Freak Kitchen is a heavy metal/hard rock band from Gothenburg, Sweden, form… Read Full Bio ↴Freak Kitchen is a heavy metal/hard rock band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1992. The high technical level of their compositions usually makes people refer to their style as somewhat of a progressive metal or progressive rock band.

Freak Kitchen's style of music is influenced by many genres besides the traditional heavy metal, ranging from jazz to pop. The band described their third album as "A corny little heavy-pop-rock-latin-world-jazz-avant-garde-metal-blues-record".

Lyrics contain heavy criticism against capitalist society, conformity, racism and the attitude of huge record companies.

Frontman Mattias IA Eklundh is widely known as a guitarist of high technical ability, and live shows often contain parts where Eklundh plays the guitar using several foreign objects such as a vibrating dildo. Eklundh has also released three solo albums, Sensually Primitive (1997) (under the pseudonym Mr. Libido), Freak Guitar (1999) and The Road Less Traveled (2004).

Current members
Mattias IA Eklundh - Vocals and GuitarChrister Örtefors - Bass and VocalsBjörn Fryklund - Drums

Previous members
Christian Grönlund - Bass and VocalsJoakim Sjöberg - Drums and Vocals

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Freak Kitchen Lyrics

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Haven't got the time for this, waiting makes me sick
Tell me what the hell you want and tell it to me quick
My modem isn't fast enough, maybe I've been screwed
Let's go for some drive-in food that's already been chewed
I don't give a shit about some dolphins in some net
Or if some Chinese dudes kill a bunch of monks down in Tibet
I got to hurry but I don't know where to yet
You know we've heard it all before

And we are jaded to the core
Give us something new
Something we can trust...
You know we've heard it all before
We've heard it all before
Give us anything
Something we can trust...
Used to think that rap was cool, even wore a golden chain
Tried to blow my head away to honour Kurt Cobain
I got to hurry to empty my hollow brain
You know we've heard it all before
And we are jaded to the core
Give us something new
Something we can trust
You know we heard it all before
We heard it all before
Give us anything
Something we can trust...

Give it to me all the time, in every possible way
Give it to me all the time, 48 hours a day

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Freak Kitchen's song We've Heard It All Before are a commentary on the over-saturation of information in our society and how it has dulled our ability to take in anything new. The opening lines of the song convey a feeling of impatience and frustration with the constant bombardment of information that we receive on a daily basis. The reference to the modem not being fast enough and the desire for fast food that's already been chewed speak to the culture of instant gratification that we live in.

The lyrics then shift to an apathetic stance towards important social and political issues. The line "I don't give a shit about some dolphins in some net" highlights the desensitization that people have towards issues such as animal rights. The reference to "Chinese dudes kill[ing] a bunch of monks down in Tibet" shows how we have become immune to the political turmoil that occurs in other countries. These issues are no longer shocking or attention-grabbing because we've heard about them so many times before.

The song ends with a plea for something new and trustworthy, but the repetition of the chorus "you know we've heard it all before" implies that this is unlikely to happen. The final lines of the song "give it to me all the time, in every possible way, give it to me all the time, 48 hours a day" suggest that we have become addicted to the constant flow of information, even if it is repetitive and uninteresting.

Line by Line Meaning

Haven't got the time for this, waiting makes me sick
I am too busy to waste time waiting for your explanation

Tell me what the hell you want and tell it to me quick
Please be straightforward and don't waste my time

My modem isn't fast enough, maybe I've been screwed
I suspect that I have been ripped off with a slow modem

Let's go for some drive-in food that's already been chewed
I don't care about quality, let's just go for fast food

I don't give a shit about some dolphins in some net
I am indifferent to the issue of dolphins being caught in fishing nets

Or if some Chinese dudes kill a bunch of monks down in Tibet
I don't care about the recent events in Tibet

I got to hurry but I don't know where to yet
I am in a rush, but unsure of where to go

You know we've heard it all before
We are tired of hearing the same things over and over again

And we are jaded to the core
We are bored and cynical due to repetition and lack of novelty

Give us something new
Please provide us with fresh and original content

Something we can trust...
Something that we can rely on and believe in

Used to think that rap was cool, even wore a golden chain
I used to like rap and even wore flashy jewelry to signify my fandom

Tried to blow my head away to honour Kurt Cobain
I attempted suicide to emulate Kurt Cobain, whom I idolized

Give it to me all the time, in every possible way
I want continuous novelty and excitement in my life

Give it to me all the time, 48 hours a day
I want more time to experience everything that life has to offer

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

SpykeZ0129

5y↑1.9K

Georges Abolin who worked on this animation is ex Disney during their hand drawn days. If any of you were wondering why it looks like 90's Disney animation.

His projects:
(1994) - The Return of Jafar (Animator: Sydney)
(1995) - A Goofy Movie (Animator: Sydney)
(1996) - The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Additional animator)
(1997) - Hercules (Animator: Adult Hercules)
(1999) - Tarzan (Animator: Tarzan)
(2001) - Atlantis: The Lost Empire (Animator: Miscellaneous)
(2003) - The Jungle Book 2 (Additional animation production)
(2003) - Brother Bear (Additional animator)
(2006) - Bambi II (Animator: Bambi)
(2006) - Brother Bear 2 (Animator)
(2006) - The Little Matchgirl (Animator)

Zhoripan_Tactico

4y↑4

LETRA

I'm your freak of the week

I'm the new black
I'm opium to thee
Will do anything
For popularity
Mutilate myself
Become an amputee

Like me, like me
Won't you like me?

I'm your freak of the week
Another freak of the week
Bigger than any wiki leak
Blow myself up for free
Break my neck in HD
I'm you freak of the week

Spreading like the plague
Hole in one, touché
Seven million views
In a single day
Who's your daddy now?
Who's leading the way?

Like me, like me
Won't you like me?

I'm your freak of the week
Another freak of the week
Bigger than any wiki leak
Blow myself up for free
Break my neck in HD
I'm you freak of the week

I'm you freak of the week
Another freak of the week
I'll break my neck in HD
One Thousand eighty p
I'm the freak of the

I'm the new black

Like me, like me
Won't you like me?
Love me, like me
Now won't you like me?
Like me, love me
Won't you like me?

I'm your freak of the week
Another freak of the week
Bigger than any wiki leak
Blow myself up for free
Break my neck in HD
I'm you freak of the week
I'm the ultimate high
Stick around, watch me die
Something to be remembered
But I'm you freak of the week
Another freak of the week
I'm you freak of the week

All comments from YouTube:

Maxwyn Art

5y↑7.8K

I found this a few days ago and I LOVED IT. But now I have a funny story about it.
Today I was at my 2d animation class and I told my teacher "Hey, I found a music video made with a combination with 2d and 3d animation. I really liked it"
I put it in class, in the big screen we have, and he just looked at me and said "Have you seen the credits?"
Then I saw 5:07 . My teacher's name is Vittorio Pirajno and he worked on this goddamn video.
I think I see him as a god now.

Villainously Eccentric One

Wow, that’s a mind blowing story. To be in the presence of him. Eeeee!

Leyreley

haha, same story here. Vittorio was my teacher too :D

Alex García

they were 68 comments and something inside me told me to add one up :))

Rabbit0

Dang that's so awesome

Jakal4818

Small world.

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Lost Crusader

3y↑663

Fun fact: The characters were drawn over their 3D models to handle the complex volume and perspective. Eg. 3:02 - 3:06
It goes to show that 3D doesn't replace 2D but improves it by making it more efficient for 2D animators.

That guy there

@NoirRavenI think this is just a case where it’s noticeable because it’s unusual. If this animation technique were the norm, then I think people seeing purely 2d stuff would be complaining how the imperfections take them out of the experience.

metal boo

2y↑1

@Weeburdoodles yeah, a lot of rotoscoping. and it's not all tracing the actor. they needed to draw in the details too.

Weeburdoodles

2y↑2

I agree! And to the person saying it cheapens the animation; do they know how much of Disneys classic traditional animation is rotoscoped (traced over filmed people) and reused? This is making it easier on the animators and saving them time and it’s still some of my favourite animation to date!

metal boo

"21st century Roto-scoping." YES!

WIKKR

2y↑1

I see 3d being its own style, as well as a tool to help those who prefer animating in 2d to properly capture perspective and such.

Sure helps me with posing lmao

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Ogiv

5y↑2.5K

BRING BACK TRADITIONAL 2D ANIMATION TO THE BIG SCREEN.

Shu_Samson

Rabbit0

@Carlos Alberto Da Luz Nice to know you've given me the finger for my choice of study

Akin Schalkwyk

Where was all this energy when 2D films were tanking at the box office?

Salle Edstrom

@CryptidKingCreations well said.

CryptidKingCreations

@Michael Marple everything you listed an this included in my opinion are fantastic examples of perfect marriage of the two mediums

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toonbat

5y↑630

I love how the song is basically about dumbass people doing stupid stunts as a cheap and quick way of getting attention, while in contrast the people who worked on this not only clearly worked their asses to powder in order to get it done, but have obviously been doing this for quite awhile to deliver such polished work.

toonbat

2y↑1

@halomerc5423 A lot of the lyrics speak about the need for attention, rather than getting unwanted attention. "will do anything for popularity." "Seven million views in a single day", "break my neck in HD". All that speaks of youtube kids trying to imitate Jackass, but with less sense of self-preservation.

halomerc5423

2y↑1

I feel that missed part of the message at least...but that may just be because I see it almost as a sympathy song towards the people who had being a "freak" be their whole lives

GentleRose93

@Deathreus Not just any Disney animator, one of the lead animators from Tarzan

Даниил Степанов

2y↑3

@Deathreus And now - author of famous Graphic Novels "Blacksad"

toonbat

4y↑4

@Brutal Beat Oh, I'm pretty sure this song was not refering to people with physical oddities, but 'freaks' in this context was refering to class-clown showboats who need to draw attention to themselves by doing stupid and dangerous things.

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LittleHollow

5y↑1.5K

I love how the teeth almost make them look like wild animals. In general I love all of it.

the406seadonkey

@Lycan5 "Chances are"??? Duh, dude. What's your point? Digital media has a lossless rate much different than you or I have. Again, what's your point? The animation is great - the band is ok. Said band's fans are fucking dolts. I feel sorry for you and I'm sorry that I hurt you so deeply. Get over it just as you'd advise others who don't agree with you to do. You need to find a mirror and comb your philosophical hair you fucking baby. Don't talk shit and expect the best from those who you engage with. You get what you give. All the best, again.

Lycan5

@the406seadonkey And its not a existential crisis that's just my belief. And I'll stand by it till the very end.

Lycan5

@the406seadonkey no twisted version of logic required. Chances are this song will still be here long after both you and I are dead, and like i said its nothing personal. I was dared by a friend today to tell off the first person I see being an ass. And presto completed. Also wtf is a hair trigger skull?

No but seriously no actually if you're gonna tell someone on the internet who you don't know to contribute to society, just.... buy a mirror. Oooh wait no better analogy. Don't throw stones in a glass house. But no you are telling us to contribute to society, I am a literal Volunteer Firefighter. If you still don't get the message.

You have LITERALLY NO IDEA what any of us do for a living. So you have no way of knowing IF they actually contribute to society yet you berate them for liking a song?

the406seadonkey

@Lycan5 And if you're in such an 'existential crisis', why bother caring to comment to begin with? And my family will be fine, thanks. Far away from your hair-triggered skull. Gotta love whatever twisted version of logic you're using. Good luck.

the406seadonkey

Settle down there, genius. You don't know me and if you did, you'd realize that I'm nothing that your vitriol espouses. Go find a hobby.

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Random youtuber #4831

5y↑3.9K

please note that this video cost $140,000 to make, all of it raised on kickstarter, and it was worth every penny.

OneBiasedOpinion

That’s baller af.

tom sdffdf

They should have spent that money on a better producer. Song Is garbage

wolfumz

3y↑1

@Vidar D unless you're the animator, getting paid 140k

Danny GM

Oh shit really? I tip my hat to them

HumorlessEuropean

Cool

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john clover

3y↑195

On top of the absolute beast of a song, and the stellar animation, the subtle commentary on the similarities between old circus freak shows and how far some people are willing to go for social media fame just sells this for me.

tom sdffdf

Song is trash lmao

MANIAKK

or whatever they call themselves now, what is it? Oh yeah, influencers

Jeno C

"""""""""""""""Subtle""""""""""""""""

Dave

3y↑7

Check out "Humiliation Song" by them. It's about the same topic, but on television instead of social media.

Amerrack Hunter

3y↑2

I feel that it's more relevant now with how isolating social media can be

K J

3y↑73

you know, i really like this video. not even just because of the beautiful animation. at first with just the audio, one might think "oh haha, crazy kids and their attempts at attention. this is about them.". but then you get to the video. the vintage clips of sideshows and fairgrounds (which is really cool as someone who loves amusement park history) suggest that the desire to do crazy bullshit is an eternal human condition. it is a tale as old as time. and thats dope as hell to me for some reason. were just a bunch of hyper advanced monkeys tryna keep busy in our cosmically short time. fuckin love it.

🌹 Mad Knight Stride 🌹

2y↑13

Humanities greatest enemies are boredom and fear. Caution has taken the place of fear.

CraigieG

4y↑382

The animation is sooooo smooth. Like by god, out of everything I've seen. This is something you would see a massive animation studio do for a movie or such. Ugh I want more of this animation.

Collateral Animation

3y↑14

@Dog in hat fun fact, that is many thousands of dollars less than the average music video of this length. What all the others are doing to spend that much, I don't know?

Dog in hat

It was about $140,000

Claude Olson

7y↑1.1K

Everyone's talking about the animation, which don't get me wrong, it's beautiful. But, shoutout to Freak Kitchen, a severely underrated band.

tom sdffdf

Dude this song is so bad. Mostly the vocalist lmao

crungun destroyer of worlds

3y↑2

@Az Odin they use some pretty fucking unorthodox scales to right their riffs my guy, along with the fact that Mathis's guitar has fanned frets making it impossible for him to play standard notes on the higher scale. it quite literally is anything but generic and bland

Martin Garricks

4y↑1

Az Odin naaaaahhhhhhhh

GoingGhost

4y↑1

Right!!

Az Odin

5y↑1

Nah, the music is pretty generic and bland

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SpykeZ0129

5y↑1.9K

Agustín Cernuda

Guys, many animators worked in this video, but you're missint the point. The director, project leader and main artist, and the one who explains it all, is Juanjo Guarnido. He worked as an animator as well, but he's truly a comic legend. With full respect to each and every animator (they're absolutely terrific!) Guarnido is the name you definitely should be checking out...

Shaydys, The Shadow Queen

I can definitely see Atlantis in the mechanical bull. That alone just screams of all the animation put into the exploration vehicles and the Atlantis machines.

QuackSpeed

3y↑1

yeah, I bet that's why the drummer is basically just blonde tarzan lol

skycap92

@Tj Smith yeah

Tj Smith

3y↑1

@skycap92 Clayton?

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Dabdab The third

3y↑262

Sure the hair is gorgeous but has anybody noticed the hands yet? Most of the time In animation guitar/bass players fret hand usually just goes up and down with minimal finger movement (giggity) but in this one the hands actually have legit looking movements

Masha Falkov

2y↑4

Right?! And when there's all those arms in the Shiva-style moments!

Marlyjade

3y↑26

The lead animator is a Disney vetaran.
Any animator worth their salt studies the movements the characters would do and it always makes it better.
It's very hard. My team I was on had to animate a girl missing her leg. We had to find references.
So they probably spent hours just reviewing footage of freak kitchen performing the song.
So much commitment

Oscar Lagerwall

3y↑70

Some musicvideos age really badly, this is not an example of that. Still hold it's own after seven years.

Jake

3y↑3

I assumed it was brand new

Chenson Grezzo

2y↑16

I love the fact that this studio (fortiche production) have animated the Arcane series, I hope seeing projects coming from these guys, they have too much potential for making a lot of things

Mотаки

5y↑467

If Disney was a metal band

This is amazing

Lady Durza Nightshade Black

Disney should be so lucky

Chrissy

3y↑3

New Disney could never

Ashly Marie

3y↑6

The dude worked for Disney

king of proxies

3y↑8

@Qardo old one the new ones shit

Qardo

4y↑6

New Woke Disney or Old Not So Woke Disney?

Bouyak56

2y↑55

Cool fact : the production team for the graphics is the same studio that made "Arcanes" from the League of Legends franchise

Y*** A*

@Sigori https://youtu.be/vvHTtjQCj8I

Sigori

source?

Nidavellir

2y↑1

@Malphite heh nobody's perfect

Marween

2y↑15

@Malphite cope

Malphite

Hate arcane

TygrByt3

3y↑31

Everyone commenting about the video, can we just take into consideration about the quality of the production on the audio, it's easily the best mixed and mastered song I've probably heard can hear every idosyncrasy from each instrument and Ia's vocals sound super crisp

Joicy Olszewski M.

2y↑7

I have no ideia how many times i listened/watched this masterpiece, i'll always come back here just to refresh my mind and inspire me to become as good as who animated it and, of course, enjoy the song.

Discount Chocolate

2y↑12

Not only is the animation top-shelf, the song itself is a banger.

Rolling Buckler

3y↑30

The animators for this are legends. This gives off 90's animated movie vibes and I fucking love it.

DragonBorn 15

3y↑47

I've never wished I could get a video tattooed more than right now holy shit this is absolutely fantastic

GameStressed

3y↑38

I'm in love with the fluidity of the animation and the dedication put into every frame. As an animation major, this is so inspiring! The song is amazing too and i vibe to it so well. Love it, love it, looooove it!

The Living Tombstone

9y↑5.8K

This is really well done! Holy shit! More people need to see this!

Skyler Laber

Agreed

K.v. #NinteNerd64

The meaning in this song is amazing and the animation italian kiss amazing

Coinfindr's hobbies

love your vids as well

RJ TheCosmonaut

Love your music too bud❤️

Blaque Marou

I’m surprised you havent done a remix for this yet- or is it bc of copyright? Also yes I do agree! More people should see it (I love the flowing hair like yes??? Just sad some things werent animated and replaced with circus acts etc)
Hoping more animation like this will be made one day- but like this kind of animation for a movie hhhh would be so nice-

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Top Chaos Bunny

2y↑3

"I'm the ultimate high, stick around watch me die." love that line

softmelonsoda

3y↑8

I always seemingly come back to this video every year and I’m never disappointed, I’m 19 turning 20 in June of next year, started my first semester of college and my dream is to be a professional digital artist / animator and this gives me so much inspiration and motivation to continue doing what i love most, my dream is to be as good as the animators who made this amazing project.

Hippy Treehugger

3y↑43

in terms of the song "thumbs up" in terms of art style, 90's Disney because back then their artists has skill and didn't make their characters with a child's head on an adult body. plus the pencil look with the line work really brings it all out. great job

Let Cas

3y↑14

Look at those hair animations!!!! this is a hidden gem for the animation and heavy metal world definitely !!! :D cheers from Mexico guys, I love this song!!!

María Montoya

2y↑9

Un minuto de silencio por todos aquellos que no conocen esta joya audiovisual

David Martos Peinado

3y↑13

This is what made me love classic animation. That everything felt so alive, expresive and beautiful... Now days everything is computer generated and it's good but lost all the magic and the attention it garnered with handmade and a bit of CGI animation to enhance

Jessica Castrodad

5y↑129

The animation is gorgeous and these men have princess hair.

Alfredo Gaitan

2y↑2

I would buy basically any single frame of this as a poster. So this is what can be accomplished in animation!

River Spirit

9y↑2.3K

This animation is why the Disney 2D animation department needs to come back...or a different department filled with these amazing animators needs to be created... Either way, please bring back 2D animation.

I appreciate 3D, and know that there are a lot of things you can do with it, but 3D just doesn't have the same...impact, as 2D...

NotAGod -

this is an 2d animation animated over a 3d animation. even more work

FUBARGunpla

that moment when this video was made with a mix 2d and 3d animation haha

tsv

watch into the spiderverse

temaorocks

This isn’t 2D this is 2.5D look the back grounds and sometimes the musicians

Spirit

I know right?! I miss the old movies disney made, the animations were so amazing to watch. T-T

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GoingGhost

4y↑6

3:00 that scream still gives me chills!!! I love this band!

Rae

2y↑2

This is so beautiful, I can't believe I hadn't seen it before.

DinoPwn

3y↑16

I can't believe its been almost 7 years since this came out.

Drunken Delver

3y↑7

I first heard this song about a year ago, and I thought it was pretty damn good, but only now do I find this brilliant and beautiful music video for it that brings it to a whole new level of epic.

I can't properly express how much I love this video. The animation is amazing, and I find something new every time I watch it that makes me love it even more than before.

I've also begun looking more into the band itself, and I have you to thank for that. Thank you so much.

Nowakk

9y↑15

I wander why this music video doesn't have hundreds of millions views. It's so awesome! :)

Paula Villegas

3y↑6

i listen this since 2015 and it still giving me a incredible feeling that i can´t explain, one of my favourite songs 4sure <3

Meep

3y↑5

I really like the animation in this video, its smooth like disney's style animation. I would like to learn to animate like this someday.

Williany Amill

3y↑2

The animator who did the character designs for Tarzan made this

kurisu7885

3y↑22

There are movies with multi million dollar budgets that wish their animation was even close to this good.

Toby draws 535

3y↑6

AHHH ITS THE TYPE OF ANIMATION STYLE LIKE THE IRON GIANT!!!!!!!!

gotriceandshrimp

9y↑9

Love it. Want more.

Anyone else feels like it's criticizing the whole new media experience? Just look at the lyrics and tell me it's not a social commentary about propagandizing yourself in any manner of light just for a brief moment of fame.

Disney lost gold when this guy left.

TheZombunneh

4y↑3

I absolutely adore this animation style and I have a new band to love as well!

SunyCartoons

4y↑7

Not only is the music video amazing, but the song is incredible too. I've never heard of this band but I wanna check them out now!
Also, the main singer looks like a combination of Gregg Allman, Jack Black and Eddy from Ed, Edd 'n Eddy. I don't know why.

stoagy mahalo

4y↑25

This is the MOST DISNEY METAL in animation and song.

Kawaii Animations

5y↑29

The animation is as AWESOME as the song,

ＷＯＷＺＥＲＳ!!

jhhwild

8y↑1K

Whoever animated this needs to make a feature length film. The animation is really good!

Maxwyn Art

As people said in the comments, Borja Montoro worked on this. He was not only on charge of Herculea or Tarzan, he also hwas a character designer on Moana and Zootopia (and many others)
I'm lucky to be having him as a teacher next year. Also, my current teacher worked on this as well

Emmanuel Ivey

StaticMouth what 😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😨!

Alchemystudiosink

There is totally an arisocrats move in there

Allen Tyree

6y↑2

This was an expensive animation at 142,000$ crowdfunded.

Toasted Fish

7y↑1

But if it were in this style it would take soooo long and would be really expense sinc this toke years to make due to the rotoscoping and it took 143,000 dollars to make so ya... Also he worked at Disney so yeah

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Heather Krieger

5y↑11

Holy crap that animation was the most incredible thing I’ve ever seen. The hair and facial animation oh my god.

this user has not been found

4y↑3

2:45 - 3:15 gave me constant chills!

Obese Sonic

5y↑5

unless they knew every animator on the team and hooked them up with something unbelievably good, this for sure cost upwards of $200k to produce and it only has 4 million views. This production level is on par with fucking iron giant. insanely cool video

Jay Mac

5y↑3

Look at the description, no tags but 'music' . Hell, they don't even mention the word ' animation ' anywhere in the description. Had they of thrown 'animated music video' at the end of the title, and YouTube's algorithm would have had a hell of a lot more to work with, that's it's own recommendation genre now from what I've seen.

I know it's ironic given the message of the song, I badly wish it got more attention, at least if not so the hard work of the animators could be appreciated.

Woody

4y↑4

This animation style is awesome, the hair is so fluid. The song is fantastic too. Well done.

LonelyAssassin96

8y↑666

Okay, the way the hair is animated is just absolutely fucking fabulous.

Dante Stone

All the fucking budget go for the hair hahahaha xd

Lemon Moon

That was only the body; all the hair, facial expressions and hand movements were done by hand.

Triskie

You know you did well when you get an "awesome", but when you get an "absolutely f'ing fabulous" then , well, just good job man.

Lemon Moon

6y↑1

Funny you say that, the director was a Disney animator who wanted to do his own things, but I don't think he worked on Pocahontas specifically.

Patty Bautista

6y↑1

Pocahontas 2.0

Zhoripan_Tactico

4y↑4

jason rustmann

3y↑3

I keep rewatching this, and noticing more subtle animations that really bring this to life, it's so well done, like when the singer goes to help the other guy up, the little flinch of his head like he's about to hit him for more "likes", it just makes them feel so much more 'alive', wish there was more animation this fluid and smooth in the world

Jemma Scott

4y↑6

This animation is just insane, so fluid and gorgeous!

207 Nichakun Kit-a-nant 207

3y↑14

This is one of the smoothest animations I’ve ever seen.

christopher auzenne

3y↑8

freak kitchen is my favorite disney princess

Mortis

2y↑2

3:00-3:06 is the most godly shot in this entire music video it gives me CHILLS watching it oh my LORD

InretoRose

4y↑8

It’s amazing watching talent advertising talent I probably never would’ve seen this had my teacher not shown me in art school. I’m still flabbergasted by the amazing work put into this. Both musically and through animation.

EJM

4y↑4

Classic Disney styled animations + Heavy Metal = AWESOME

jaxamoto

9y↑12

Catchy, really well animated stuff.

Kenny kreamer

4y↑7

Omg the 2d animation is amazing, and reminds me of old school disney animation, please make more of these, this was awesome

TEGMENTUM

4y↑4

Not my style of music, but dammit this makes me miss hand-drawn animation so MUCH. Such flawless execution.

sakurazarrok

4y↑1

Amazing combination of live action clips and animation! This was truly worth every penny just to have a theme like that

Frisby 2007

3y↑6

Seriously, the animation here is brilliant! It makes me nostalgic, and wish 2D would come back to the big screen instead of being stuck for the TV or streaming service platforms.

MouseyArtist

8y↑951

not my fave kind of music, but the animation production was impressive as balls.

another degenerate

6y↑1

Gojira is bae

Floridaball🇺🇦

Same.

mvunit3

7y↑2

"Glam Rock"??? . . . oookayyy.

Damn Bastard

7y↑7

Are male genitals really as impressive as this? Then that's an insult.

MouseyArtist

8y↑7

@FoxGhost7 huh?... I know the footage is actually awesome, I just was not an utter fan of glam rock.

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Power Peter Animations

5y↑17

The art of merging 2d and 3d Animation. AIN'T IT BEAUTIFUL!!!

River LeFae

2y↑5

Disney did NOT know what they were doing firing these guys

The Bearded

4y↑3

One of the best animated music videos ive seen! The expressions, angles and movement aswell as the editing is great! Thank you youtube algorithm!

Oji

4y↑5

Youtube has failed me. Years ago this was posted, and during the time it came out I was a desperate freshman in highschool and let me tell you, this would've made a huge ass impact on my social standards at the time. I fucking love this, the style was heavily reminiscent of my favorite children's movies with every fucking edgy aspect you guy could possibly throw in there and it is just so amazingly amazing. It's disney but better is all I can say. Based on this I would watch episode after episode of a series based on these dynamic characters by the same artists. It is just thrilling to watch I couldn't look away.

Witch Myrra

3y↑2

this is so good. never was a lot for this type of music... now I'm in love.

Non Sequi-Turian

2y↑3

So fucking well animated. The rotoscoping is fantastic.

Matthew Bandersnatch

3y↑1

I keep coming back to this. I desire more so badly every single day. You're an amazing animator!

aesthetic girl

4y↑590

* Sees drummer and gets a crush *: aww whats the point he is just a drawn out fictional charac-

* Sees ending of real people : *sniffle dreams do come true-

tweedy gremlin boy

3y↑1

@The boy who cried Wolf ate my son you can like animation and be a simp. Myself for example, I'm a huge fucking animation nerd, but am I also super gay for the bass player? 100%.

tweedy gremlin boy

@Eli Vanto same, the bass player is fine 👀

Ray D Greenwald

@The boy who cried Wolf ate my son I mean the live-action counterparts are also pretty hot

Castillo

3y↑1

Same 🤤😍😂

Victoria Gonzales

@Eli Vanto how could u simp for anyone but Thrawn??

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Micah Buzan ANIMATION

8y↑1.7K

One of the best animated music videos I've seen.

Audree Capozzi

For real! I love this video, I can't get over the animations!

Julia Mäki

I keep seeing you everywhere. It's fun tho, please continue

Jaime Perez

Go check out dead and gone by twizted. I personally don't like that kind of music but the music video is well animated

Raven

Micah Buzan are you serious it's not a big deal in the more that we were beds in this one

_______

8y↑3

Diddent expect you to be here, love your work man!

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Samantha Spencer

4y↑1

Every artistic fiber in my body is shaking. Great job on this!

Flowerland of John

3y↑2

Not in a day though, but soon the lyrically referenced 7 million views. Brilliant 👏🏻👍🏻🤘🏻

Dentist Damsel

THIS IS SO COOL!!! It's like Disney animators gone rogue - I loved every second of this amazing animation!

Grim Reminder

4y↑1

Man, this even blows Treasure Planet out of the water! Insanely good work with all of this 🤘

Usaji R

5y↑2

I found this video years ago before I became an animation major, and I just keep coming back to it. It's so INCREDIBLY WELL MADE. This is the kind of character animation I aim for when I try to make my own work. I'm just blown away every time I watch this.

phamtom 2.0

I love this so much! The way how the drawings are done its amazing! Its awesome! You did such an amazing job!

Independence Guitar

4y↑2

I’ve always respected the hell out of mattias ecklundh for his crazy instrumental skills while also being able to to sing at the same time. The guy is a force of nature. It took me a quite a minute to decide if I liked freak kitchen. They’re an acquired taste, and I’ve definitely acquired it.

mon0lithic

5y↑439

They remind me of a classic DnD party (a Dwarf Warrior, Human Mage, and Elven Archer/Rogue)

Lazar Marinkovic

3y↑2

@mon0lithic I would say they all multiclassed out of bard as there base class tbh

Josh Lips

@Shineay Andrews love the reference

mon0lithic

4y↑1

@DePhantasia I mean, Warlock works too - but we don't really see the Patron or any non-wizard stuff on him... But you know, now that I think about it, he goes better as a Sorcerer (Storm one, to be exact)

DePhantasia

4y↑2

but wouldnt the human be more of a warlock? just wondering~

teepi the goblin

4y↑3

Thanks for clarification and the red head is an bassist just for precision

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Unlucky Llama

8y↑196

I saw this video for the first time off of Tumblr today and was blown away by seeing such old school Disney style animation tossed in with a little Iron Giant and crossed with rotoscoping. The feel of the character's expressions right down to that sketchy line work of the old classics that i love. Animation like this is rare to find and I will take it over those complete 3D animated movies any day. Keep doing what you love to do!

TheSilleren

4y↑1

Think I'v just watched this like 10 times in a row. It's so frickin awesome!!! The look, the style, the movement, the music!!! :D

Cherry

5y↑4

I will never be tired of this fantastic animation. This is the type of quality material that we need in animation. Definitely inspires me to get into animation

JULY SANCHEZ

4y↑1

I love this so much. The animation is superb 😌👏🏼👏🏼

Dániel Szilágyi

I can't describe how good this is! I frickin love it!

Reigne Wolvenshire

8y↑1.9K

I need a LOT more of all of this. I have watched this video over and over and over again, completely hypnotized by the animations. I've never seen this style in this sort of more serious tone and it's incredible. Every single contour of every single stroke in all of the animation, I can't seem to stop studying it over and over again. Hair, fangs, eyes, expression, thick lines, thin lines, how they morph and transition.

Why is there not more of this incredible work to see?! And I don't mean this vid, I mean the creators. I crave the styles so much. I suspect this style - if these guys/you guys are the animators of some of my most beloved movies - is part of what influenced me as an artist today. My style, the LIFE in it, everything.

Please make more content. <3

MightyArt !

Reigne Wolvenshire ikr

Glasses Guy

7y↑1

Reigne Wolvenshire
Haha. I'm like you. I can't get enough.

Paxonite

Juanjo Guarnido sir open a patreon and put an announcement video we will help cause you guys are awesome!

KukoCL

7y↑1

Despite the awesome animation quality, it looks too much Disney like for a rock video IMO.

Kevin McLaggan

Reigne Wolvenshire you might like OBITUARY Thousand ways to Die

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Suil Heart

The animation and song is really great, at first I thought this was another "how to train your dragon" promotion movie but it's a good song and band with great animation, 11/10 would like to see more animated songs. 🤘🎸

ReccaWolf

I just found your channel, and what a shocker - I remembered seeing the animation pictures from this on your booth table a few years ago, and saw this on my recommendations. You inspired me with your Blacksad comic style, and many thanks for the nice Blacksad quick sketch you made for me. I LOVED the animated music video, and I subbed to you too! I hope you do plan on making a Blacksad animated movie one of these days. Thanks again, and I hope we’ll meet again back at Heroes Con in Charlotte, NC. Stay safe! 😎

Feral

man this is still one of my favorite music videos ive ever seen, and the animation is absolutely mind blowing almost 10 years later.

chicapercebe

3y↑1

You know, I watched this video everyday back in 2019 when I discovered it, at that time I was starting to getting interested into animation's world and really inspired me a lot, I feel so inmerse in the drawings I with a great song damn it still obsessed me hahaha. I've been learning a lot since 2019, I bought my tablet in 2020 and started animating! I hope one day I would create things as amazing as this video, thank you for this amazing work<3

Hedoro

8y↑140

It's a crime how under appreciated this is, this is a masterpiece in animation

Kidding

6y↑1

u have no idea LAWL

DoT tier

The animation is absolutely immaculate honestly, I love how smooth it is.

Shiki *

This just got recommend to me and was instantly amazed by the amazing animation. It is smooth and the perspectives are great and the emotions are so strong too. It is so wild!

Momoqay

4y↑1

Мне так понравилось )))
Очень качественная анимация . Аж сердечко быстрее забилось

gorillazsan

3y↑2

By all that is rock and metal, the animation in this video is fucking epic!

Villainously Eccentric One

To this day, (6 years later) I still watch this and get massive animator chills. God, I love this style of animation.

Eric Robertson

3y↑14

Just a friendly reminder that Fortiche (the animation studio) went on to animate the KD/A's Pop Stars and some other rad League related animation projects.
that being said, goddamn I love Mattias, this Studio and Juanjo

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