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

[@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

[@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.

[@williamcohron2380]

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. 😊

[@wamlythecrabgod2199]

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

[@backstabboi4559]

Yep

[@catgamingftw8239]

Yep

[@ShenkoIlya]

Yep

[@wamlythecrabgod2199]

Yep

[@just_me1232]

Yep

[@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

[@turgentagd]

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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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!

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@michael.laptev]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@swampgurt]

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

[@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

[@JuliaGarcia-pl5ck]

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

[@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

[@Chr0maticAttack]

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

[@hannahkeen5478]

Exactly

[@azoth._.]

Wow this animation is amazing, wish I had seen it earlier instead of 12 years later :D

[@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.

[@Mugen_ZZ]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@cream....]

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

[@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?

[@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

[@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

[@rgolivieri9969]

This is the video that got me interested in animation.

[@williamhamilton1154]

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

[@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.

[@LordSaitamer]

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

[@nimbusshadow-wings]

the lyrics are so fucking brutal "you sublimate yourself, granting us a wish" sublimate means a solid turning into a gas or vapor. what a way to describe being turned into a red mist

[@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.

[@sirspencerarnold8838]

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

[@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!

[@girl.0nline]

Bro I remember seeing this ONE TIME on my 3ds yearsss ago and ever saw it again. Every now and then I be thinking about “that one video with the cool animation and rabbit with a red eyes” and could never find it. Then this comes up in my recommended and I literally screamed I’m so happy

[@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

[@robertmiles9942]

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

[@20catsz]

They really like that rabbit

[@uggZymoroon]

I need this movie. There's not enough creative and creepy stop motion movies. Coraline, come back and start renesance

[@MisatoBestWoman]

This song speaks to me it’s such an inspiration

[@oyeh8908]

🤨📸

[@bicycleee]

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

[@psychogeko1527]

I was entranced by this as a child on the 3DS video app, and here I am at age 23 still listening to it

[@estrellacasias]

Anyone remember watching this on your 3DS

[@elizabeththebroodmother]

This song This voice These lyrics This video This animation This story omg perfection

[@Dizzula]

This is the most important music video of all time. Change my mind.

[@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.

[@ArmundJay]

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

[@gf9111]

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

[@ScrimmyBingus42]

These are some of the most creative lyrics I've ever heard

[@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.

[@elevenpoisons2484]

This reminds me so much of Tim Burton. It's amazing!

[@marinaatkin1581]

Yeah, this and Tim Burton's stuff are all stop motion.

[@EmberBaye]

Those tophat men are some of the most intimidating men I've ever seen, I love their design.

[@FordMustangGT-bx3fm]

I REMEMBER WATCHING THIS VIDEO WHEN I WAS 7 ON MY BROTHERS 3-DS OMG I FINALLY FOUND IT IN SO HAPPY I'M GOING TO CRY

[@etn3provard897]

I FINALLY FOUND IT! only 6 years after I watched it on the 3DS. This song has been popping up in the back of my head for so long, holy crap.

[@eliasnava3943]

SAMEEEE omggg, so nostalgic

[@Remavi]

I have been trying to find this for years! It's been stuck in my brain since Nintendo videos!

[@doctordiscord8063]

The suit people got that drip tho, the white staring eyes and the exact same suits kinda got that effect

[@brettsmith7184]

I used to watch this on my 3DS

[@JDBlack-gf9ok]

Rest in peace Richard Swift :(

[@GCblastercadet]

I remember when the Nintendo 3ds had a video app with 4 videos what would swap out monthly, and this was one of them!

[@majoraswrath6182]

Holy nostalgia

[@mrgiggio3031]

Whoever is the genious behind this videoclip I salute you, thanks for the effort of the team, its amazing.

[@poweredbymoonlight9869]

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

[@aria5614]

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

[@snorf808waverman8]

Amazing, most underrated, absolute jammable song

[@kenobikinch5381]

I love coming back to this video/song

[@manchurianfool7968]

lol they lookin at each other like 'i didn't do this shit, did u' 1:10

[@jM-yx7ii]

After 8 month without listen this song I took a view today again and, have always the same sensation of drug incredibly!!

[@Gargoyle9000]

It's funny that after 10 years I remember that this existed and actually have the means to search it up. When I first watched it on Nintendo video it was a weird video as a kid. Well, time to finally watch it and know what the hell actually went on in the video.

[@cartoongraveyard4643]

This song is so beautiful, and the animation is too. Everything about this video is brilliant

[@griffonsarcade]

No one can ever take away from you what makes you special

[@rjrentie1107]

i just remembered watching this on my 3ds and being mortified

[@JH-be3ih]

The girls black eyes always got me as a kid and idk why. Something about the ending with the empty chairs was always haunting too

[@birdpoop-cq8es]

i remember watching this when i was 5 years old and being obsessed with it. ive been searching for this video for years

[@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

[@Beatgeneration2010]

I love these Guys, why are they not huge????

[@marissapresswood408]

I just found this, after years of being introduced to it by my 3DS 💖

[@geraldjenkins9933]

Let me get this straight. A magician kidnaps three gentlemen's pet rabbit, locks it in a box and then turns the rabbit inro a giant beast and makes it attack the gentlemen? Who are we supposed to be rooting for?

[@noahdavis8559]

These character designs are so fucking cool.

[@zapmasterarts9996]

Definitely one of the coolest stop motion music videos

[@thevarietybros2486]

This is an incredible song and music video! First, you have the 3DS that brought me here. Second, I visited a ton of states on a road trip and associate it with this song. Third, you got this epic music video. The stop-motion is oddly dark and the meaning is deep. The video also reminds me of Coraline for some reason. The music video also fit PERFECTLY with the song which is just as awesome. Combine all of this, and you have an awesome song/ music video!

[@dorika85]

+TheVarietyBros you should check out The Little Prince (2015). The same group did this video and stop motion featurettes in that movie. They are absolutely magical.

[@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.

[@kaleefisher2928]

Yea I was reminded of coraline

[@underrated1524]

I've always found that ending, the combination of the sounds and the visual of the camera panning back to the endless audience of no-one, to be... strangely eerie.

[@Speed001]

You're not invisible (now), You just don't exist. 1:54

[@ZidaneOfTantalus]

Your mother must be so proud. You sublimate yourself, drowning us of rich.

[@Speed001]

I'm back, one year later. I'm trying to become real one again.

[@ciberneticofp]

​@@ZidaneOfTantalusactually it says "granting us a wish"

[@bleak8321]

i don't know why i'm having nostalgic listening to this song

[@victorial.1987]

definitely the tim burton of music.

[@mirthfulArtist]

wouldn't that be Danny Elfman? He makes the music for literally all of Tim Burton's movies. :p

[@victorial.1987]

no..I meant the gothic haunting tone, the eerie animation that seems as if it was born from the disturbed mind of a child, and the general eerie air of the musician's artistic impression makes the band the music equivalent of tim burton.

[@mirthfulArtist]

zoé delphina Yea, I know what you mean, I'm just saying Danny Elfman is even more so. :) Although this VIDEO is definitely Burton-esque.

[@Aiur]

zoé delphina more like Henry Selick

[@victorial.1987]

yes, but seeing as they collaborated on two of the three of selick's better known films: 'james and the giant peach' and 'the nightmare before christmas. let's agree on both.

[@d00m3dus3r]

i was obsessed with this when i first got it on nintendo video in 3d

[@zotaro557]

I remember seeing this at 7 years old on a small blue 3ds. I had no idea what I was happening at any point in it, but this video captivated me nevertheless. Truly this is a masterpiece

[@aeons7836]

Amazing music video...

[@Lisa-cj9cd]

I was looking for this video because I remembered it being on Nintendo video and for some reason I thought it was by AFI so I couldn't find it so I just looked up "music video with the magician and rabbits" and it was there

[@OvhanDevos]

I found this earlier this year and I've listened to it all the time. Especially at night when I'm chilling. Released 2012? Crazy how a song can just, exist, for so long, and you never knew, but you would have loved it if you found it. Who knows how many other songs I would love that I haven't heard yet.

[@josephtafur]

99% of comments: My Nintendo 3DS Sent Me Here. Same Here God, this song is amazing

[@szymonbober2280]

you can see how all three Hunters have different skills.. but need to travel together cause they wouldnt work alone...

[@JeffLafferty]

So cool! The animation is awesome!

[@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.

[@Liberablubly]

Vevo : So you're Here for the music? Me : Not really.

[@littlegirlgogo]

seeing this video recommended to me unlocked vivid flashbacks to 3DS video app thing it had jesus, 10/10, this short irrevocably changed me as a child