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MGMT is a psychedelic pop band which formed in 2002 in Middletown, Connecticut, United States. The band consists of Andrew VanWyngarden (lead vocals, multiple instruments) and Ben Goldwasser (multiple instruments, vocals). The duo was signed to Columbia Records in 2006 and have since released four albums: "Oracular Spectacular" (2007), "Congratulations" (2010), "MGMT" (2013) and "Little Dark Age" (2018). They are best known for their 2008 singles "Time to Pretend", "Electric Feel" and "Kids", all of which were worldwide hits. Read Full BioMGMT is a psychedelic pop band which formed in 2002 in Middletown, Connecticut, United States. The band consists of Andrew VanWyngarden (lead vocals, multiple instruments) and Ben Goldwasser (multiple instruments, vocals). The duo was signed to Columbia Records in 2006 and have since released four albums: "Oracular Spectacular" (2007), "Congratulations" (2010), "MGMT" (2013) and "Little Dark Age" (2018). They are best known for their 2008 singles "Time to Pretend", "Electric Feel" and "Kids", all of which were worldwide hits.

Band members:
Andrew VanWyngarden (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, drums)
Ben Goldwasser (keyboards, vocals, guitar)
Matthew Asti (bass, keyboards)
James Richardson (guitar, vocals)
Hank Sullivant (guitar, keyboards)
Will Berman (drums)

You can learn more about MGMT, browse photos, and see the tour schedule at the Official Website.

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03Time to Pretend MGMT

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06Pieces of What MGMT

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07Of Moons, Birds & Monsters MGMT

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08Little Dark Age MGMT

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10The Handshake MGMT

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12Congratulations MGMT

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13When You Die MGMT

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14Flash Delirium MGMT

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15It's Working MGMT

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16Song for Dan Treacy MGMT

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17Someone's Missing MGMT

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18I Found a Whistle MGMT

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Kids
MGMT Lyrics

(Five, four, three, two, one, ah)

You were a child
Crawling on your knees toward it
Making mama so proud
But your voice is too loud
We like to watch you laughing
You pick the insects off plants
No time to think of consequences

Control yourself
Take only what you need from it
A family of trees wanted to be haunted
Control yourself
Take only what you need from it
A family of trees wanted to be haunted

The water is warm
But it's sending me shivers
A baby is born
Crying out for attention
The memories fade
Like looking through a fogged mirror
Decision to decisions are made and not bought
But I thought this wouldn't hurt a lot
I guess not

Control yourself
Take only what you need from it
A family of trees wanted to be haunted
Control yourself
Take only what you need from it
A family of trees wanted to be haunted

Control yourself
Take only what you need from it
A family of trees wanted to be haunted
Control yourself
Take only what you need from it
A family of trees wanted to be haunted
Control yourself
Take only what you need from it
A family of trees wanted to be haunted
Control yourself
Take only what you need from it
A family of trees

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Benjamin Nicholas Huner Goldwasser, Andrew Wells Vanwyngarden

Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

olive 2.0

8w↑57

You were a child, crawling on your knees toward it
Making momma so proud
But your voice is too loud
We like to watch you laughing
You pick the insects off plants
No time to think of consequences

Control yourself
Take only what you need from it
A family of trees wanting
To be haunted

Control yourself
Take only what you need from it
A family of trees wanting
To be haunted

The water is warm, but it's sending me shivers
A baby is born
Crying out for attention
The memories fade like looking through a fogged mirror
Decision to decisions are made and not bought
But I thought this wouldn't hurt a lot, I guess not

Control yourself
Take only what you need from it
A family of trees wanting
To be haunted

Control yourself
Take only what you need from it
A family of trees wanting
To be haunted

Control yourself
Take only what you need from it
A family of trees wanting
To be haunted

Control yourself
Take only what you need from it
A family of trees wanting
To be haunted

Control yourself
Take only what you need from it
A family of trees wanting
To be haunted

Control yourself
Take only what you need from it
A family of trees

All comments from YouTube:

Luiz Gustavo

2y↑43K

6 min of music and 60 years of therapy for the kid

Urias

repent to God

Vagnis

Worth the views

SoulFinderEcho

Art

Dante's Hollowed Grounds

ONFG

Luan Souza

Kkkkk

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Dennis G

9w↑11

This song and “Clover Cage - Make a Difference” are the two songs keeping me sane through these tough times. I just want to send love to everyone and I want everyone to know things will get better. We are in this together..I love you ❤️ 😊

Dee

8w↑1

Love you too, Dennis. We can do this together

Darsantoes Tavares

7w↑10

STILL ONE OF THE BEST SONGS EVER

Aubane ROUSSEL

9w↑5

j'aime beaucoup cette musique, hâte d'écouter le prochain album !

FUGEDOR

7w↑1

In some years i will remember this song with nostalgia, i don't do that right now, bc i've recently found this band and i LOVE it

Ew

3y↑27.2K

We have to protect this song at all costs, before tik tok finds it.

Foofie

Yes lol!

Jet Fire

theres no bad way to spread music

GoodEmo_ son that Christan I am Sebastian

24w

@Freya Morton NOOOOOOO

Ktmc B

25w

HAH

Aahkaja hjj

42w

fym it has like 150m veiws

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Calista

8w↑3

20 now, I remember when my older bros would play this song, songs are for memories

Ripley

8w↑3

Ah, the late 2000s, what a time to be alive

MrBirdiebirdie

7w↑2

every time i hear this song im shredding back down the ski hill on my snowboard with some of my best buddies, life was so good back then! i didn’t have a care in the world, but what me and the boys where doing that weekend. what i would give to go back

rhett roberts

7w↑1

Every time that kid hears this song it will trigger his PTSD of the scary monsters that haunted him while he could hear trippy hippie rock music… poor kid. Awesome song.

Radioactive Ratz

3y↑3.6K

Hey for everyone concerned about this kids wellbeing! There was a behind the scenes video posted and it showed the kid mostly being happy and playing with the sets. Anytime the kid was actually scared or distressed his mom usually came and comforted him till he was all better. The kid is probably doing just fine now :)

Mr. Torrance

@Druid I agree. Parents who willingly expose their kids to all that demented drag queen garbage belong in prison. My conservative credentials are well in order. But I still find this video to be some twisted shit.

Brandon Kitchen

Just like in real life.

?jay?

yea..fine in THERAPY

Scott Adams G [Scotianbank]

7w↑1

Lol, so the thing that's supposed to make it ok for subjecting a kid (old enough to walk, mind you, those can be some core memories already, it's not a 1 year old that can barely tell whats going on around him) to this traumatic events, is that AFTER the times the kid was scared shitless, the mother came in to comfort him... But... The child WAS scared! Sure, it's not like he was alone and scared for hours, but for a 2 year old kid, 5 minutes of walking through literal monsters (for him) can become an eternity, time flows different for them.

I tend to have a very dark humor, and yes, I laugh at baby fails and stuff like that, I'm no guardian angel. But this is not a happy little accident you can laugh at, it's an intentional choice for monetary gain by the child's mother, bordering on child abuse.

People on the internet go to extremes to defend the stuff they love, and to attack the stuff they hate. Don't get me wrong, I love MGMT and the song... But if you're defending this, try and imagine it wasn't associated to such a nice thing as this song... Picture a big corporate YouTube channel, that makes shitty content for the views (like those Spiderman and Elsa from Frozen videos). Imagine a channel such as that, putting out a video of a child being scared by guys dressed in monster costumes... I imagine people would have a much different reaction to the video in that case :/

Dr. B

I think the real issue people are having and circling around is the impact of childhood trauma, which has an effect on the child much later in life, more in adulthood. There are a multitude of childhood traumas that impact children in adulthood, even if the trauma occurs during times they cannot recall (i.e., they are too young to remember, or worse, they blocked out the memory entirely). Even if the kid is doing fine on set at times DURING the making of the video, it’s the impact later on in life that we never get to see. Yes, clearly mom was right there the entire time, not sure if anyone noticed but if you pause at roughly 2:46, they got someone’s hands reaching out to the kid on the very right of the screen, which appears to disappear during a transition of some kind (I’m not a filmmaker from 13 years ago, so that is an assumption)… but that doesn’t change the psychological impact of the entire experience. A neglected child will have periods of time where they actually receive the attention to get them to stop crying, but those times don’t heal the trauma taking place during the entire childhood experience (might be an extreme example for some, but gets the point across). Unless the child himself makes a statement about his mental health and well-being and is psychologically analyzed, nobody, not even his mother, would be able to know how this may have impacted his life as a childhood trauma. Side note, this has nothing to do about any kind of “far left” viewpoint or whatever someone wrote earlier. Never mix politics with medicine or science. People tend to do this if the science doesn’t fit their views, but that idea is entirely inaccurate and ignorant. Medicine/Science do not follow any kind of political view, so don’t incorporate politics into the conversation. Science/Medicine are based on real data, excluding opinions (if used correctly). I’m sure 13 years ago there was far less data to support that this child could in fact suffer from childhood trauma later on in life, but today we know that it is very much likely…

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Chase W

11w↑831

This song has such heavy nostalgia for me. Every time I hear it I am back in middle school, 12 years old, the memories are just flowing. I am 27 now, time really waits for no one.

Daniel Martin

🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽😉

N T

Time flies dude

xxx xxx

I had a acid when I was 17 , woke up and I'm 52 now

Jordan Daniels

i literally just said this yesterday. time is going by so fast. it’s starting to scare me.😂

secretariatful

6w↑2

and it will get worse and worse..I'm 42 and I feel to have lost 20 years of my life. "Tempus fugit",never forget,you'll not be forever young!

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Agustin

7w↑1

Does anybody remember what fifa this was on? Forever a classic song 🥲

Rage Kitten

8w↑8

Bruh the baby is just like me during a bad acid trip 😭

MrCidVicious

I'll never forget watching this video on MTV as a kid jumping around dancing on the couch in my underwear yelling rock the cashbox while our cats were running around high on cat nip.

Alexandra

2y↑3.2K

I love the way this video portrays how the child sees things and his perspective of the harsh, ugly world around him, & his mom just sees "normal" life because its what she's grown used to seeing her whole life. She is desensitized & blind to what it really is that has him terrified..

sea

15w↑1

WTF are these replies? is it impossible for a woman to comment something nowadays without weird dudes bringing random misogyny along? how did it add anything to the conversation? i swear, youtube sometimes.

The Dingaroo

19w

wow, someone who really gets it.... ily ^^

Ninja Gamer

19w

Loved the video. Keep up the great work. Don't call things Holy that aren't Holy its blasphemy which is sin. Don't swear or sudo swear its sinful. Don't say or laugh at inappropriate things its sinful. Luck doesn't exist its blessings from the Good Lord Jesus Christ. Don't say the Good Lord Jesus Christs Holy name in vein its blasphemy which is a sin. Only the Good Lord Jesus Christ is the one true God no one else can compare to Him. The Good Lord Jesus Christ is the only good person. The Good Lord Jesus Christ is Lord or Lords and King of Kings. He is the only true Lord and the only True King. Trust in the Good Lord Jesus Christ not yourself. Amen. God Send. God Bless You All. Amen. God Send. Please if you haven't already repent of your sins and trust in Jesus Christ As Lord And Savior. Praise The Good Lord. Please Get Saved. Please repent of your sins and trust in Jesus Christ As Lord And Savior. John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son and whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life. Love you guys. God Bless You All. Amen. God Send. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders 10nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. God Bless You All. Amen. God Send.

jimbo almighty

20w

@JTMVision what unmonitored access to the internet as a child does to a mf

Grace Patterson

20w

@thafimul islam I did. I asked

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J. R.

I relate to this so much.

Andrew Deans

This music keeps my demons away 👏

secondbestpriest

9w↑1

Not a fan of 'modern music' but this song is one of my favourites

bennosparigus

8w↑1

Isn’t the “if you stare long enough into the abyss the abyss stares also into you” not a mark twain quote

this is kal

3y↑1.8K

When you’re a 2000’s kid so you just randomly get the memory of a song so you listen to it and then fall in a rabbit hole of throwback songs

Aristotélês the philosopher Aïkido master

4w↑1

Was born in 96 il too old

Charlie Klein

10w

Every other night at this point lol. Music is all I have

James Shoemaker

14w

I'm a 90s kid and I'm doing just that. Trying to bring myself to a better time. Life is just getting worse and worse and songs like this just make me feel a little bit better

TheAndy19891

17w

Yea 2000s indie scene was amazing

Ollikainen94

2y↑2

Yep, woke up with, du du du du duuu du du du uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu, Djises.

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Peak Visuals

watching this back now, MGMT could def face some flack for the way this child was handled LOOOL

1Up_Jp

12w↑404

It’s almost December 2022, I am full grown adult now but the first time I heard this song was in middle school an instantly fell in love with it. I’m glad I found this track again and fell love with it once again because now I have a song to add back to my playlist for 2023 ❤

Richard Lozano

Idgaf😂💀💀

dhvnd

5w↑1

@Elise H Wdym the lyrics are good BUT the video is bad. The video is a masterpiece they spent a lot of time into this video

Where did you get them there mint mate

6w↑2

Good mate good song, I can remember this back years ago always good

cannotthinkofaname

6w↑3

Just days til 2023 now. I like these time capsules of love

Wes Harmon

8w↑1

You don't know s***

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Hippie Hernandez

me encanta esta cancion auque si de alguna forma yo mirara el video de pequeño me traumaria

Marta Raimundi

8w↑2

I need to know how growth this kid before that video.

Darren Murphy

2y↑1.6K

Man my dad passed away when I was 7 years old in 2010 this used to be his favorite song and I randomly come across it again......it really hits different

Neird

Your dad was 18 when he passed at 2010?

Matrix Jesus 666

Stfu your dad is laughing at you...

Persona Comune

31w

It’s the same thing bro, keep going for him

casuta postala

47w

we love you man. Keep it up!

Paul Woodford

47w

So you are 19 😘😋

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FNĀF_FĀN

Dang when I was little I use to listen to this all the time and it was my favorite song and then I watch this… traumatizing

Matome i

10w↑138

I heard this song 10 years ago and it's been stuck in my head ever since.
I didn't know the name of the song or any lyrics.
All I remembered was the tune.
I was even beginning to wonder if the song existed at all or if I imagined it

Today I finally found it, And I feel so much better.
A huge weight has been removed in my head. 😇

El Rey De LA Kush

Mee too lol I remembered this song from the other one that goes -tell mama im sorry but life is a party Im never Growing up..

Blastid Bastid

5w↑2

as good as you remembered it?

olive 2.0

8w↑4

Me too!! That tune is unforgettable

Le Breton

7w↑1

ma jeunesse 😍

CTM Creature

8w↑1

That baby is like, 14 now

Quinn Haak

3y↑2.7K

This song gives me nostalgic vibes i didn’t even have

raphael Moreira dos santos

25w

me to this music brings a feeling of nostalgia that you don't get in other music

Kevin Smithwick

30w

I think about the beavis and butthead episode.

Memeicus

33w

@Keegan Karg yeah

Keegan Karg

33w

@Memeicus that’s probably it

Memeicus

33w

@Keegan Karg I have

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Martin Alexis Verdugo Medina

6w↑22

Amo esta canción. me es tan nostalgica. A eso de mi epoca de la pubertad, recuerdo escucharla por las tarde mientras la brisa suave de verano abrazaba mi cuerpo. Tardes efimeras recuerdos inmortales

CorruptCow

7w↑1

my most played song 😎

Jameson Nyan Dink A

10w↑24

Many had really good interpretations of the song!
heres mine.

I think this song is def of the stages of life. Your a child born so innocent in this world, with a beautiful smile that could make any parent proud. As you grow older you begin to lose your innocence & fall into societies ways. You begin to lose the meaning of whats important in life. & find that you learn from the world & especially learn from your parents,good & BAD. But the bad things you learn from those around you will only haunt you. To avoid this take only what you need from the world. Try your best not to become selfish as the rest of the world. I feel this songs represents a constant battle between good & bad, I feel like they're speaking from experience. Trying not to get sucked up into the worldy possessions & selfishness of this place. Its a reminder to only take what you need from the world around you, nothing more nothing less. Be happy with what is given to you or fall into a life of unhappiness & obstacles..try to live your life the best way that you can & be the best person that you can, weather your life be hard or easy remember not to become corrupted of the things around you.

Joni Kane

Its about Motherlovebone singer Andrew Wood, whos death basically birthed pearl jam and temple of the dog/soundgarden

Big TunaFish

8w↑1

Literally the first time I've seen the video to this, poor kid 😳🤣

Martín Angúlo

1y↑9K

This child is at least 12 years old now, in about two or three more years he will probably be able to tell us if the filming of this video clip affected him or not.

Hush

18w

@Judy Mishoe everytime he was crying it was because he was hungry. This is mentioned in the behind the scenes. He got to meet all the crew beforehand and was very comfortable with all of them (the monsters are the crew)

cłøčk

18w

This was filmed in 2007

Maxime from space

18w

@Tinker 1138 Wrong. All the traumas are made within childhood. They make roots, they last all a life, wasting parts of it, so to speak wasting it. You can do a therapy to try and lower the effects and maybe somehow get over it.

Tinker 1138

18w

He's 18 months in the video. He won't remember. infant amnesia.

cłøčk

18w

Hes 15ish

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olive 2.0

8w↑57

olive 2.0

3w↑1

@TankWon1 47 people say otherwise lol

TankWon1

aint nobody tryna sing this shit

Mikey Khan

Skate 3 OGs have this track etched into our brains

A BIG MOOD

MGMT : "How much trauma can we give this baby?"
Satan : 👁👄👁 "I- . . .wow."

TIK TᗩK - ᗪᖇᗩᗯ ᑭOᖇTᑌᘜᗴՏ

Precisava De Tudo isso

Toasty Toast

3y↑10.5K

This was probably the worst day of this kids life

You cant beat K

@1no MGMT isn't related to Hollywood and neither is most music. They work for Columbia records which is a New York based subsidiary of a Japanese company. Take your meds, schizo.

Patty Qubensis

The worst day of his life so far

Jaydizzle

@You cant beat K oh I was mega confused lol .. but yeah even so kid actors can get a bit traumatized by that stuff . But he should be all good lol

You cant beat K

@Jaydizzle I worded that poorly. I meant to differentiate the kid character that was genuinely scared and the kid actor that wasn't.

Jaydizzle

@You cant beat K are they not???

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vanNave

8w↑2

We need a where are they now about this kid

voteZDLR

8w↑1

I thought this wouldn't hurt a lot I guess not

DEMON TONGUE

13w↑52

21 years old at the time, this song reminds of finally managing to getting over seeing my friend get murdered and moving on into my first proper working job at a restaurant, could never actually hold that up though, PTSD had ruined me by that time and I happened to be schizophrenic diagnosed 24, I never sought out help because it felt like that was just what happened to people in the city and I had to suck it up and be a man.
I specifically remember laying on a friends kitchen table at am hours wrapped in a cover crying because my x at the time had ghosted me after 3 years and everything was hitting me at once I was scared of the dark because I got left in the dark a lot as a child but I remember not being so scared of the dark at that point, this song was blastin from the next room.....

Karnarax

10w↑2

Your story made me cry! I hope you are way better nowadays! I wish I could hug you! Wishing you the best! ❤

Oregan 2000

12w↑2

🤝

eidith

12w↑7

Some hard stuff to go through my man, hope yer holding up ok.! Sometimes need to dig through shite for a bit, till ya find ya diamonds in this world.

Isuina

I'll never get if this is good or bae

elizabeth

3y↑796

I have no idea why, but I feel a very intense sort of nostalgia when I'm listening to this and Time to Pretend. I feel so sad and feel like I've wasted to many years of my life doing nothing of significance. I get a overwhelming sense that I can't go back, that it's too late. Why does a simple song make me feel such complex emotions? I will probably never know.

Charmcity Pictures

30w

STop pondering the existential and do something! You got this PMA!

Khalid Ismailov

52w

You fucked up. But in your situation, Id rather act now instead of talking about it. Get in the grind and dont listen to the morons who say "its ok"

Jose Perez

Me too bro :'(

Kariel

Music make your heart beat, words make your brain think

MrFlux Pavilion

it's nott often that i find something so god damn relatable like your comment. Weird feeling knowing you're not the only one.

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Rafaela Lemos

3w↑4

Isso é muito nostalgico, ouvia muito essa musica quando era criança <3 Simplesmente momentos bons que jamais irão voltar

BALAAM TIRAMISU

8w↑1

TopStream es una sección diferente a las demás, el objetivo de los tops es entretener e informar, si no estas de acuerdo con los puestos recuerda dejar tu opinión en los comentarios. dicho esto, de paso, comencemos.

Dahvyd

Every time I'm looking for this son I google "Kid seeing monster music" and it works

Nado

A kind tale of a child tripping on mdma and a mother who took the wrong strip but has clear sinaces

Tac

2y↑15.7K

That kid is either doing some intense lifetime therapy or never going to be scared of anything in their life haha

VTECGTR

26w

it also could be about ptsd

VTECGTR

26w

he was supposed to be dead as a soldier for the first minute, then he gets reborn

Eduardo Serna

26w

Either your just a Lil girl

melissa barber

26w

@ReneChiqueteReacts really? lol link me?

SnowBirds

27w

Looks like some adrenachrome shit

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Baby Duck Яков Бурнышев Николаевич Душа

8w↑1

❤

ChirpyChips0320

3w↑12

Can we just take into consideration how incredibly crafted the monster puppets and makeup are, it’s actually very impressive

SaberTooth

11w↑28

I’ve heard this song countless times as a kid. Listening to it again, several years later—it’s making me feel pretty emotional. ☺️

Foofie

I love this song so much-it gives a feeling idk what like safe and alone(it’s just nice).

Shane Lambert

2y↑6.2K

That kid should win an Oscar for his performance.

Lui_Vuela

@Prati can't tell if ur being sarcastic or stupid cuz stupid if when the answer is screaming out in front of u lol not being stupid is the answer is not clear and u make a regretable decision

Aviatium

And a Grammy for his crying

A Thief In The Night

10w↑1

Absolutely, he's a really good actor.

GABRIELIUTU

10w

Cuál actuación ? ._.

Pentasis

11w

@Tom Tom They told him to. There was only one scene in the BTS where he was actually crying, not because of the monsters though.

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DIDYOUKNOWTHATTHISNAMEISPOINTLESS

10w↑16

13 years later and it's still just so good

Destiny irus

10w↑17

I remember listening to this song everyday in middle school. Legit love it still in my 20’s brings back so many memories 🥲

Adam W

The quote at the beginning is from Nietzsche, in his book Beyond Good and Evil. Not Mark Twain.

Jack Zay

13w↑53

For any of you wondering about the child in this video and whether or not he grew up to be traumatized by all the scary stuff, he's doing very well and went on to form a successful pop band called 'MGMT' and wrote a grammy nominated song about his experience called 'Kids'

Charles & Daddy

It’s traumatized-infant rockstars all the way down

Love Today Lisa ♡

8w↑5

if you grew up in my neighborhood this would be a walk in the park in comparisson .

N

3y↑384

i feel like this song really talks about how children need to be protected from the world even if the world consists of good people. for example, look at the guard. he is also depicted as a creepy guy despite saving the boy. mgmt is showing how the child is innocent and in a foreign, new environment, everything is scary. their parents have to be responsible for their safety and well-being. or maybe im just overanalyzing lmaoo

Daniel Hughson

3y↑3

I look it this video like the child is a symbol innocence. The people around him are corrupted, decrepit, and evil. His mom, the only source of comfort, pays no attention to the monsters because she understands the dark side of humanity. It's actually a very interesting narrative that you never would've caught onto if you just listened to the song by itself.

Anne.l.w

Ahhh yes I too used to be normal, but then I took higher level English and now I use the word juxtaposition in normal conversations

Edit: didn't mean that your not normal lol 😂 came out wrong

SUNDΔY434

you come to this realm and first thing that you see is fucked up world bad people with their ego stronger than a rock and lack of love you didnt expect that thats why you cry also your pineal gland is fresh so you see others people intentions life supposed to be beautiful but people who run this world are very dark

Dave Easton

3y↑3

Absolutley,and the fact that the world is frightening at any time in your life.

Maria

3y↑2

I am not a 14 year old but that was deffo deep

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semilife

16w↑1

There are monsters and dangers all around as a child. Children are far stronger and resilient than we give them credit for. By the way no children or monsters were harmed during the making of this video.

Eduardo Reuter

16w↑28

lembro ate hoje de ouvir esse clipe na MTV Brasil em 2009

Luan M. Silva

10w↑1

pensei q eu era o único kk

Toby_Was_Here

4w↑10

Its 2023, and I'm still jamming to this song ever since.

Danil Fortescue

5w↑12

Первый раз, Я узнал об этом шедевре, в 18 лет, сейчас мне 30 и есть дети (в разы сильнее чувствуешь то, что происходит в глазах ребёнка). Сейчас для меня эта песня стала ещё более шедевральной, MGMT - одни из лучших !

Swipey's Stop Motion Studios

@John Doe are you a spaz

John Doe

How do you have American music in the USSR

Swipey's Stop Motion Studios

5w↑3

Согласна, это шедевр.

Allie Burns

7y↑2.9K

i havent heard this song in over 4 years and it feels good to be back on this music

Kim Jong - Un

6y↑1

Give him one beers and misils for this man

Josh Knudson

6y↑3

Life Life

Catherine Babcock

6y↑4

aOK d
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f.dvlddodkdldldd

aku lahti

6y↑2

Kanye

VANILLA

6y↑11

Truue i know 😅 but i been sick since i was 19 so the past 6 years went by very fast and time is different when your body is acting 90 but the worlds moving the same

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Richard Morey

This song makes me feel like that little kid it's like what I went through as a kid now I'm me

Hvt Attxsit

8w↑1

We're not kids anymore 😭

Anhedonia

6w↑9

One of the most epic and timeless songs ever

Jovem Saturno Games

17w↑50

Como eu amo essa música ❤️🥺❤️

ツCarl

@B4RRINHA_FF tem ff no nome 💀

B4RRINHA_FF

16w↑1

cara tu é estranho

Joe Party Music (Official)

3y↑3K

It's a warm summer's day in 2009, and you're playing your DS on a long car trip.

Edit: Thanks for 3K likes.

Alexandre Marques

45w

It s 2010 summer and you re at the back of the car with your cousins watching landscape and playing stupid car games

Gabriel Colombo

46w↑1

That's exactly how it happened. Haha

Djjoshski

47w

Nostalgia hurts

Beezy Beez

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lk4NlqJlKY u gotta hear this track!!!!!!!

Leo Ostigaard

Playing on your iPod touch in the car on a road trip

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TriGGaHaPPenus

13w↑8

I get chills whenever I hear this masterpiece! I can be in any mood, anywhere, at any time.. Never gets old, never disappoints!
But halfway through the song today, I was chill-less.. so I had a thought,
"Hmmm 🤔I wonder when my goosebumps will appear? Maybe my ears became immune after hearing it hundreds and hundreds of times"
But less than 10 seconds later I got the chills at 3:00 - AS HE SAID "SHIVERS"🥶WHICH GAVE ME DOUBLE SHIVERS for the serendipity!!🥶🥶

J Clark

i was 35 when this song was made, got to listen to a lot of indie stuff back then cause of a free Sirius xm script. Love this time period of music! I'm 49 now 😭

John Kimani

I had totally forgotten about this great song. I heard it while playing FIFA23. So thanks EASPORTS, I guess.

Ida

17w↑8

The lyrics of this song are great - haven't listened in a while!

Cyproduction

19w↑4.4K

I can only imagine the kid being a grown up looking back at this clip and thinking "What the hell were these people thinking putting me through this?"

Urias

repent to God

Mkmib

@Pabla Gonzalez https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T-PSMPoUpY

Ruby Terpball

@Teeropita they're just props/costumes that someone made. Look up a movie called The Thing from the 70s which has a similar feel to this. None of those monsters were CGI either. Practical effects.

Teeropita

@Ruby Terpball oh so from whom did they borrow them monsters from?

Dante's Hollowed Grounds

Fr Fr Ong I hope no bad allegations come out from that.

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Shayane Miguel

3w↑1

MGMT TE AMO MARCOU MINHA ADOLESCÊNCIA

HIGOR SOUSA

11w↑12

Caaaaara, esse clipe passava demais na MTV....
Puta nostalgia

TIK TᗩK - ᗪᖇᗩᗯ ᑭOᖇTᑌᘜᗴՏ

O inimigo Está Na Tua Frente

Mr. GrayMond

11w↑6

My dad used to play this song in morning before work along with many others. This song is a key memory for me, waking up as a kid to my dad getting ready early in the morning for us.

Charlotte Pollock

2y↑1.8K

This song makes me feel something that I can't describe

Isra Aabidi

Especially the intro :)

Brian Giesbrecht

Lost?

Business Man

2y↑1

Acid at its height

DRUMMER BOY ARNOLD

same don't know why am laughing or crying

James Holden

Childhood?

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Christop

6w↑1

I remember when everyone was up in arms over the kid in this video and it turned out later that two things happened 1. The kid actually really enjoyed this part of his life it was in an interview, basically on par with being an amusement attraction and had difficulty even getting the proper shots because He was having fun. 2. A lot of the shots were more than likely swapped in, where they film sections with the not so traumatizing stuff (as most big producers would) and then later edit it into the video. Basically like an artificial Greenscreening of the people.

Ben Helsing

I like to think all the horrifying images and scary masks were superimposed after all the takes with the toddler.

ArmyAnt91

8w↑9

So glad this song has such a positive impact on so many. Let's promise to live out our best days today.

MiraSauce

6w↑4

This song is so nostalgic it makes me wanna cry, I love mgmt.

Politikz

1y↑1K

As someone who grew up with a negligent mother, this music video describes the feeling perfectly, especially the animated part where you view the mother as divine, where her divine love is unattainable. And because of this figure, you get limited protection from this big bad world, and you are overrun by fear from everything. I know they maybe did this kid bad, but honestly this music video is such a good piece of art, and the song describes the same feeling accurately. It's no surprise to me that this song is this famous.

G

25w

And yet, you'll do the same thing: stare at your phone and ignore your stupid named kid with no dad as he cries.

Carlos Alvarez

26w

My mother almost killed me when she was pregnant my twin and I, we were born premature at only 4 lbs, abused us kids in horrible living conditions, 14 years later now and it's made me realized I never loved let alone liked my mother yet she claims that she was healthy having me yet this song nourished that resentment towards cuz it was almost exactly like her when I was kid

Cameron Champa

27w

beautifully worded. hope youre going to therapy to help cope with that!

DEVILISH IRV

28w

ive never been able to say how and what i feel and you literally summed it up

graffiti j

28w

As they say the world's a scary place learned that 1st hand getting kicked out when I was younger having to find somewhere to sleep at night did drugs fights everything but no matter what you learn to toughen up I learned alot and still I couldn't care less cause I now get food everyday a wage I can do as I wish and not worry about where to live when I'll next get something to eat or how ill earn money and thankful I joined the army

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☪Syrma Rabelo

6w↑7

2022 e ainda esculto essa música ❤😭

KonKeY

16w↑3

Honestly, the first time I heard this song as a kid, I’ve been trying to look for it since. Definitely brought back some childhood memories

c. R666

Gran canción 😎🤙
La recordé gracias a el FIFA 23, jajaja
Me hizo recordar mi infancia esos tiempos ❣

KayJeeAy

13w↑4

Truly one of the greatest vibe, the melody or what you call it is truly amazing. i know the beat but wanted to find this song for so looong now its permanently saved in my spotify.

Josh Anderson

2y↑2.5K

POV: It’s 2020 and you wanted a song that made you feel like a kid again

Wisconsin Big Rigs

43w

Couldn’t of described it better

Lavender Oh

@Jake Cook If you want that, you're not a republican. Reassess.

Lavender Oh

POV: You were 21 when this song came out and now you're creeped out because kids keep saying POV but don't realize what it means to adults my age...

TryMike4instance Tv

2020 And i still think about how it would feel to be back kid again and start doing everything different

Lose

POV: POV

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Luan M. Silva

10w↑3

conheci essa música em 2009 pela MTV!❤

Christopher Sánchez

6w↑4

Siempre sera mi tema.

EddyGM886

12w↑9

I FINALLY FOUND IT AFTER MONTHS OF HEARING IT PLAYING IN MY CLASSROOM😂

ׂ

11w↑1

This song is hard to find fr

Allison van Diepen

Indefensible video. Can't watch it, but I like the song.

Philipp

2y↑2.1K

For the ones who care about the toddler:
The video has been criticized for its treatment of the toddler who appears to be truly frightened throughout the video, although it is stated on the MGMT website, "No children were harmed in the making of this video." Stereogum noted that the video "essentially polarized everyone old enough (but not too old) to know what the internet is." While MTV noted that "They really don’t make videos like this any more … mostly for legal reasons", The band later released a "behind the scenes" video through their official YouTube channel that shows the toddler laughing while interacting with the puppets and actors in monster costumes. ~Wiki

Hundred Lux

2y↑1

jeez who invited this guy.

Yoogi Bear

2y↑1

Shits a lot deeper than that

imnotabot

2y↑4

even though there IS a hidden intent behind this video, to me it just hurts to watch a toddler being in fear for this long time. i know i know the message blah blah and so on, it just doest feel right to me using the true fright of this young boy

MediaSubliminal

2y↑1

@Supersonic Diesel The animated end says it all. The kid turns to hot dogs (a symbol for sick adults), the school of fish (plenty of fish), the mermaid (a symbol for a little girl who has been abused)

zee nkosi

Thank you

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dullygust

15w↑4

MGMT are authors of many great songs. Some of them are hits, like this. But this song is a hit FOREVER.

mushero mushero

happy new year!!!

Sockto

6w↑2

This song always reappears at crazy times in my life...

Liliana Andrea Melo

6w↑3

Amo este tema, tengo 48 años y me encanta🥰

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