The Shins - The Rifle's Spiral (Video)

Music video by The Shins performing The Rifle's Spiral. (C) 2012 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment

[@wamlythecrabgod2199]

Imagine just chilling with the bois and all of a sudden some asshole steals your rabbit

[@backstabboi4559]

Yep

[@sev417hello]

Yep

[@ShenkoIlya]

Yep

[@wamlythecrabgod2199]

Yep

[@just_me1232]

Yep

[@breezebuilder_]

At 1:27, the one-eyed man uses a telescope, while the other two use binoculars. Neat.

[@A_Fringe_Wizard]

@@CatawbaWX. GOOD EYE 😂😂😂

[@ya_boll]

Ну а хули им.

[@jordanezell5132]

Breezebuilder Well of course. How did I not notice that?

[@ruslankazimov622]

Telescope ?.... It's a monocular. It's like calling a magnifying glass a microscope.

[@wintergaming4279]

Trouble with the trolley eh

[@VibeDPyro]

You and your homies chilling then your rabbit evaporates

[@threenrk]

Ey bro pull out some string outta my eye socket so we can find our rabbit

[@StaleCrony]

Comedy gold from the two of you.

[@J4hk2]

Yep

[@lucidtheshape-demon8948]

Oh my God that shouldn't be that funny

[@kevlarvest7375]

@Pan 0 Cogito This song is about the guy/people who strapped bombs to themselves and blew up the subway/s a few years ago.

[@forever_ghostjoy6284]

I don’t know the 3DS struggle. KZbin gave this pleasure to me

[@yongerman5241]

Btw this was given on maybe 2010 or 2011 can't remember

[@kaskofulshel2742]

Forever_ Ghostjoy Same here

[@zechteri]

Good times on 3ds

[@RogueCove]

It was recommended to mr

[@sunnysquid4925]

Hell yeah brother

[@gerrydasilva5971]

those people who saw this on their 3ds one day, and went through hell trying to finding, and one or two years later you found it...., I feel your pain.

[@coconutstrawberry]

thought I was the only one

[@dajuanvera-byers6788]

+Gerry Da Silva man it 3 years and you got me

[@pktopia]

i could not for the life of me remember what it was called and so i ended up googling things like "music video with claymation rabbit" and the like. finally found it after about four years after seeing it for the first time

[@storm50721]

Took me like 3hrs to find it

[@GaninIsMyName]

+Gerry Da Silva Fucking me.

[@gingerol1ve]

a lot of people are talking about the music video to this and ignoring the song. the video is really good, but this song is a fucking masterpiece and should be remembered for generations

[@SaintTanna69]

James Mercer is a mad man lyrically , one of my all time favorites.

[@duatia5315]

Oddly enough, I found this years after the hype basically died out, but this is amazing regardless of hype. The stop motion is great, the characters have personalities despite never talking, the magic has a distinct style, it's just so good.

[@otakarbeinhauer]

right? for a 3 and a half minute long video, it has surprisingly deep story, that you can interpret in unlimited ways. Almost every scene would make great desktop. And together with the music, it has so much emotion. This video-clip is one of the best i have ever seen.

[@duatia5315]

@@otakarbeinhauer Agreed.

[@aldiascholarofthefirstsin1051]

What hype? I never knew of any hype, this song was just recommended to me by youtube and stayed on my playlist forever.

[@duatia5315]

@@aldiascholarofthefirstsin1051 me too.

[@eggsteen3614]

same but ten years later

[@digiboygaming5299]

KZbin: "Haha, our recommendations make no sense!" Nintendo 6 years ago: "Hold my beer."

[@remnantsofkigol98]

me to Nintendo: your about 6 yours too early

[@moxifica1924]

Wow such an original comment.

[@victoriamariepennetta4822]

Omg im not the only one who remembers it?

[@charliebrown3001]

Man good times to be alive I miss my 3Ds.

[@generalskyshadow977]

Wait is that where I'm remembering this from

[@GCatlord]

I had completely forgotten about this! I remember first watching it on my 3DS, on that channel that would occasionally post music videos or animations in 3D that were weirdly, usually stop motion. God, that nostalgia!!

[@strikedoom8951]

Dinosaur office, world doctor, and this were the things I remember from it

[@theguy7585]

I FUCKING KNEW I SAW THIS SOMEWHERE THANK YOU

[@LocalTorchwoodIntern]

YES!!! I remember replaying it over and over this one specific night stay at my grandparents and it took me so long to find it as I only remember bits of the music video, mostly the tall men. Im so happy I found it cause it still goes hard

[@nathanieljacobson2857]

That’s what got me here as well, it’s tragic they decided to cut that service

[@CurdledShark8]

same

[@828burke]

Obviously this is 9 years old at this point so someones probably said it, but theres a parallel to the greek Moirai in the scene where one man has a thread come from his eyepatch (the three fates are said to share 1 eye) who would be Clotho, another who pulls out a length who would be Lachesis, and the one who cuts the thread who would be Atropos. The threads the fates cut are the lives of mortals. The rabbit likely represents someone whose life they ended.

[@BillCohron]

You should read Stephen King's "Insomnia". It covers these characters exactly.

[@Holy_VHS_Tape]

Damn that interesting.

[@abbybirchenough3619]

I know this is an old comment but this is an awesome catch. Reminds me of Hercules (my favorite Disney movie) - that scene in the underworld where the fates are about to cut his “thread” while he jumps in to rescue Meg before hers is cut. The three of them are also all “blind” and swap around one eyeball to look at things. That scene always creeped me out as a kid so it always stuck with me but probably why I’m so interested in Greek mythology now lol.

[@velocityraptor2890]

So does that mean the girl is trying to pull an Orpheus?

[@ivanhenderson31]

The rabbit represents the deity that they hold so precious. In the end when they stood in judgement for their attempt to kill another person (the awesome magician lady - with the same deity I might add) they bastardized the deities’ truth and gospel so to speak and attempted to even attack the deity and their penalty was death ten fold (rabbit just eats the fireball and spits out one 4x bigger). You need to listen to the lyrics - it’s about religious fanaticism taken to the extreme in the form of suicide bombings. I welcome your thoughts. 😊

[@ninjabunny1027]

Anyone else wants a full-length movie of this that literally has no talking and relies on the expressions and body language of the characters? No? Just me?

[@jordanstewart2455]

I'm down with that

[@mikethemess2627]

Yeah

[@georgewrightmercer1568]

Genius

[@paleostories_7839]

Yeah me to

[@osoretro2721]

any1 know who the artist is? i assume they mightve done more

[@Ultimafox99]

I remember seein' this trippy shit on my 3DS when the app was still a thing. This, the Blue Man Group, the Lego Olympics vids...good times

[@leafdog2714]

DINOSAUR OFFICE RAAAAAR

[@nerdy5018]

The app still works if you have it

[@ribboncrown1527]

Don't forget Llamas with Hats

[@MrGamelover23]

@MegAmigo Meat or die was those freaks trying to eat stuff.

[@JH-be3ih]

Oh my god yes. This video freaked me out so much as a jid

[@espritmort3184]

Lyrics: Dead lungs command it. You pour your life down the rifle's spiral And show us you've earned it. Cleric's fog will recede right before your eyes. So long to this wretched form. Them grey eyes on the subway Long before you were born You were always to be a dagger floating Straight to their heart. Listen, now, we won't tell anyone. But you're gonna tell the world. So life ain't then any fun. Let your viscera unfurl As you rise; rise from your burning fiat, Go, go get my suitcase, would you? You've thoroughly blown their minds. And now I must have passage on the lines To the veins from your heart. You're not invisible, now. You just don't exist. Your mother must be so proud. You sublimate yourself, granting us a wish. Primitive mirror on the wall, to fortify your grim resolve. And made the glitz of a shopping mall another grain of indigent salt for the sea. Good night to these wretched forms All them gray eyes on the subway So long before you were born you were always to be a dagger floating straight to their heart.

[@thebutterappletutorials6553]

Thanks man

[@This.is.amnaaa]

esprit mort thanks 😊

[@zscene2738]

DEM GREY EYES ON DA SOOBWAY

[@endlessenigma3855]

"Primitive *Mural* on the wall" Thanks a bunch tho!

[@TheScienceguy77]

Two veins from your heart*

[@Dukkha]

Not just because is stop motion it has to be related with Tim Burton, in fact, it doesn't have anything of his style. The director is the amazing Alexander Juhasz, who made the book in the film The Babadook, and was a producer and desginer in the stop motion part of the new "The Little Prince".

[@omnidye]

Babadook was dope.

[@BigfootBeliever51]

I thought the stop motion in The Little Prince was stupendous and quite warming. I would love to see more like this

[@gupoll]

Can someone explain why The Babadook is LGBT+?

[@e-811]

Gu Poll I think it mistakenly appeared in the LGBT section on netflix once

[@keonsohn]

fucking knew it. those men looked too similar to Mr. Babadook

[@aaronalbores3999]

The song is very nice, but what really stands out is the stop motion film. It is incredibly beautiful and amazingly well executed. Bravo to the artists who did it

[@JustAPrayer]

Jamie Caliri did it. He’s done animation for a bunch of music videos and tv show openings. He also did the ending credits to A Series Of Unfortunate Events.

[@foxchow400]

@@JustAPrayer I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THEIR NAME FOR YEEEAAAARRRRS OH MY GOD

[@comprende2586]

@@JustAPrayer thanks for specifying the artist i wanted to know who the artist was 🙌✌️💪

[@josephyeager8672]

At the end of the video, I like to imagine that the three sorcerers are sitting in the chairs and clapping. Like, "Hmm, not bad." That would've been nice. Still, whoever made this video was visited by the Muse. Very nice.

[@leonhamburg8672]

That would be V wie Vendetta

[@Jeriko251]

I thought that maybe the chairs symbolized personal accomplishments and self worth. When you improve upon something, even to the point where you outdo others, the most important thing is that you have confidence and the will to continue improving even if no one is really there to support you or cheer you along. The numerous amount of chairs in the end were symbolic as to how the girl felt as she continued to improve with magic. In reality there wasn't a single soul present to be amazed or made aware of her potential. Despite this, the girl felt as if she completed a feat which was worthy of a grand audience, hence the chairs.

[@cheesewizard3965]

I mean, more likely the chairs are there because she made them with her magic

[@crimsonredgames4332]

I shared the same thought; especially put next to the lyrics “you’re not invisible now” and “your mother would be so proud”. I also feel like the magicians symbolized the culmination of doubt and physical challenges, and when she puts on those goggles, it was a metaphor for changing her perspective, which is the only way to overcome them. While no one was there to support her, she knew She was worthy of a crowd. She was the only audience she needed.

[@demonheadxx4410]

The song is put in the perspective of someone who sends out suicide bombers

[@psyc8407]

Black Axis Ah yes, trying to appease an audience that doesn’t exist.

[@toagradius8856]

Another good interpretation fits with the song’s lyrics: basically, the magician is representative of a driving force that would be used to convince people into actions on the level of suicide bombing (an example being extremist religious doctrine). At the end of the video, the bomb has exploded, and now the magician bows to a greater audience. The event puts more attention on her on a grand scale, yet in today’s world, the audience is invisible. You never know how many people see an event like that, look into why that person did it, and genuinely go “hey, I agree with this.” And become indoctrinated themselves.

[@Schleff]

Thes are the Lyrics provided by Genius (probably true): Dead lungs command it You pour your life down the rifle's spiral And show us you've earned it Your Clerics fog will recede right before your eyes So long to this wretched form Them gray eyes on the subway Long before you were born You were always to be a dagger floating Straight to their heart Listen, now, we won't tell anyone But you're gonna tell the world This whole life ain't been any fun Now your viscera unfurls As you rise, rise from your burning fiat And go, go get my suitcase, would ya? You've thoroughly blown their mind And now I must have passage Only life's two veins from your heart You're not invisible, now You just don't exist Your mother must be so proud You sublimate yourself, granting us a wish Primitive mural on the wall To fortify your grim resolve Amid the glitz of a shopping mall Another grain of indigent salt for the sea Goodnight to these wretched forms All them gray eyes on the subway So long before you were born You were always to be a dagger floating Straight to their heart

[@theturtlekid6901]

I hear “goodnight to this wretched form” at the end but it might just be me

[@Schleff]

@@theturtlekid6901 didn't know why I wrote correct in caps I was probably pissed because of something. Anyways, I don't think there are actually true confirmed Lyrics for this song yet. So my *CORRECT* was useless. Pardon.

[@theturtlekid6901]

It’s perfectly fine. I’ve tried searching for the lyrics and I’ve seen multiple versions which is annoying. The lyrics you’ve put here are the best I’ve seen, so thank you for that.

[@GooberDunk]

I wanted to be a casual Shins fan, but then I thought why not let it consume my soul?

[@flaviaschafa2096]

yes haha!

[@iancat7758]

Hey bro bro!

[@plumprat5388]

Bill Cipher hello

[@megdavies4083]

Welcome to the club...once the Shins are in you, they're in for good :)

[@timkilbreath9505]

totally feel you

[@nathanharvin4459]

loved this song. I didnt know it was about a suicide bomber until recently. now the lyrics really stick. beautifully chilling.

[@benm.7416]

Seriously ? What happened ? Can you please explain to me ?

[@Braham_the_Terror]

@@benm.7416 “The song is written from the perspective of somebody funding and paying for suicide bombers to engage in that horrible activity. Just the perverse and grotesque thing that that is, and you know, living in the age we live in and my disrespect and fear of religion in general just fueling that intense hatred and appalling violence.” - James Mercer on the song from Magnet magazine interview

[@mcdonutboy9817]

The words have so much more weight once you know that

[@The17thEditionGoober]

Man, since I learned that it never really `landed` the same way again

[@benm.7416]

@@Braham_the_Terror Thanks for explaining.

[@quiendemoniosesjk9101]

When I was a kid, I had a 3DS, and at that time, many years ago, I watched this particular video on that console. it made me feel...strange, kind of sad, and at the same time scared...uncomfortable, but at the same time, I loved how that cute, disturbing and beautiful animation looked I didn't hear from her until tonight. I even doubted the existence of this video or that I have seen it on my console for so many years it's great to see it's real

[@hipsterelephant2660]

i know that feeling except I was in high school when it came out

[@lienomzekon4763]

This

[@Jeff4theRaid]

i dont think the 3ds got the whole music video so it mightve just been a quick 12 second glimpse at this strange yet distinct world in the animation

[@hipsterelephant2660]

@@Jeff4theRaid It did get the whole thing. I guarantee it, I showed it to people back when I was in Highschool

[@mal0561]

Same!

[@sharronperez2739]

This is kinda Coraline-ish and creepy and I love it.

[@Keciiah]

yessss

[@handsome2361]

Nostolgia

[@creepyfurrguy4956]

I hate it

[@joeiken3357]

@yeet and delete Why does liking an animation warrant hate?

[@joeiken3357]

If you like this then you'll like this too kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqO0g4ZqZbR-hKc

[@edenm.1114]

I'm glad to see everyone else saw this on the 3DS and I'm not having a Mandela Effect moment.

[@calumsanderson6741]

wait what this was available in 3d?

[@declantecho1717]

@@calumsanderson6741 they saw it on their Nintendo 3ds console

[@virgomaquiavelico58]

"You're not invisible now, you just don't exist. Your mother must be so proud, you sublimate yourself, granting us a wish." that gives me chills...

[@davidtraynor8075]

The "brief" life of a terrorist

[@saganc.4090]

i heard subjugate yourself

[@beechrad1965]

@@saganc.4090 I hear sublimate. But open to interpretation. Sometimes Mercer’s lyrics are pretty abstract. Not sure he’d mind if we heard different things. Heckuva song tho.

[@davidtraynor8075]

It's sublimate, to turn from solid to liquid, then to drowning us a wish is essentially them blowing up and everything changing it's form. Very dark but brilliant lyrics

[@pablocastaner1933]

@@davidtraynor8075 sublimate is from solid to gas

[@wasup1193]

Dead lungs command it. You pour your life down the rifle's spiral And show us you've earned it. Cleric's fog will recede right before your eyes. So long to this wretched form. Them grey eyes on the subway Long before you were born You were always to be a dagger floating Straight to their heart. Listen, now, we won't tell anyone. But you're gonna tell the world. So life ain't then any fun. Let your viscera unfurl As you rise; rise from your burning fiat, Go, go get my suitcase, would you? You've thoroughly blown their minds. And now I must have passage on the lines To the veins from your heart. You're not invisible, now. You just don't exist. Your mother must be so proud. You sublimate yourself, granting us a wish. Primitive mirror on the wall, to fortify your grim resolve. And made the glitz of a shopping mall another grain of indigent salt for the sea. Good night to these wretched forms All them gray eyes on the subway So long before you were born you were always to be a dagger floating straight to their heart.

[@ostracon5412]

mural not mirror

[@keithbowman379]

+wasup1193 wasnt it dead lands collided?

[@oscarflores3723]

+keidran mike no it wasnt it was dead lungs command it

[@feedbackblues]

It's not "and made the glitz", it's "amid the glitz"

[@ifitdaddy7565]

wasup1193 I

[@gabemedina1057]

I FINAL FOUND IT, AFTER SO LONG OF SEARCHING. THANK YOU 3DS

[@zigafide]

yeah same I remember I loved this song!

[@Tyler171819]

Ik!!! I haven't seen this in years

[@BuddahRolls]

oh lol, i can't believe im not tye only one!!!

[@greygoose8803]

hah same!

[@first782]

XDDD I actually started replaying this on youtube right after it was on the 3DS

[@disky01]

The video has nothing to do with the heartbreaking lyrics but it's still such a great piece of work and complements the music so well. This is a classic.

[@Unbid581]

I don't know; if you think about it, both the three men in suits and the magician are using the rabbit for their own personal gains. Does the rabbit get any say in this? No, but it is taken to unknown places and turned into a monster of violence regardless.

[@disky01]

@@Unbid581 That's...I guess that's a pretty good way of interpreting it.

[@yuh6094]

Oh my god I remember this in 3D on my 3DS it was amazing.

[@cnkk333]

yuh! Where did this song showed in 3DS? Was it in a game, at a commercial..? Sorry, seems like I am one of those who hadn't had 3DS and I cannot imagine the context of where it could have shownXD

[@profesionalmiser7390]

i think he meant he watched it on a Nintendo 3Ds with the 3D setting on

[@Fligyn]

@@profesionalmiser7390 no it was on a program on the 3ds called nintendo video where nintendo had various videos put up from time to time

[@MaladyKayjo]

María Benedicto Almero the 3ds had a thing that would show videos, specifically designed to show the 3ds 3D capacities, and this was one of those videos

[@jtlovescodelyoko]

This was shown on the Nintendo Video app on the 3DS in 3D

[@ThatDerpyFennekin]

Heh... When the 3DS Nintendo Video Servers still were working

[@avapark9948]

those were the days

[@claudioxp3400]

Yep

[@ColorWheelHero]

Nintendo Video gave us Bee & Puppy Cat, Smash 4 Leaderboard videos, Dinosaur Office, Bravest Warriors & more! Now we can just go on YT and find this shit

[@_Rosa7524]

So I'm bot the only one? Good to know 👌

[@josephtafur]

Yeah what made the 3DS Cool

[@thegeek0017]

I couldn’t tell you a single lyric of this song, but I can describe to you every facet of the music video

[@visiblerook1656]

i can it said your sumwere

[@davidtraynor8075]

The music video is nothing related to the song. It's about being a terrorist. Great video though

[@kylestubbs8867]

The only parts I got on my own were “go get my suitcase, would ya?” and “you’re not invisible anymore, you just don’t exist”.

[@ChikkiNoodles]

this is probably the best stop motion animation i have ever seen!

[@probablyhitler]

Chikki Noodles kinda reminds me of coraline

[@ChikkiNoodles]

Yeah, the style is pretty simular!

[@Crowborn]

it is truly amazing. Check out "The Maker", reminded me of it!

[@bramjoost]

Check out "The little prince", it has similar beautiful animation :3

[@scrolling.shutter]

you really should watch the movie "coraline". I bet you will love it!

[@casey4689]

Those men weren't evil... They just wanted their damn rabbit back.

[@MrImTrash]

True lol

[@micaelgarcia1576]

And for that they basically send to die of starvation the kid who stole it... Yep, not evil at all.

[@bakedbeans7486]

Micael Grax r/wooooosh

[@facundomontivero2299]

I mean, what else is there to do when you are a creepy looking magician with a fine moustache and someone steals your rabbit? Although I feel like the young magician would plummet to his death sooner than he would starve to death.

[@somerandomsatanist597]

@@facundomontivero2299 I think the young magician isn't a he

[@AdahnFlorence]

This takes me back to a very particular time. Alot of people are reminiscing on having watched this on their 3DS through Nintendo video, and for me that experience was very special because back then I didn't have wifi in my home so there was this level of excitement that came with each new unique video I'd get downloaded on the rare occasion that I could get access to public wifi. This video is still great regardless of the speicifc context I viewed it in, but damn that's some special nostalgia it gives me.

[@gabrielaz7508]

Shout out to the people who spent almost 2 years searching this song!

[@GooberDunk]

It was hard xD

[@lifewithseany4790]

✋✋✋✋🙋🙋🙋🙋

[@ufo_o_o]

me asf

[@Ngamer2003]

2 years?!? Try 4.5 years or so for me bro! XD

[@xevilace01]

ikr

[@GamingKeenBeaner]

What a profound piece of art! Not only this song, but this video too. It beautifully demonstrates the tug of war between two seemingly opposite sides that ultimately both want to use you and are either corrupt or full of empty promise. The grand irony, and the greatest magic trick of all is that in the end the rabbit rose up to save one master from another. Its the path of impossible situations. The rabbit has all the power, only to ultimately be a tool one way or another.

[@Unbid581]

I finally get the symbolism of the song!! Thank you!

[@thenonchalantzealot1000]

As the rabbit slowly folded into nothing, the three men stared in amazement. Their new pet rabbit had been lost. They had bought it just a short train ride ago, and, being magicians, decided to make it black because they liked the color. After a short consultation amongst themselves, they came to the conclusion that the rabbit had been taken using a short-range teleportation spell. Accordingly, they began to search for their lost rabbit. As they searched, they became more and more infuriated about their rabbit being stolen right underneath their noses. The one-eyed man, having a telescope, had more visible range and just made out a small magic show hosted by a child. He pointed it out and they all decided to check it out. When they got to the surprisingly talented girl's show, they spotted the rabbit in a crate near the girl's feet. Obviously, they inquired as to how the girl had obtained it. She told them it was just a simple rabbit-in-a-hat trick, and that she intended to keep it. After a heated argument over the ownership of the rabbit, the men put her in a bag and cast a spell on the bag so that it would take the girl home, her being far too young to be on her own. After hauling the crate (still having the rabbit in it) quite a far distance, the crate suddenly flung itself onto the ground. What they saw next would be their worst nightmare. Their beautiful rabbit that they would cherish and love forever was morphed into a hideous beast, ready to tear them apart. Casting a counter-spell, the men waited for the rabbit to change back, but the girl had made the rabbit this way permanently. The rabbit launched a fireball at the men and they all fell, never to get back up again. As they were slowly dying, they watched the girl land and take a bow. It had all been a sadistic play, for no one to watch. It was all just to humor this girl that had stolen their beloved rabbit, and turned it into a monster. May those men rest in peace, they did what they could.

[@thenonchalantzealot1000]

Sorry about the weird ending. It was hard to end it on a light note, it being from the losing side, but I tried.

[@prettycode4028]

yeh

[@bread6435]

yeh

[@Tricks_99]

Holy shit this is outstanding!

[@Connor_Montgomery]

That. Was. Amazing. I loved it

[@marla9923]

I remember only having nintendo video and this was all i would watch for days lmao

[@pikazooka]

it was the best

[@GoodGood-xk4eo]

I love how the dark magicians move as if they are one entity

[@gemineyeduality764]

The real question is... Where did they store their magic string before one of them lost an eye? Alternatively, do you think they drew straws to see who' had to give one up?

[@jonathanburleson9234]

Such a fascinating and beautiful video. The animation is stunning, nearly Nightmare Before Christmas quality, the story is understood without any spoken words, the symbolism is so interesting, and the music compliments the way the animation feels. It's just perfect.

[@JustAPrayer]

Jamie Caliri did the stopmotion. He’s done animation for a bunch of music videos and tv show openings. He also did the ending credits to A Series Of Unfortunate Events.

[@Chr0maticAttack]

Reminds me of what would happen if the world of Grim Fandango merged with Nightmare before Christmas.

[@hannahkeen5478]

Exactly

[@zhizn_snake]

I'd love to see a whole feature-length "silent" movie like this... love not just the stop-motion but the style and design and atmosphere of everything. And man, I watched this 100s of times on my 3DS. The 3D effect was so cool for this.

[@thefbi9581]

0:51 Well, that's no ordinary rabbit! That's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on!

[@herrchirurg5267]

i see that you're a man of culture as well ;)

[@beesafterdark5644]

Why is the fbi looking at the shins?

[@thefbi9581]

I was trying to look at the thighs but looked too low

[@thescrimble]

@@thefbi9581 got em

[@11ozzielover]

But..... Rabbits aren't rodents

[@evanbolton100]

I remember when this came out on Nintendo Video back when I first got my 3DS years ago. Fell in love the minute I heard it play.

[@Mugen_ZZ]

I remember watching this on my 3ds, back when this video came out. So glad I finally found it again.

[@thegamingtheater420]

Suddenly remembered the lyrics humming it to myself at work, then realized I remembered and quickly searched it up before I forgot. Just as beautiful as the day I lost you.

[@myththenightmarefox3307]

Took me 9 years to find this video literally

[@skippingpennys]

Its great to see some animation that clearly has a lot of time and effort put into it. It means more when you can clearly see the workmanship and you can fully appreciate how long it must of took. All too often today more and more people rely on C.G.I and although it can look good it looses any sense of reality, it simply isn't there. However, something like this comes along and reminds you what an art form animation really is. It also is a good thing when the quality of the music reflects the quality of the video.

[@thomaswells3426]

It's stopmotion. The entire music video is stopmotion. It still takes almost as much time as.

[@theGhostSteward]

The problem with CGI is that more and more we see things stolen consept arts from arts, using prompts with little change or really good arts that lack history (since most games are made by ruge groups, are completely comercial things and not rarely the artist needs to work with little or no history for background) of course, that's my perspective from games, there is a lot of good CGI arts and a good present director can make a hell of difference. But, as something that's need time, patience stop motion attracts the dedicated ones and are often make by small but unified groups and it ingreses the chance of solid results. (Feel free to say if I said something stupid)

[@JustAPrayer]

Jamie Caliri did the stopmotion He’s done animation for a bunch of music videos and tv show openings. He also did the ending credits to A Series Of Unfortunate Events.

[@williamhamilton1154]

Such a great song. Such amazing animation. This video never gets old.

[@DontShineForSwine]

This video is brilliant... and I can't stop from playing this song on repeat. I'm a huge Shins fan, and this song is probably up there along with 'Sleeping Lessons' as my favourite.

[@cloudydaze3747]

This band is underrated... THEY MUST BE KNOWN

[@RideTheSpiral28]

[phone]

[@boneMone1]

Why? Will the music get better? How will it affect your life?

[@omnidye]

What is it, where is it, how will it affect me?

[@omnidye]

Guess what, Cloudy Daze: some of us have known about this band for years. Super cool that you're gonna headline them, though.

[@crisperstorm]

Saw this for years but just never clicked it for some reason I am very glad I finally did recently, the animation and music are just incredible!

[@JustAPrayer]

Jamie Caliri did the stopmotion. He’s done animation for a bunch of music videos and tv show openings. He also did the ending credits to A Series Of Unfortunate Events.

[@doineedtocomeupwithsomethi9529]

I love how the video is framed around the assumption that the men in black suits are the bad guys, and everyone in the comments is pointedly refusing to make that assumption.

[@jordanezell5132]

2:20 When she assembled the glasses, she uses them to speak to the rabbit telepathically. Here’s what she said: “I won’t let them hurt you again. They want your power. Use your power to save us both. Everything will be fine.”

[@TheCultureshock101]

Thanks KZbin for randomly bringing this to my attention again. I saw the thumbnail and immediately remembered seeing this on my 3DS years ago, though I couldn't remember anything specific that happened - just that there was magic involved. I watched it and it all came back to me. I remember being intrigued by this, though I don't recall a specific feeling any time I watched it. I definitely appreciate it more now that I'm older. Gives me Alice in Wonderland/Coraline (the movie) vibes.

[@thedragonlord4952]

Yeah, I saw this from that weird timeframe before they added youtube on 3ds and this showed up on that program with a random set of 4 videos every week or so.

[@PenitentChaplain]

The instrumental tone and the vocals blend so well together.

[@LordSaitamer]

Im back after 3 years, im leaving a comment incase i forget this song again

[@MrMit-ng3dz]

After all these years this is still a good song I've used put this on repeat

[@starffruit]

i couldn’t find this song for YEARS after hearing it thru my 3DS and like 3 years afterwards, i managed to find it. THAT’S the struggle.

[@myththenightmarefox3307]

It took me 10 years and im just now finding it today

[@rgolivieri9969]

This is the video that got me interested in animation.

[@caroxoxo]

the suit men freaked me out when this came out on my 3ds's nintendo video, but GOD am i so glad to find this song again

[@Unclaimed_Username]

I'd like a show or comic about this setting full of order vs chaos wizards in some sort of magical warfare. Honestly it's the entire reason I watch this video. It's a cool video.

[@duckietheduck]

Still absolutely chilling and magical, all these years later. The video just adds to the incredible audio. this band is severely underrated

[@williamcrowe2576]

The day Nintendo Video was canceled was the beginning of the end for the 3DS. Soon it was one fail after another; Swapnote, Nintendo Zones, Badge Arcade, and then ultimately Miiverse.

[@MrCrazy550]

The great search is over :^) I finally found it

[@690_5]

3DS?

[@MrCrazy550]

+Boyborg690_ no it was on my n64

[@690_5]

+MrCrazy550 it was on my MS DOS computer.

[@AnotherRandomChild]

It was on my Nokia

[@swampgurt]

Not sure why The Shins ever fell out of my playlist, but I’m glad this video was randomly recommended to me

[@matrix2048]

This brings back so many memories of Nintendo Video...

[@LovesBlackPinkandK-PopMusic]

After all these years of watching it on my 3DS then finding it on KZbin just to watch it over and over and over cause it's just a good music video with good vibe

[@VVen0m]

You know that feeling when you see some cool short animation on KZbin and you want a feature-length film based on it? Heck, with this I'd be happy even with a short animation on KZbin

[@idontlooklikejackwalten7159]

That happened with a short I saw called "Faceless Neil"... I'm still waiting for the full length movie and it's been about 10 years. It's a great short, you should still check it out though.

[@JustAPrayer]

Jamie Caliri did the stopmotion. He’s done animation for a bunch of music videos and tv show openings. He also did the ending credits to A Series Of Unfortunate Events.

[@jamesrousse]

@@JustAPrayer Thought that was a book series

[@ArmundJay]

oh, Nintendo Video, how I miss you...

[@Lycantori]

I can't put in words how much I love the atmosphere of that song ❤

[@TheDeviIDogg]

This Shins I feel are so underrated/ forgotten. There's something about their music that makes you feel like you're overcoming that hump in life and you're on your way down the slope into good times again

[@inverted_paradox4170]

So nostalgia and Nintendo 3DS brought us all together today...

[@seanhornof6705]

???

[@MishaExAye]

I want an entire story based around this concept, in this art style. PLEASE.

[@JustAPrayer]

Jamie Caliri did the stopmotion. He’s done animation for a bunch of music videos and tv show openings. He also did the ending credits to A Series Of Unfortunate Events.

[@aidanb8206]

Can't stop coming back to this. sometimes i just put my phone down and listen to the story told by the lyrics and others i watch the amazing stop-motion with its beautifuly carved figures. one of my favorite songs ever and im so glad i found this!

[@JustAPrayer]

Jamie Caliri did the stopmotion. He’s done animation for a bunch of music videos and tv show openings. He also did the ending credits to A Series Of Unfortunate Events.

[@sirspencerarnold8838]

This was a fever dream from my childhood, I almost thought I made it up, I miss the 3ds days

[@playr4]

How am I only just finding this. All of this is beautiful.

[@nukaprime1319]

This is possibly one of the most terrifying things I’ve ever seen. It’s reigniting some fear I had when I first watched this. Good lord.

[@ezyglide0909]

In what way? I loved the aesthetic of the animation, kinda Tim Burton-esque

[@jaderush4141]

Wow, Alice has upped her game. And the rabbit IS the rabbit hole now. So you can have the access to Wonderland on you at all times. Neat.

[@bazzel1059]

One of those songs where you hate that it ends

[@just_a_silly_little_guy]

I saw this on my 3DS YEARS ago! I've been looking for it for so long because I remembered it being one of the coolest things I'd ever seen at the time (I was like 12 or something) and I'd loved the song but I had no way to find it at the time and after a few years had past I couldn't remember it well enough. But I finally went through a list of all the videos that were on the Nintendo video thing and I finally found it :D

[@myththenightmarefox3307]

I just now found it after searching for 10 years!

[@noritochip_97]

WTH, this is a really cool music video! Love the stop motion!!

[@christianyaerger1751]

Reminds me so much of Fever the Ghost.

[@lit3plumber12]

I see this in a different light from some. The magicians were trying to misuise the rabbit, turn it into what they want, I see them as a representation of humans abusing nature. The other magician however, returns power and freedom to the rabbit, or to the nature of planet Earth, in my analogy.

[@margaretthatcher8246]

Lit3 Plumber I only just learnt about the suicide bombing meaning behind the song so I’m trying to figure out the music videos meaning lol

[@vicenteriquelme7528]

@@margaretthatcher8246 Probably they are not even related. The song is very explicit about suicide bombers, but the video is very abstract. I totally agree with Lit3 Plumber, and I think they have different meanings and interpretations.

[@aidenweldon5298]

@@vicenteriquelme7528 I know this was a long time ago, but you can relate to it to a suicide bomber is some way. The three men were pressuring and manipulating another person into doing it (the rabbit), but somebody (the witch) tried to save them. At the end when the rabbit swallows everybody, I think that the (rabbit) blew up the three men and the (witch) because their mind couldn't take it.

[@vicenteriquelme7528]

@@aidenweldon5298 Does anybody know if there is some interview with John Mercer explaining the meaning of this song (and video)?

[@droidekaolivosandoval2036]

Nah she just stole a rabbit and then kill the 3 men and the rabbit

[@JuliaGarcia-pl5ck]

I haven’t thought about this music video in years, but I recognized it when it popped up on my recommended today

[@overtonwindowsill5218]

The "well fuck" expression on their faces at 2:55 thou

[@robertmiles9942]

I love this magician's duel. It's just beautiful.

[@vintendovs]

If I ever meet the absolute genius team behind this animation, I will personally shake every one of their hands.

[@estrellacasias]

Anyone remember watching this on your 3DS

[@57qlesteban79]

Que épica música. Representa lo que realmente era cuando tenía 15 años. Ya han pasado 2 años y me siento mal el haber pedido el camino

[@cream....]

Hi The Shins! Over a decade later, I finally re-found this song. Thank you for creating this masterpiece.

[@poweredbymoonlight9869]

I love everything with this! The song, the lyrics, the animation, the colors, the design, the magic! :D

[@gf9111]

i remember watching this on my 3ds! back in 2012

[@MrAntiexistancerifle34157]

One of the best songs in my opinion back then and that still didn't change.

[@Maplestarknight]

I cant even understand like. Half the lyrics in this song but the cadence and flow are so captivating.

[@Solaris_347]

It's supposed to be about Sending a Suicide Bomber from the senders perspective I refuse to see it that way,and i just adopt the old "Messing with Nature" thing

[@artikat8067]

It seems like a joke but it is an anecdote, I come from the future (sarcasm) and this song made me finally decide to study engineering (this is no longer sarcasm) I thank you very much for having composed it in this way, if it had not been for the precise mixture of elements in the video I think I would never have thought of it that way Just... Thanks for the marvelous song

[@aria5614]

Three guys are really possessive of their pet rabbit and a magician who frees the rabbit really knows what she's doing.

[@bryanhoffman8441]

Is it weird I can tell the sorcerer’s personalities by looking at their mustaches?

[@anibalmatheusg2089]

I don't know, but I would like to know what personalities do you see in each of them

[@yaninacattani5089]

Kinda same lol , it's funny , because they seem pretty emotionless and stiff

[@rabbitfrog5171]

this is amazing, I love the song and the video. before I scrolled down the comments section I thought it was about a battle between good and evil. the girl magician is "good" and the 3 suited magicians are "evil". the rabbit is "saved" from the influence of the malicious magicians only to be taken from one kind of prison to another. Viewed as a pawn by both sides and used in their battle against one another until it becomes powerful enough to take charge of its own life.

[@carolineclark1255]

I thought the same thing but in a different similar thing.

[@bicycleee]

I’ve been looking for this song, since the first time I lost it back in 2016.

[@derekboxer6065]

Yo anyone remember dinosaur office? That shit was fire.