They Might Be Giants - Stuff is Way (official video)

Follow They on TikTok at @TMBGofficial. Get the album Nanobots at tmbgshop.com/ Designed, directed, and animated by David Cowles.
Did you just what? Is what you yes? Did you whatever, whatever you I guess?
The stalking horse was hides the guy and which the pony is a phony was a lie
You say, stuff is way. Way to go. Go away. Who had you was? I yes you would
It was catastro-, catastro-feeling good
As it the drag that has you are is in the bag that you drag behind your car
Did you just what? is what you yes? Did you whatever, whatever you I guess?
The stalking horse was hides the guy and which the pony is a phony was a lie
You say, stuff is way (Is what you say) way to go (Is stuff is way)
Go away (So way to go, so go away) who had you was? (Who has you was?)
I yes you would (I yes you would)
It was catastro-, catastro-feeling good (It was catastro-, catastro-feeling good)
As it the drag (As it the drag) that has you are (That has you are)
Is in the bag (Is in the bag) that you drag behind your car (That you drag behind your car)

[@floridaflamingogirl3119]

I will never forget the time someone said this song sounds like if Yoda wrote a Dr. Seuss book.

[@sunny.lie.melody]

That's... very accurate, actually.

[@alexagleaton7182]

HAH

[@CTd3m0nThing]

Damn

[@Kenorbs]

This is easily one of the best comments I've read in a while, thanks for making this song infinitely funnier

[@kikiscosmos4781]

Just found ur KZbin account! :D

[@theunwelcome]

"catastropheeling good" is such a mood

[@WDCallahan]

Right up there with disasterrific.

[@colgate_andrade]

This song feels like this late night conversations where everione is melting and the words can't form phrases properly, and it's just throwing words away and laughing at it, such a specific vibe

[@JunkyardBashSteve]

after nearly 10 years they've finally released a video to their most confusing song ever, and it couldn't be more fitting.

[@northstarjakobs]

Info for the average they might be giants fan (who if the audience at the Flood concert was representative, tend to range closer to my father's age rather than my own), I believe that the reason why this song has gotten a music video now, nearly 10 years after its release, is because the song has been popular with younger people on the internet, first as something for artists on youtube to make short animations to and then on TikTok. I only found out about this because people put it on a lot of their character playlists on Spotify. Speaking of, it's their third most popular song on TMBG's Spotify (which tends to be a pretty good metric of popularity for songs from older artists) and I assume probably got popular because of the lyrics being nonsense that you can project pretty much any meaning onto.

[@kyrawr83]

About the Flood audience-- I imagine that would attract an audience of people who are nostalgic for the original release of Flood, which was released in 1990, meaning people who were old enough to remember it coming out would now be at least 35, if not older.

[@schlega2]

@@kyrawr83 They're older than they've ever been and now they're even older.

[@northstarjakobs]

@@kyrawr83 I've been quite used to being the youngest TMBG fan in the crowd ever since I first got into them when I was 12

[@pleasetakemecanada]

@@kyrawr83 48.

[@pleasetakemecanada]

@@schlega2 if you're being facetious, I'm lmao.

[@oscarthecouch69]

love that lil dog thing

[@ryoikitenkai_1989]

same

[@stormofdogz]

lil scribble dog

[@poopinjectionxx]

I smiled so hard when the little scribble dog started talking in the smaller voice, this is great

[@ghostiebites]

the scribble dog is my favorite thing ever

[@رفته7]

how do you smile hard

[@poopinjectionxx]

@@رفته7 I'll ask ur mom

[@ElAdriánLRZ]

​@@رفته7 you just do

[@poorme1art]

when you're not a native speaker and your brain is overworked from using a foreign language for many hours straight.

[@jackgillespie4594]

Something extremely funny and jarring about seeing a music video for a song from a nearly decade old album- I ADORED nanobots when it came out because that tour was my first ever concert! I begged my mom toto

[@27TacitusKilgore]

Pardon my ignorance. I love TMBG but I haven't kept up with them since Flood. Although a few years ago they posted, "Christmas in the Bighouse" And, "Last Wave" that moved into my top five favorites. Anyway, what year did this song debut?

[@legatelaurie]

@@27TacitusKilgore this released in 2013 on Nanobots - the whole album is really well worth listening to, honestly all of their music is.

[@LoonMoolay]

@@27TacitusKilgore 2013 iirc

[@floridaflamingogirl3119]

@@27TacitusKilgore do check out Apollo 18, John Henry, Join Us and I Like Fun, those are excellent albums.

[@27TacitusKilgore]

@@legatelaurie Thanks. I'm pretty sure I'll find it here on KZbin.

[@ItsNoemi_wolf]

0:11 dayum what a nice horse 🔥🔥🔥

[@teiladnam]

I uploaded a video of this song on another account that I forgot about. Then I came back to it recently and was amazed to see that my video had over a million views. Apparently the song got really popular on Tik-Tok and people were making tons of fan videos for it. It's pretty cool that, almost a decade later, they're making an official video for it.

[@Gameboyvariations]

It's amazing to see that David Cowles is still animating music videos for you guys!!! His stuff on "Here Comes Science" is probably some of my favorite bits of animation ever!!!!!!

[@floridaflamingogirl3119]

The Science Johns are PEAK character design.

[@idkwhattomakethename307]

This video hits different when you are viscerally ill

[@amari7482]

It hits even harder when you’re higher than eagle tiddies

[@AggressiveSpaghetti]

even harder if you have schizophrenia

[@d.ragonology]

even harder when you add bath salts

[@Dystdotmp4]

glad to see TMBG is still making extremely topical and normal music videos after all these years.

[@B1esky]

so glad jade homestuck2 listens to tmbg

[@Dystdotmp4]

@@B1esky hi yes i am jade homestuck 2 (the squeaquel)

[@RodentMcGregorTheRodentMan]

I love it when my face violently rearranges itself on my head constantly! Feels so cool!

[@autisticbaconenjoyer]

so real

[@Willow_498]

Your so real for this no one ever talks about that!

[@RodentMcGregorTheRodentMan]

@@Willow_498 Fr, it's a great feeling

[@mochaXX16]

0:29 dang the new epic wubbox looks amazing

[@Qwthetoast]

LMFAO

[@Civ3rzilly.neticXD]

And from what island it is?

[@mochaXX16]

@@Civ3rzilly.neticXD tmbg island idk

[@Civ3rzilly.neticXD]

@@mochaXX16 really accurate,tmbg island the best

[@kawaiicrossing5047]

If surreal art had a theme song.

[@berlabelle5999]

0:11 i love this face so much

[@cosmeowz3120]

same

[@Protosworth]

"the stalking horse-" *becomes cat cutely*

[@SkyeShallWin]

What is happening and why is it so good

[@idkargqrwh]

the is what the video the that is because the very.

[@Dantelmao]

If r/Ihadastroke had an anthem

[@clonnie-cloo]

this is just what it sounds like when you have audio processing issues and someone is trying to talk to you

[@ccherry-cb]

this is satisfying as weird as it is, the lyrics make sense but dont at the same time - like organised chaos

[@level7000]

Its like catastro, catastro feeling good

[@jupt]

now i'm gonna picture that dog every time i listen to this song

[@MarionRobbins]

This is exactly what it feels like to have an anxiety attack from too much caffeine. The constant pounding is like my heart and there is so much going on in the song it hurts my brain

[@jocaalpe12]

Surprised that they would make a music video for a song from a decade ago, but it would be more surprising if they released the video for Rabid Child.

[@snakes7303]

Rabid Child video is a need

[@Rubyskies333]

I feel like my brain is melting but I cant stop rewatching

[@Thunderbolt597]

This song is extremely strange, but it's unirronically kinda a bop.

[@Torisocland]

I just heard this song it feels like I’ve known this for exactly 2 years

[@OneThousandTinyElephants]

The brackets make me think of Spamton DID YOU JUST [what] IS WHAT YOU [Yes!] DID YOU [Whatever] WHATEVER YOU [I guess?]

[@Hdhsvbwjsnnensnns]

My theory: The song is 'bout a man a man who's on dr_gs . The lyrics "Catastro--feeling good" means while the man was in dr_gs and "The stalking horse" was when the man was getting paranoid while on the dr_gs.

[@ok-yv9dd]

you can say drugs dude, it's fine. Also i think he either is being kidnapped or witnessed one (is in the bag that you drag behind your car), done by someone he knew (the stalking horse is a thing hunters do -- look it up, and I yes you would) but those are just guesses more than theories

[@muffindestroyerr]

i thought it was a child witnessing murder

[@matthueloose7172]

While TikTok is the most recent place this song gained popularity, one of the reasons its been near the top of TMBG’s Most Streamed songs on Spotify is due to the years of “Animation Memes” set to this song... so glad to see it! Some stellar animation and skill went into all those videos, check ‘em out after this one for more TMBG love! :)

[@RealMuperSan]

I’m not on tik tok… it’s trending there? That’s cool.

[@pleasetakemecanada]

Memes are stupid.

[@haileybalmer9722]

I love that this has a video now. It deserved one, don't you think?

[@natelhyve]

that made the music even more confusing. wonderful

[@EnderStine]

this is about what i expected for a music video for this song and i love it

[@pandaqwanda]

well this sure was [CATASTRO];; catastropheeling [GOOD]

[@NewWaveEnthusiast]

Nanobots is proof that the quality of their work never dropped, and never will.

[@floridaflamingogirl3119]

So many whimsical and odd topics, and lots of instrumental variety with woodwinds and punk guitar and all sorts of good stuff.

[@Calypso-The-Kitsune]

Hearing this for the 30th time now... still no clue what it's about but i like it so there is that

[@W.Gaster]

What am yes you would not?

[@Artsy_Idiot]

Gaster how did you get out of the void

[@justarondombloboverhere123]

When too many people are talking at the same time and you’re getting overstimulated:

[@crusaderdalek3527]

Whatever the animation team took, i want some

[@waffler-yz3gw]

0:08 this deer goes hard

[@tophatzcoolness]

same

[@burbuja9126]

same

[@Milesprowerboy5]

same

[@nym2717]

this is so unsettling and i dont know why, but i love it lol

[@asoaringheart]

That, my friend, is called Uncanny Valley.

[@greendelivery6129]

this is not uncanny valley that is completely different-

[@abandonedaccounnt]

they might be trending on tiktok

[@nicknamedude]

Sums the song up perfectly

[@kevinlardi5961]

I honestly cannot look at this for more than 30 seconds straight.

[@Sentanette]

great

[@thelingeringartist]

I stared the entire video out of pure intrigue

[@Oak_Eggar]

These ppl made stuff for mickey mouse?? This song is a fever dream im in love like i feel a deeper meaning even if i dont know it

[@magnoliacookie]

did you just *what?*

[@Dark_Matt3rK1tt3n]

Is what you yes?

[@yurijaviermenguito9998]

@@Dark_Matt3rK1tt3n Did you whatever, whatever you I guess?

[@TheMoon_ishere]

​@@yurijaviermenguito9998The stalking horse, Was hides the guy

[@magnoliacookie]

And which the pony is a phony was a lie

[@Dark_Matt3rK1tt3n]

@@magnoliacookie you say, stuff is way,

[@Sunbathe_awesomesause]

All of the [ ] words What Yes Whatever Guess Horse Guy Pony Lie Say Way Go Away Was Would Catasatro Good Drag Are Bag Car

[@oriGD]

you forgor feeling

[@cooldad1234]

is what you yes 🔥🔥🔥

[@SH4K3ZULA_L0L]

Dude this hits hard for some reason This is stuck in my head-

[@Oliverthetransmascdumpser2709]

This song was disturbing *without* the video Now it’s worse. *I love it*

[@ReaT_Alpha]

😨 ''shocked Chinese sounds activated"

[@berlabelle5999]

i wanna make an analysis on this song but i can’t make any sense or meaning of the lyrics, is there an underlying meaning or..

[@berlabelle5999]

@melaniea7665 stop

[@berlabelle5999]

@melaniea7665 oh i didn’t mean it to be mean 😓

[@jamesgoodin1518]

funniest possible interaction is what I yes today

[@floridaflamingogirl3119]

I am catastro-feeling good.

[@the-floofy-mew]

"did you just what?" followed by "is what you yes?" is what i seemed to sound like these days.

[@SugarTheBee]

Oh look, it's my brain all the time every day 24/7. Can I have it back please?

[@XanderTimez]

Breaking all the bones on my body trying to do this dance

[@robyn3600]

I am in love.

[@Kiwi_Edits_Stuff]

Yes

[@gork42]

I nominate this song to introduce a Grammy for best new Christmas Carol. Santa is the OG of bag dragging, what a boss.

[@ezekielbrockmann114]

You say St Nick's sleigh Sleigh of Noel Christmas Day

[@unikadas]

@@ezekielbrockmann114 Of jingle well For reindeer nose Into snowflake for the egg nog colored dye

[@elliethefuzzyturtle]

Wow that dogs been smoking

[@Mugggy]

I think this is about a guy killing two women and being Interrogated

[@awawawawawea5232]

Yeah

[@jamiethecringequeen]

same

[@krakenofthesea106]

I love the fact the song uses stalking horse both meanings at the same time

[@-CloClo-]

This song sounds really familiar but I can't put my finger on it... Otherwise it's a funky little tune. Love the animation.

[@teteteli107]

The animation meme maybe

[@Lun4_0n_Pawzies]

Good job you just spawn the whole dhmis fandom!

[@pxgzcookie]

and regretevator!

[@N3BULA_V01D]

Nobody: Literally nobody: What my friend’s messages sound like:

[@yourhighschoolenglishteach8405]

lots of people cite this song as an example of how TMBG songs don’t mean anything in particular. its a bad example of that.

[@thefiretailedweasel6206]

The phrase "The stalking horse" makes my skin crawl bro

[@starmaker75]

Man this new deltarune bonus boss is looking good

[@matejnentwich1376]

This got me laughing my ass of.

[@darenlee8987]

FRRRR

[@yes07777]

“Kris what the hell is that”

[@FantasyTheSloth]

REAL

[@FantasyTheSloth]

​@@yes07777"KRIS WHAT AM I LOOKING AT"

[@ivanterrible7362]

Man I hope I die before they get old.

[@tmartin6300]

A little late now I hate to say.

[@numberq1134]

You hope that they get old before you die?

[@ivanterrible7362]

@@tmartin6300 well, aren't you a little ball of sunshine? Not really, no.

[@tmartin6300]

@@ivanterrible7362 Fine, I’m sorry.

[@Wyrmro]

i pity the historians in the far future who will have to try and decipher this to find out what civilization before their time was like

[@Oak_Eggar]

Listening to a fever dream made by the same guys who made music for mickey mouse

[@akwrdian]

i feel like this has a dark meaning but also think this is literally just a silly little song

[@chowfamily9607]

They made a music video for the song... The song was made, like 10 years before this

[@Lisilous67]

this scares me but I like the song

[@MarkFVanGelder]

LYRICS: Did you just what? Is what you yes? Did you whatever, whatever you I guess? The stalking horse Was hides the guy And which the pony is a phony was a lie You say, stuff is way Way to go Go away Who had you was? I yes you would It was catastro-, catastro-feeling good As it the drag That has you are Is in the bag That you drag behind your car Did you just what? Is what you yes? Did you whatever, whatever you I guess? The stalking horse Was hides the guy And which the pony is a phony was a lie You say, stuff is way (Is what you say) Way to go (Is stuff is way) Go away (So way to go, so go away) Who had you was? (Who had you was?) I yes you would (I yes you would) It was catastro-, catastro-feeling good (It was catastro-, catastro-feeling good) As it the drag (As it the drag) That has you are (That has you are) Is in the bag (Is in the bag) That you drag behind your car (That you drag behind your car)

[@frenspz]

or you could simply read the description

[@gandyatila]

I'll admit that even knowing "Birdhouse in your soul", "Istanbul not Constantinople" and "Communists have the music" beforehand, I found this song from an animation meme :P Funny what songs you can find in memes like these sometimes

[@RiddleLeft]

I dont know what their on but can i have some of it

[@professor0]

Reminds me a lot of Frank Zappa's Valley Girl, where he just made a song of every pop culture phrase his teenage daughter said. (Plus some they made up)

[@unikadas]

It's an absolute Moon Unit of a song

[@EuropaAndGanymedesApologist]

This song makes my head hurt and I love it so much.

[@BonnieBoestar]

Hey this is really good and deserves WAY more views than its gotten, this animation is adorable and the song choice is great.

[@Shay2]

I can't explain this song, but I like it anyway.

[@nc234]

"The stalking horse" - random dog whenever this was made

[@veronica_editig3698]

Confusion in a song

[@scrowfunk8109]

why is this getting a music video 9 years later? not that im complaining, just wondering if maybe it took that long

[@floridaflamingogirl3119]

The song has been trending a lot on TikTok. It's also become one of the band's most streamed songs on Spotify.

[@F5ss]

@@floridaflamingogirl3119 knowing this, this video might be criticising tiktok. The video is confusing and feels ill. They even seem to look at tiktok and to do a tiktok dance.

[@channelname4238]

David Cowles did an amazing job on this video, as always

[@the_color_of_infinity]

Happy 11th birthday, Nanobots!! David did a great job with the animation!!

[@viasvhs_]

is what you yes?

[@MenderSlen579]

feels like a song to an old bbc tv show at 1am.

[@TheNamelessFoxXD]

Bro im thinking about what this shit means (if it actually means somn) i kinda think the video is about not being tied to reality and alucinating because of it, should i say somn nore detailed?

[@FantasyTheSloth]

Say it I need to know what this chaotic song is meant to be about

[@TheNamelessFoxXD]

@@FantasyTheSloth basically my take on it is: The two girls were friends, but they got separated and one of em died (the one that appears later) and the first one had problems when finding about that, so she tried ignoring the fact that her friend was dead, to the point of loosing grip of reality and allucinating sbout her best friend and her living a happy life, the dog being a metaphor of the people in resl life trying to take her out of her little world, but failing in the process, until she can't keep living in that lie and she takes her life away too, hoping to meet her long lost friend again.. (I made this post a long time ago and dont really remember exactly the whole thing, this is the best that i could do)

[@FantasyTheSloth]

​@@TheNamelessFoxXDdamn...

[@TheNamelessFoxXD]

@@FantasyTheSloth again, best i can do

[@nostaldec4705]

0:30 Aye, yes you would. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@brain_rot28]

this song is the definition of having a stroke

[@AntiqueDeathcult]

MIFFA MIFFA, MEEKA MOO

[@baxthered]

mr.poofers

[@aka9815]

normalize talking like this

[@trybunal1]

talk like we should we should go out if go out into the wood

[@a_random_girl_on_the_internet]

I yes you would

[@FancyCat-jw2qz]

Yes the who had easy.

[@juliemanson2394]

Someone needs to do a BABA is YOU version of this.

[@awawawawawea5232]

Is it abt a guy killing both of them after "dating" them at certain times? Because it shows how the guy wanted them to meet up somewhere and after, it shows how they probably died and got put into bags so he could hide their bodies in the trunk of his car. What helps me come up with the story is that i remove some unnecessary words and rearrange the ones that make a sentence. Including looking at the animation. There is also a chance that the guy planned with two other guys because it shows that they went in the opposite direction (left: went up, right: went down) and when their face changes into mean guys it could mean that they caught the girls. Befor they changed into skulls meaning that they were killed tHEN dragged into their car inside of bags (bc both heads went inside their big bodies symbolizing bags.) from the men.

[@nc234]

And it would make sense with the line "the bag you drag behind your car" which means that one of the bags was left out of the trunk and it was being dragged so they got caught

[@ElAdriánLRZ]

That would explain why their faces are changing so much

[@Arson_worm]

IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS SONG FOR 5 MONTHS AND I FINALLY FOUND IT!!!!!

[@pandaqwanda]

did you just [WHAT] is what you [YES] did you [WHATEVER] whatever you i [GUESS] the stalking [HORSE] was hides the [GUY] and which the [PONY] is a phony was a [LIE] you [SAY] stuff is [WAY] way to [GO] go [AWAY] who had you [WAS] i yes you [WOULD] it was [CATASTRO] catastroph|feeling [GOOD] as it's the [DRAG] that has you [ARE] is in the [BAG] that you drag behind your [CAR] did you just (what) is what you (yes) did you {what{}ever} whatever you i (guess) the stalking (horse) was hides the (guy) and which the {pony{ is a }phony} was a (lie) you [SAY] is what you (say) stuff is [WAY] that stuff is (way) way to [GO] so way to (go) go [AWAY] so go (away) who had you [WAS] who has you (was) i yes you [WOULD] i yes you (would) it was {CATASTRO{ it was (catastro) }CATASTRO}ph|feeling [GOOD] catastroph|feeling (good) as it's the [DRAG|DRAG] as it's the (drag) that has you [ARE|ARE] that has you (are) is in the [BAG|BAG] is in the (bag) that you drag behind your [CAR|CAR] that you drag behind your (car) ;;;why did i write this

[@SecretlyAscenekid]

Underated comment

[@93i409]

spamton

[@pandaqwanda]

@@93i409 so true

[@pandaqwanda]

also edited some stuff in this comment to be more consistent

[@iamblueraspberry7858]

You are my favorite person for taking the time to write this. Beautiful ✨

[@catamitee]

yoooo offical TMBG animation meme lets go

[@squiddy3134]

literally looks like a lost sesame street bit

[@lmorales537]

I love stuff is way