND THE ALAAAARMS!!!"

[@turtlebeach03]

The beautiful voice of Michael Starr from steel panther is calling for those alarms!

[@jobywonkonoby9754]

The stop motion In this is actually beyond professional, the expressions are perfect

[@apartmentdfilms]

❤️❤️❤️

[@grabble7605]

It's like this is their profession.

[@jobywonkonoby9754]

@@grabble7605 😀

[@MrAishoka]

@@apartmentdfilms incredible work guys ❤

[@andrewpappas9311]

Danny and Brian weren’t kidding about the Level Up version of this song, it’s so fucking good and just amps up the awesomeness of the original and I still love the “I know it’s most unusual for us to come before you so” line in reference/homage to Rush’s 2112

[@jacobwismer1512]

Not to mention the title and the "Let the banners be unfurled" line. This song is half sex ballad, half Rush tribute.

[@dylanmcintyre0502]

When NSP references other songs in theirs it makes me so fucking happy, like the Pink Floyd reference in The Mystic Crystal

[@andrewpappas9311]

@@dylanmcintyre0502 Yeah, but can you remind me what the Floyd reference was again? It's been awhile since I watched the video for Mystic Crystal so I most likely just forget what it was

[@crispwater7294]

@@andrewpappas9311The line "In labyrinths of coral caves" is a reference to Pink Floyd's Echoes, which features the same line

[@andrewpappas9311]

Crisp Water Right, I was just re-listening to Mystic Crystal yesterday and I totally forgot about that line for a minute since Echoes is one of my favourite Floyd songs. I always love it when Danny drops hints alluding to some of his favourite bands, since he and I both have similar tastes in music

[@hiddentrueth]

Ive had the honor of introducing this band to hundreds and hundreds of people on my travels across the states.

[@benderbendingrodriguez420]

Stop motion will never truly die with talent like this. Major props to everyone involved

[@leonardocalderongarcia2419]

Holy shit. This was like an anniversary celebration. Everything was fucking perfect and I loved every second

[@TheBrassBrigade]

Not gonna lie, I’m STUNNED how much of a level up this is with TWRP. I shouldn’t be stunned, cause you’re all amazing musicians who didn’t have as much available early on, but I am anyway! Great work! Can’t wait to hear all of the others!

[@Mitwadus]

Who is Twrp?

[@melteccraig]

The transition into some kind of techno funk at 4:30 is flawless

[@seansullivan2440]

Love the fact that Danny uses ASL to sign "6969" makes me happy

[@phoenixsoren]

Man, Arin looks way different than I remember

[@WickedAwzum13]

fame changed arin 😔

[@everythingcasual7377]

How so?

[@MyoticTesseract]

idk he looks the same to me

[@stormxrostheworldwalker2756]

"You're gonna carry that fuck yeah" You know I did buddy, you know I did. Also, that stop-motion was GORGEOUS and I loved every second of it!

[@KorraGriffith]

I love this video but the old one will always hold a very special place in my heart of listening to NSP while doing school homework, they truly captured the internet during that time with that video, and props to Dan and Brian in this video they really shaped a good masterpiece

[@runamerone5492]

I think what impresses me most is that this song is not only hilarious but genuinely slaps. Like, just the instrumental parts are genuinely in the same realm as the great 80s metal bands with a hint of Rush (which I know is the whole point, but they succeed).

[@Stubbaroni]

Everyone talking about callbacks, I haven’t seen the anyone talk about Danny’s ship playing the guitar solo on a bass at the end

[@manbum9842]

The ship is also left handed

[@jorkred7455]

It's Danny's bass!

[@thetoongrump9801]

Yeah that's been a running gag forever lmao.

[@apartmentdfilms]

The animator who did that shot (also named Danny) actually plays guitar, and reverse engineered the robot-hand positions based on the music. It totally blew our minds during the shoot!

[@Dess38780]

"You're gonna carry that fuck yeah." Well fuck. That brings back the feels

[@brinnshea]

I didn't get that part. Could you explain it?

[@Garfunky101]

@@brinnsheaIt's a reference to Cowboy Bebop's you're gonna carry that weight end card from the final episode

[@brinnshea]

@@Garfunky101 Thank you! It looked like a Cowboy Bebop end card to me, but I haven't seen the show in so long that the only one I remembered was "see you space cowboy"

[@Trizic_]

8:27 "You're Gonna Carry That Fuck Yeah." FUCK YEAH

[@eveyd602]

"Men and women wave to each other at a respectable distance" Good to see they're still social distancing in the future. Corona isn't a joke

[@forkontheleft7139]

I love the reference to Unicorn Wizard where they made the awesomometer gauge have an 11 out of a possible 5

[@kevinphandy2]

I love that this version isn't as vocally demanding without losing it's bite at all. Means there's a better chance we'll see this live finally!

[@onemanteam6543]

What exactly did he change to make it less vocally demanding?

[@Zinoba_]

@@onemanteam6543 If you compare the melodies of the two versions, you see that some of the higher parts have been changed to a melody with lower notes. Basically, singing high long notes is harder (especially live).

[@itmedan]

i dunno if im giving apartment D too much credit, but I'm 96% confident that they gave dannys model the 'weird short thumbs'. If you pause at 1:40 and 3:13 , you can notice ninja brian has slightly longer thumbs than dan. And I'd even that Kristen/Katie has long thumbs too if you pause at 4:49. Proving my theory that apartment D took that extra bit of detail and made sure it was consistent.

[@cooldude7255]

apartment d did good with the gurren laggan reference, such a good series

[@swiftlymurmurs1825]

Everything TWRP touches turns to funk-rock gold, this is everything I ever wanted

[@aaronmoore6275]

The funk transcends life, death, color creed, genre and gender.

[@ramenramrod]

Accurate.

[@T-Zee]

The original was actually my first ever NSP song… so to see this remastered and sound PERFECT! Brought tears to my eyes. thank you

[@winniethebish2893]

Same here. First song with NSP, glad to have this beautiful revisit on 69ing :')

[@Bangcat]

Gonna carry that Cowboy Bebop reverence. That really gave it that final punch that put it on equal firing of the original video. Good work on the hard work too.

[@tiberseptim37]

God, so many NSP references stuck in the margins. Which is fitting, cause this really is the quintessential NSP song.

[@cannedtunaproductions]

The wave of Nostalgia right now is so intense. i missed this song.

[@matthewstephen1257]

Yeah, I feel like I'm in middle school again listening to this. Very gud 👍

[@MisforMature]

Nostalgia... ? Were you 4 when this came out? It came out in 2015!

[@BionicDirector117]

@@MisforMature so what if they were? What are you gonna do about it?

[@cannedtunaproductions]

@@MisforMature i was probably 14 at best. adulthood makes anything nostalgic.

[@kagemarunl]

@@MisforMature Which is already 7, almost 8 years ago. Let people enjoy things.

[@Ashley-yf4nf]

I honestly cannot even comprehend how this was possible? This is so intricate and the imagery was really fantastic! Really fantastic work to everyone who worked on this, you knocked it out of the park!

[@captianbacon]

As much as I love the original this blows it out of the water 10fold

[@highdefinition450]

Lmao the original took years to make

[@bayardkyyako7427]

It's called "animation"

[@strike3559]

This feels so much more like a finish, polished, ultimate version of the song. Well done!

[@cameronsteel8801]

I wasn’t sure what kind of animation I was looking at throughout the video, but I knew it wasn’t stop motion because that would have required an impossible, inhuman amount of work and talent. And then I got to the credits and WHAT

[@queenofworry]

I didn't think it was possible, but mad props to TWRP for making this track even sexier

[@fiddlemyfoddle6374]

I was gonna say EXACTLY this.

[@KingDodango]

Every second of the Universe's existence has led us to this point.

[@xeras6101]

Truly the best timeline

[@thundacrasher9862]

Cooky cat

[@michaelfields4536]

We have been graced with the ability to be born at a perfect time to view this

[@programmer437]

*sexistence

[@flynndonald6892]

God dam right

[@alechancox9527]

This brought back memories from when the original came out when everything was less complicated and simple. This was fantastic.

[@RobIsJobless]

6969 definitely gotta be one of the greatest nsp songs of all time even 6 years later

[@loooooooooby]

I guess they stopped caring about Lamar going back to night school.

[@carl_consumer.of.reality]

i won't forget you, Lamar

[@alon9328]

They still care, there’s just bigger priorities at hand. Lamar can wait, Boning is forever!

[@knightinashes6934]

at least Lamar has a cameo in this video

[@NWolfsson]

He's just casually riding the tides of time. No biggie.

[@alon9328]

@@NWolfsson at the end of the day, aren’t we all just riding the tides of time? Ride on, Lamar!

[@annebolynzarsilve]

I honestly really love Kristen in this version. She never says anything, but she acts a lot with her face and gestures. She seems like a blast to be around!

[@003dylan]

Yeah, it's the same way I felt about the girl from Parent's House. Whoever is directing the animators is doing great

[@juubi249]

Nah her name's totally Katherine

[@allan_nightmare]

yeah, good ol Katie, well never forget her

[@qdHazen]

If only we all had someone like Kelly in our lives…

[@lewisgreen4240]

Yeah Kiera seems super cool!!

[@DanielBirrell]

You can really feel the the 80's music love from them in this, and it also has a very Rush feel. This is by far the best NSP song, god I love it.

[@JoyfulJester6371]

I love how originally Brian killing him was a joke but here it's a badass display that would make samurai jack blush FUCK YEAH

[@mybrianhurts6759]

5:34 man that Neon Genesis Evangelion reference is fucking TIGHT. I like how the song manages to take Danny’s aged vocals but still keep the epicness from when the song was first released. Amazing job boys.

[@mybrianhurts6759]

AND COWBOY BEBOP AT THE END TOO man this shit Rock fucks

[@ChickaBump100]

The amount of time and effort that goes into stop motion is insane. Good fucking work Apartment D and the redone song itself sounds so good.

[@apartmentdfilms]

Thank you!! This was so much fun to make - it was a labor of super sexy space opera love!

[@Valkenhyne]

The way they interpreted a sex scene in this is honestly perfect, fits the song incredibly well.

[@stevemorris6388]

Out of all the anime references, the Outlaw Star ones are the ones I appreciate the most

[@Brinkalski]

"Without the thrill of boning, what is life..." "Coming this October, Google Pixel 16---"

[@BeterGriff69]

Bro thats the only ad it shows me

[@Techno963]

I like that the ship has a horn now Because as we all know, a ship's horn is it's strength And it's strength is it's power And it's power is it's horn So in factuality, the ship's horn is it's dick.

[@KorriTimigan]

Hang on, I gotta go... that sentence got a little too amazing for me.

[@TheBlackLantern34]

@@KorriTimigan Eughstounding

[@HardestTB]

Listening to this makes me cry, not because the lyrics touched me or anything but because Danny is having so much fun singing. My man is living his goddamn dream.

[@L33PL4Y]

THIS IS FUCKING INSANE. I was absolutely goddamned MINDBLOWN when the reveal came at the end that this was PRACTICAL AND NOT ALL CG WHAT THE FUUUUUUCK. Also, this whole Level Up album is just fucking incredible, SO much better than the original tracks in all ways. I REALLY hope you guys do more "Level Up" style albums where you redo old songs, because they could literally all benefit SO much from your new skills, new band members, and new production quality.

[@AllyGatorAnimator]

The animation is amazing throughout (those Dick Elder designs), but I especially love how the ship was given character and personality, even as an extension of Danny. It's a real testament to the talent of Apartment D to have an inanimate object have such life.

[@jackhealy3328]

This is an eargasm, eyegasm and groovegasm all rolled into one.

[@bravecounsel4786]

SHOOT THE LAZERS SHOOT THR FUCKEN LAZER AT EM!!

[@jactotum]

fuck yeah

[@Sheppmo]

I’ve never seen a fast paced action scene like the Brian one at the end. Epic job Apartment D! You did Ninja Brian justice!

[@BudStudmuffin]

Remember when the internet did cool stuff like this? Thanks for keeping it alive

[@wespapes2054]

This feels fuckin' even more epic. Can't wait for the rest of the album.

[@FishHookEXE]

Yeah musically the mixing is a lot stronger, better instrumentation, like the vocal mix (or vocal re-recording, whichever it is) a lot better...overall bang-up job, fellas! Can't wait to hear some of the older tunes.

[@ITheSuperior]

Yeah, in the original I could barely understand the lyrics Now I finally got the full plot

[@stevencooper564]

Definitely a full band rerecording. This is such a great way to really emphasis the change and evolution of the band from 2 guys making cheap videos to a full band with an evolved (and improved) sound. So stoked for the album.

[@tpierce104]

@@stevencooper564 I'm really excited to see the evolution of the songs from the first two albums. I love them, but they were recorded so long ago and the band has come so far since then.

[@Emcee_Coin]

I still feel like the vocal mix could be louder :/

[@ErikTheVirtualgamer]

you can hear how much danny’s voice changed and got much stronger since the original.

[@DynoSkrimisher]

Out of my endless hours listening to this, I never realized that Brian points with his middle finger instead of his Index.

[@dooplets._.5776]

Honestly the level up videos have made me so happy, I love all these songs but the videos and audio were kinda dated. It's like all the fun of the original songs got punched up a bit and I just love it a lot.

[@MichaelCutts7]

I love how the song’s premise is nuts but it’s actually a masterfully constructed rock-opera. 🤘That harmony in the last section paired with the guitar is amazing

[@TheRexisFern]

Everyone talking about missing this song, I'm over here watching it bare minimum once a month. And now 9 have TWO options for enjoying this masterpiece!

[@lukejames4958]

Fucking right aye, accept my shaft is still a regular for me

[@TheRexisFern]

My comment has 69 likes as of my typing this, and I could NOT BE MORE PROUD!

[@orangemoustash]

Apartment D rocked it. Also just noticed at the end their dial went up to 11 out of a possible 5. Can't believe I missed this until now.

[@Crazael]

5:34 - 5:38 is probably one of my favorite unexpected Evangelion references. Though it makes me curious if it was NSP's idea, or something Apartment D came up with.