POLIÇA - "Wandering Star" (Official Music Video)

The song "Wandering Star" off of POLIÇA's debut record, ‘Give You The Ghost’, out via Totally Gross National Product.
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Director: ELY
Producer: Cathleen Cher
Choreographer: Yemi AD
Contemporary Artist & Studio Owner: Bradford Stewart
Cinematographer: Yuki Noguchi
Creative Director: Tyler Knowles
Costume Designer: Huyen
Stylist: Esther Yoon
Assistant Stylist: Alyssa James
Production Designer: John Casey Harris
Hair Stylist: Chie Sasaki
Makeup Artist: Sherri Celis
Tattoo FX Artist: Darius Cyrulik
Makeup Assistant: Kathleen Pardo
Cast:
Jennifer Nairn-Smith
Stephen Hernandez
Jean Tree
Andrew Allan James
Caitlin Conlon
Hannah Blake
Christine Engelfried
Erin Gales
Emilie Livingston
Miranda Maleski
Mackenzie Martin-Crosley
Nikka Pamenter
Katie Reese
1st Assistant Camera: Alicia Pharris
2nd Assistant Camera: Luis Estrada
Chief Lighting Technician: Chris Pritzlaff
Best Boy Electric: Drew Moe
Key Grip: Andrew Finch
Dolly Grip: Greg Cotten
Grip: Jo Vasquez
Color Correctionist: Greg White
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[@karenb3341]

I read that this video is about an aging artist who is awakened from an emotional slumber by memories of her art/muses. She gave her life to her art. She bleeds paint.

[@pazansun9678]

i hope u good tho.. he was aware of good music.. he`s in a better place now..

[@andreitarkovsky3214]

WTF?

[@keaganhassan8844]

You probably dont give a shit but if you are stoned like me during the covid times you can stream all of the new movies on Instaflixxer. Been streaming with my girlfriend for the last months xD

[@jaystechroom]

I heard this video was about 10 year old ash Ketchum from pallet town trying to be the worlds best Pokémon master. But to each their own I guess.

[@sacredivinty]

My friend and I watched this video years ago and we always thought of it as Peter Pan. The woman is Wendy before she dies. All of the characters she meets from Neverland visit her memory in her final day. First Peter, then Captain Hook, Tinkerbell and the ballerinas are the lost boys. Each color represents a memory of neverland. At the very end, after re-living all those amazing memories she is at peace. This is a beautiful piece no matter what.

[@singlewhitetim]

Working for the Moscow Ballet, I always interpreted this to be a dying teacher being visited by the greatest--and the worst--of her memories of specific students. The fourth dancer, the blonde, is clearly one of her favorites--perhaps a maternal sentiment?--and is able to coax her from her fugue and elicit a physical response and emotional reunion. All in all, a totally beautiful execution to accompany one of the artists best songs!

[@percivaldomonteiro1593]

I see Alzheimer's

[@ArtToots]

This video makes me cry every time I watch it. It perfectly portrays the journey of an artist, which also portrays the emotional journey of any person. My favorite part is when the young version of her dances with her, representing when someone is in their emotional and physical prime. Life is so precious and fleeting. Every moment is important.

[@poepflater]

Thank you, yes first time I see it, and I understood it and my face is leaking too. And I wasnt even here for this version of the song title.

[@ginnydm]

Every once in awhile a great music video comes along that makes you really think, gives you chills, maybe even brings a tear to your eye. For me, this is one of those videos. I think it can be interpretted in so many ways, to the point that no two people may have the same interpretation. And that's okay, maybe it's even better that way. The song is great, but this video makes it spectacular.

[@jacobcotner3963]

I don't believe it would be an exaggeration to say that I have listened to this song close to 30 times in the past 24 hrs...it has blown me away. STUNNING!

[@bobcarchidi3354]

ABSOLUTELY CRAZY WHEEZY AND AVIATORKEYZZ SAMPLED THIS. NEED THIS UZI SONG SO BAD YALL HAVE NO IDEA

[@x4ms]

She must have been a beautyful young dancer herself. She still is a beauty. It makes me cry, when I see her getting over it and becoming playful again. Passing over may be less frightening then.

[@retrolea4105]

I'm not often brought to tears... This was an exception.

[@mirandastuart-milligan3977]

Q1aaà1

[@Panthercholo]

One of the best videos I've ever seen.

[@gabicsmm]

Essa música me faz voltar no tempo, na época que comecei a sair sozinha pra ir até a cidade vizinha fazer um cursinho. Foi a minha primeira sensação de liberdade e responsabilidade, eu estava ali sozinha, cuidando de mim mesma, tão jovem e despreocupada com as coisas... Não me dava conta disso na época, mas foi a melhor fase da minha vida, minhas primeiras escolhas, primeiras decisões, início da vida adulta, passagem de menina para mulher. Essa música tocava nos meus fones baratos, junto com lykke li (que fase!) e panic at the disco. Aleatório o meu comentário, mas feliz por ter esse espaço aqui no yt pra descrever qualquer coisa sem precisar explicar pra alguém o porquê. Era isso que eu tinha em 2011. Um compromisso na cidade vizinha, sem saber porque fazia aquilo, sem um porquê, mas no final só atingiria a mim e meus primeiros momentos conscientes na vida.

[@redhairdavid]

that one got me right in the feels

[@dresdamanx]

The spirits of her artwork come alive and comfort her in her lonlines that has come with a long life. The emotions from which she created the characters are revisited and she bleeds the colors she imagined.

[@ayindeprecious5399]

One of the most underrated artists of our generation!!!

[@blakeb1048]

My thoughts on it is that the first few dancers are several stages of death. During the first few she is confused and it is something new to her. The man with the pants is the pain she is facing knowing what she has to leave behind. I feel like the lady in blue represents the moment where she accepts it as something beautiful and not something to be scared of. I think that lady whispers "it is all going to be ok" and after that, the dancers in white are angels taking her up. Just my take on it

[@sabrinea317]

Your comment just made me cry. What a beautiful perception.

[@minimalistica01]

When the day is done And I lay me down I sit alone in my lonely bed And I think about The day we had And it makes me sad 'cause you're gone When the day is done And I lay me down This sheet's so cold And your space is dark And I hear you whispering something sweet And it doesn't move me and it knows me When the day is done And I lay me down I sit alone in my lonely bed And I think about The day we had And it makes me sad 'cause you're gone After all I'm married to the wandering star I kissed his moon It was full and I fell in love with thee But now, the world turns around me Turns around me Turns around me Turns around me When the day is done And I lay me down This sheet's so cold And your place is dark And I hear you whispering something sweet And it doesn't move and it knows me After all, I'm married to the wandering star I kissed his moon It was full and I fell in love with thee But now the world turns around me After all, I'm married to the wandering star I kissed his moon It was full and I fell in love with thee But now the world turns around me When the day is done And I lay me down This sheet's so cold And your space is dark And I hear you whispering something sweet And it doesn't move and it knows me

[@LosFicosMusic]

Indica Music

[@olgatrokhina9098]

Thank you for the lyrics

[@JennRighter]

As soon as I saw Eugene's coming out video, I KNEW he had to have been a part of this and I was right. How beautiful.

[@priscillacoral2559]

This is the last music my brother listened to before he died :'( he LOVED Polica. RIP Albert..

[@davidilic2150]

so sry ...RIP

[@lizaa8268]

Priscilla Coral omg :(

[@darrylbrostrom4633]

Priscilla Coral Im sorry for your loss...your brother had great taste in music..when I first heard this I thought about my own life...my own mortality...it was all I listened to for a week or two...and today ive posted it on my FB dedicated to the mother I lost yesterday...this is beautiful music.. im so glad it its something you can use to remember your brother with...

[@thetayterminator1436]

Priscilla Coral my brother died 3 years ago also. Gf died last year, so sorry for your loss, its good to have music that connects us to those we lost.

[@TheKatarinaGiselle]

So sorry for your loss 💓

[@bobcarchidi3354]

THE LIL UZI AND WHEEZY SONG USING THIS BEAT SAMPLE LEAKED.

[@tmnuzi6166]

DISCLOSE MY LOCATION, SOMEWHERE YOU CAN'T FIND ME

[@niles8102]

The message: She felt tired, weak and lifeless but her art revived her and kept her going! So god damn beautiful!

[@SysPoppy]

thank you for mansplaining

[@GorkeRavenheart]

This song always makes me cry... Great job Polica

[@sierradelta07]

I'm rendered speechless by how beautifully this video fits the song. Not a literal interpretation but something more subtle and with universal appeal. Young and old alike can empathise with the lady grabbing on to long-distant memories. Just beautiful

[@k.obrien6911]

Its like just everything they do is so beautiful and haunting and moving. Its like they take music to another world. So uplifting in these difficult times we are all facing .

[@raphaeltramontana7961]

really rare to see art in musicvideos..simple and well done..just great

[@dtw63]

A friend of mine told me about this song and video a few years ago. Her son was the one of the videographers who worked on the video. The video is beautiful and the song is very haunting and brings back memories of lost and long ago love.

[@hautevoltage]

INTENSE! BEAUTIFUL!

[@oliviarossi5131]

I see this video as a story of this woman and her life. The first dancer represents her childish sense of wonder and imagination, the second represents her sensuality as a woman and the fiesty attitude she expresses, the third represents all of the pain in life, and the last represents all the joy she has experienced and the overall beauty and positivity of life. In the end, the woman has reached peace and is content with her time, accepting death and allowing the white angels to take her away.

[@mml92748]

This video is a true masterpiece in my opinion. I don't know about anyone else, but I can interpret so much symbolism in this story. It is told with such grace and beauty... well done!

[@percivaldomonteiro1593]

what do you see?

[@azwells7729]

I loved the song, but the video…so beautiful it makes me cry. ❤️‍🩹✨

[@Atilgan]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipnYl6mXirucZ7M from 1995 this was already done

[@caitlinlarsen5204]

this video is brilliant. i love the juxtaposition of the drums and bass with her voice thru filter. those drummers are monsters. holy hell.

[@pingguozhii]

For me, is about a person who lost faith and inspiration in life. Waiting to be touched by the feelings of feel alive and the beauty of art, the beauty that inspires life. As an artists who is enduring a really hard lost in my personal life, this video made my day and probably my try to feel in a better mood.

[@MoiraRussell]

That is some beautiful dancing. Love the use of paint, too.

[@tomorrowmely3624]

So beautiful and meaningful! I love that woman's face.

[@Annyonweb]

I feel that the ones in white at the end were her blank canvasses and the whole video is about her creation process and how much joy she feels about her works. I don't think it's dementia, just memories washing over her as she is slowly unable to hold her brushes anymore - the little movement she has until the end when her hands touch the blank canvasses again and the joy that comes out with it. Remembering that is lighting her soul once more. That's how i feel about it. Amazing video.

[@boots9658]

This is the music that the louder you play, the better you feel. What a beautiful video, so many different perceptions. I could watch this over and over and still come up with different meanings. Powerful. Work like that isn't created anymore.

[@letsgetcellular]

I've been watching this video nonstop trying to understand it. Whatever it may be, it always brings me to tears and gives me goosebumps! I've never felt so much from a song and video.

[@asenath7766]

Polica still hasn't topped Give You the Ghost album, IMO. It's their best album by far.

[@dariorobertherma7169]

That's one hell of a song.... :O

[@anb3rlyn]

Beautiful song. Beautiful video.

[@snoutout]

This is only my interpretation but this video is showing the personal experience of an old woman on her deathbed (the room she's sitting in is her mind). Many memories of her past relationships flood her mind - the various dancers representing these people, coming back to her to help her come to terms with everything she lived and felt and bringing her comfort: telling her "everything is okay". The white dancers at the end are angels to help assist her pass into the next world.

[@blahness013]

It seemed like the woman's past paintings were coming to life to remind her of the life/joy she experienced through making art... like instead of her creating life through art, the art was giving the life back to her... and then once she was full of life again she created more art with the dancers in white/ fresh canvases. She made the art and then we see that the art actually made her.

[@PreachingChief]

This is art! Damn, loved it, so many emotions was transferred through the movement and flow of the ballet dancers...

[@bamas5302]

Makes me feel like she can't dance anymore but she still wants to!!

[@kayleecromling7132]

this was absolutely gorgeous.

[@bamas5302]

Ok I think I get it, her work came to life!!! In her room!! Where she creates!!

[@briankenney7577]

I think the last white balerinas represent the casual things that dont really matter and distract us, you see the old lady kinda trys to look thru them and feels lost you can see that in her face... love the song and the video it was like watching a beautiful short movie..

[@mania66107]

the dancers seem like the four seasons.... each passes her by leaving their mark like the years she has lived.

[@evaangel9664]

I believe this is about an older artists being reacquainted with art and the passion behind it. And then being present blank canvases to make art with. 🤍

[@ramirorivera3930]

This song tugs on my heart strings... in a good way .

[@unclebeardo]

this video is so beautiful. my mother fell into a deep agoraphobia with severe anxiety and constant panic attacks after the orange nightmare took over the country, and has yet to break out of it. this video made me think of her and i actually broke down a bit in tears, wishing that we could pull her out of her hole as the dancers in this video did. i just discovered this band yesterday and am really glad i did, albeit very late. lol

[@unclebeardo]

i spent waaay too long sleeping on this style (and others) of music and only listened to metal and punk. glad i broke out of that and have been discovering so much more amazing and beautiful music!

[@daWaatcher1]

yes you guys... i feel you... at the most basic level these are her memories. iTS a beautiful piece and an appropriate and expressive video.

[@YoungerPerSeC]

Saw this on tv today and instantly fell in love with both, song and video! It's so very beautiful and inspirational.

[@tonycostich1281]

This is one of the most breathtaking videos I've ever seen. It's stunning!

[@tannerboyer37]

i picture it as a very old lady with probably dimensia and each of those dancers in the beginning symbolize some emotion or even in her life some good some bad and at the end she finally comes at peace with her life and dies when they lay her down but its definitely a work of art thats why theres so many interpretations

[@sandroforevah21]

Please love your parents. They go too soon. Help them to maintain the will to live in joy till the end. Thank you.

[@RedFalcra]

My thoughts on the concepts..... First is youth and wilderness, second strength and will, third fear and oblivion, fourth love and content. Since all those ballerinas color themselves differently, the last thing would be a composition of all these traits and emotion to represent human life.......That's What I Think :)

[@mop7986]

www.academia.edu/22764130/Wandering_Star_Emboldening_Somatic_Movement_Education_and_Therapy

[@vixipixie84]

I read in an interview (with the Director in 2012) that each of the dancers that approach the artist actually danced to different music while filming this to help them get in character---does anyone know where I might find out what music they danced to? I know one (the third dancer I think) used Massive Attack/Paradise Circus. I'm just really interested in what they had playing when they got in character since they are all so amazing. I love this video. :]

[@melmantle]

Hey, I'm doing research on this music video for an essay and I wanted to find out the same thing! So I tweeted Eugene Lee Yang (the director, ELY) and he said that Dancer #1's song was 'I'm God' by Clams Casino, #2's was 'Wildfire' by SBTRKT, #3's was 'Paradise Circus', #4 listened to 'To Build a Home' by the Cinematic Orchestra and the dancers in white were choreographed to Polica's song :)

[@vixipixie84]

Sweet! Thanks! Good luck on your research paper :]

[@3chic3]

Melissa Mantle Victoria DeMattei This just made this music video & this song THAT much more Epic & Creative!! I did not know this!! Amazing.

[@grinsekatze7930]

Melissa Mantle hello! I know it's been two years, but I'd love to read your essay. is that possible? 💖

[@ucandeve6958]

wow. I love all of them

[@monkee014]

This video playing with the music evokes so much emotion.... wow. Amazing!

[@TheFabricioosousaa]

It's so good to be here again after so many years! Stills great!

[@colinpetersen1450]

so good

[@mentalwd40]

I feel the room represents the old woman's life or soul, the dancers are representations of herself at different times in different ways - sometimes joyful, sometimes frightening, sometimes nurturing... the energy she put forth into the world. As she comes to terms with her own mortality she bleeds the primary colours from her head first, breaking away from the rational and intellectual, becoming more earthy and primordial herself until she is consumed by her own release. She is liberated.

[@MsSalome83]

This video touches me deeply. I relate it to a dear friend & former educator who was vibrantly instrumental in forming the ideals & artistry of my young sisters. The brunette & blonde dancers remind me of them paying homage to her. Thank you for this, I cherish it.

[@markadams157]

Amazing voice presentz

[@snoutout]

I can definitely see that too. Thanks.

[@maggie_36]

Perfect😊

[@nenashawnautumn5494]

WTF THIS IS PURE ART

[@Sarah-sb7sg]

This is the most powerful expression of life I've ever seen. I love the way all the memories consume her at the end. It's like they are all just forces of nature, killing her in the most beautiful way possible.

[@fuckingordinarygirl]

one of my favourite songs

[@letiziazappetti7868]

Cette chanson est Sublime ❤

[@Volterator]

I like everything about this. I don't say that too often.

[@RedFalcra]

Oh ya, also that the movement and color complement each trait and emotion that is represented

[@MNeric1986]

Nothing compares to homegrown Minneapolis music

[@MyNiche2]

amazing live. amazing.

[@cosmicmanik]

Bursting into tears...

[@YoupunkAP]

COMPLETELY BLOWN AWAY BY THIS...I had this idea years ago and they did it perfectly..THANKS POLICA..

[@jessklee22]

so many feels

[@JULKEmtb]

This is art!

[@usedfuzzbox]

Keep coming back to this one....

[@snoutout]

I'm glad you were impacted by my view of it. It's an amazing song, band and video. I hope I get to see them live too!

[@kimmykiddO]

I feel like they are guiding her to the after life this video was very beautiful !!!

[@oscarzamudio4594]

wow what powerful imagery, and poliça's music alone just make the hair on my arms stand up!!!

[@kaleidoscopeu9044]

This whole thing is just awsome

[@roney76]

I dont think she`s lost at the end, more enchanted by their beauty. Still, a great video. Great album, too.

[@dimivas1990]

pure art!!!

[@chriscollas2754]

Yes I did hear this first because of Harry Mains 2016 BMX edit. But I'm here because this song is awesome.

[@jerry4k]

Masterpiece

[@burchin1401]

the art

[@Meg_n_]

Art in motion

[@mmmalex05]

Mesmerizing. I couldn't take my eyes off of this.

[@amycama]

Read Charles De Lint's Memory and Dream for a fantastic read of when a painter's characters do come alive. That's what the video reminded me of and it's a fabulous video, one of my favorites!

[@blud4lifeb4l]

this has to be the best chilling song to listen to when stoned!!!!!!

[@cnieves2277]

This is seriously one of the most beautiful and sad songs I've heard and the video captures those sentiments completely. I'm really glad someone recommended Polica to me because I would have really missed out.

[@JuiceMyRandomness]

Perfection

[@KyleKings2002]

Who’s here in 2048?

[@fashionfrk]

Magic.

[@msliana89]

love this song. the dancing was so beautiful. felt so many emotions..

[@SoYouShouldKnow]

This is just.. gorgeous.

[@tcoe64]

I didn't like this at first. But now it gives me chills.

[@ccopelandofficial]

Saw this live last night... they were incredible! Can't wait for the new album release.

[@markadams157]

Simply love this. I will suppose it's a relationship with a mother and her younger self totally understandable when my mom was young she had her voice and she left us with her voice

[@AP-yy1kd]

very moving