Austra - Spellwork

[Bamseskutt]

disgusting pop music yuck.

very un-original

[radical96rodent]

@Bamseskutt You're unoriginal

[nils365]

This is exactly how I predicted a video for "Spellwork" would be; dark, mysterious, but still filled with happy feelings. I just love Austra! 

[jessandhollykal]

4:51 I'm sure everyone eats watermelon in that way.

[7edzins]

Proud of Katie that she is half-latvian.

[xtinct2]

1:03 . . . is she giving head?!

[BohemianConspiracy]

@xtinct2 surrealistic position ?

[francesfarmer85]

You make me proud to be a Canadian

[WoWDruidgirl]

That white haired 'woman' looked like a dude XD The horse was beautiul though. Don't watch video, just listen to music, do that and you'll be ine

[Suprapersonality]

0:00

Is this a Whole Foods commercial?

[TheHogwood]

Amazing song. First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar, though; that's how you do a witchy-woody video.

[battlechi]

This song should be on the secret circle AMAZING don't fancy the video as much but weird stuffs are awesome

[deuxfleuves]

Wonderful. Vid is blocked in my country, but I was lucky to find the unblock proxy!

[Blackmilk81]

Everyones looking for a story to the video, but the few Yelena Yemchuk videos I've seen never had a story, they were a series of stunning/weird/interesting images, in one video she represented the words of each line in the lyrics visually (and literally), so I didn't watch this trying to discover any kind of hidden meaning.

[TubeSalvation]

watch?v=ysNd4QGOgeY

[jomobass7]

4:50 Katie getting her face stuffed NOM

[verakatleta]

if their aim was to show us a disease it was done perfectly!

[BVBMonroeInsanity]

ummmmm....So....I'm not quite sure what I watched....

[Soupwhistle]

Spellwork is best done skyclad, under moonlight and with clear intent. No need for all those costume changes and drama.

[Alizk8]

emo-hipster-dark shiat



[murepoison]

THIS IS SOSOSOSOSMUCH OF ANDREI TARKOVSKY- THE MIRROR.

[GamVlou]

FANTASTIC!!

[Nieghorn]

I'll never be able to look at my backyard again without being creeped out!

[cutmass]

i read a ton of comments and the consensus is that she is either sucking the d or worshiping something for the whole video either way its weird

[augustagrafma]

I don`t know what they actually smoke, but I hope they had as much fun as I had here in they filming playground forest. Pretty creative/ little budget and funny, maybe it`s meant to be so :D

[calimero1982]

fantastic...

[maleksiuk]

The only thing I didn't like about this video was the horse o_o

[Dreygonfleye]

I like the song but the video....with the blowjob, flower face and her hiding behind the tree...dont like it

[peeps6901]

burn them all

[yakobemil]

Perfect.



[iameggnest]

williamsburg 1809 a.d.

[ashleybn]

creepy...

[sintexbortexx]

Excellent Work !!!!!

[Emericanization]

This is some satanic ass shit

[ruggerfunk]

i'm sorry but this video is terrible.

[bernardfate]

They should ask Anton Corbijn for a proper video.

[fugbo]

lol.. is she giving head @1:04?

[ClearChannelComm]

Fucking hipsters

[WhitneyG222]

cool song...freaky video haha



[klantize]

Good music and fruit!

[advenae11]

I want to eat that watermelon with Sari and Romy Lightman

[XxautumnemoxX]

I like how out of the place the music video is!

[MissMomoute]

@spiderbyteD9

Thank You. :)

[MissMomoute]

Yeah this is a bit... Freaky? But if you pay attention to the lyrics, you'll notice it goes together. Even if it is fucking weird. Yeah.

[BrandonArkell112878]

@MissMomoute It's supposed to be fucking weird. It's art. lol.

[ZebraDecoy]

@TheAerochick13 shhhhhush

[spiderbyteD9]

Search "Kid Chemical". You can thank me later.

[bobbyeph]

sounds like an 80's alt.tune------which i abhore

[BohemianConspiracy]

I'm curious to know what musicians like Edgar Froese , Vangelis or Martin Gore think of this music...

Sometimes... musically...more at the beginning of the song... it's like if it was the music for a Derrick episode made in 1979 ...it's intriguing

[u1b2]

blowjobs, colored smoke, depressed bitches, soul-less men, and some old hag on a black horse looking threatening. Is this really the girl psyche? If it is, then, please, kill yourselves. crap imagination at play. sad.

[cea101592]

@u1b2 telling someone to kill themselves is cruel and extremely offensive

[11111111111111116841]

pleas prank call this # 224-277-2752

[retrowallflower]

so perfectly creepy :) i adore this

[medqueen1]

Nice napkin dresses

[AmericanRiver]

Very interesting video. The sound is great.

[USSPuertoMontt]

Vean lipdub USS 2011

[kungfudoggie]

Nice effort. I would have enjoyed watching 5 min of the horse. Gorgeous horse!

[vickyboy96]

I am now mentally disturbed for life. :-/

[enialekk]

Is she sucking the guy in black or what o_o

[markeh94]

@enialekk The band lead singer is a lesbian, so no. It looks like she is kneeling in some sort of worship.

[enialekk]

They would stay okay without this on their videography. (y)

[proudaltome]

Tess of the D'Urbervilles meets Red Riding Hood meets "These Dreams" by Heart meets "The Seventh Seal" meets Hair & Makeup Barbie meets mysterious lady on dressage horse meets Dali meets....

[drogoscg1]

Too many mushrooms are a bad thing.

[blccdruut]

just a little darker than 99 luft ballons

[crimsonmaple1]

The chick in the poncho has an oral fixation. WTF is with that horse?

[MissRubiT]

Give the director and the artists more credit and use some critical thinking skills, you assholes.

[katietheactress]

What...did I just watch? .___.

[MrPpMad]

It's me or sounds like Florence + The Machine.....? Really exact xD

[zakariyar]

wtf o.O this is jus lyk a bunch of random scenes put together o.O

[maleficentgirl3734]

The only thing I liked about this video was the horse o_o

[apollosguardianangel]

@maleficentgirl3734 AGREED (:

[bendviewfarm]

uhhhh.....

[Mileyfannnnnn]

what the hell was that? can u tell me what's the point or the idea bhind this video? cuz i don't get it .is it a song or ad or ....please help me

[FuNoXx]

@Mileyfannnnnn

the bleachblond female has submitted to the man's world and died as a result

[MrCloudmane]

This video is dumb I don't get it

[lexcaptianawesome]

Saw her live wearing that exact red dress at funfunfun fest Austin Texas 2011 awesome show

[MrVOuL]

Grand Kiff !

[diegohcatalao]

whenever I see the end I feel like eating watermelon :9

[Chinolatino]

this video is creepy good

[Glitchtt]

All the Gvcci G0ths gonna whine that it sucked, but hey if you truly understood occult wisdom/knowledge then u would know what's up.

[HearthCricket]

@Glitchtt Yup exactly lol!!

[BrandonArkell112878]

@Glitchtt Exactly. If anybody understood the underlying occult themes, they would be beside themselves. It's such a complex and astute video.

[Glitchtt]

I'm still shocked she pulling out the 3-folded kiss and all, too bad if you thought this video was horrible, i think it's fucking amazing.

[ramendan]

it should have been some voodoo spells

[PALEXTINOX]

AUSTRA ACOJONANTES

[barbwirerope]

Austra is totally Retro-Current. They're one of the best groups out there today. LOVE THEM!!

[Clematisian]

……. oh … my … gods … I just KNEW they were Magick … I KNEW IT ~ (•8-o

[itallionstallion98]

@ElaineBuie agreed

[AsSweetAsMay18]

I agree with the top comment. Great music, terrible video. What the heck where they thinking?

[McShieldBash]

i wish i have a good quality camera like this. i wanna make videos too. XD

[Linhja]

Is this a satirical music video?

[TheAerochick13]

@Linhja I hope so.

[klantize]

I am in trance... Lovely.

[01rschwa]

Thank you Yelena Yemchuk for destroying an amazing song.

[totipark54]

little red riding hoods?

[TheAerochick13]

It's like the people from Florence in the Machine decided to take a bunch of Ecstasy while wandering in the woods, and this is what happened.

[hfghfdj]

@TheAerochick13  you win

[TheAerochick13]

@hfghfdj I do? Awwwwh yeaaaaaah.

[Johnny0kNNz]

@TheAerochick13 ritual...

[koppellhinex]

╭∩╮（⃕‿⃕）╭∩╮➔ CAPITALISM & COMMUNISM not EQUAL..!!!

DRUGLORDS+GOVERNMENT is COUNTERFEITING MONEY for SLAVERY.!!

BANKERS & DRUGLORDS screwed life & society in human history.

BURN DRUG LORDS ALIVE & OCCUPY THE WORLD.!!

CAPITALISM = NO REAL FREEDOM. WORLDS FAKE ECONOMY.

fight for LAST DROP BLOOD for MONEY & POWER = OPPORTUNIST MANIPULATIVE REALM LANDLORD GRABBER PIG ROYAL LAZY FAMILY.

HARD WORKING PEACE LOVING HAPPY HONEST SOCIETY were always the slave victim and poorly starve to death. :(

[MittyPurrsnikitty]

@koppellhinex What are you going on about? Can't you just enjoy the music?

[koppellhinex]

CAPITALISM creates ELITE CRIMINALS. BANKERS. DRUG LORDS. INEQUALITY. INSECURITY. GREED. RUTHLESS COMMUNISM. NWO. NAZI. TERRORISM. LAZY PEOPLE. REBEL POLITICIAN. ANARCHY. worst is WAR etc. etc.. ☠ ☢ ☠ ☢ ☠ ☢ ☠

CAPITALISM was designed only for CORRUPT OPPORTUNISTIC MANIPULATIVE LAZY POLITICIAN. BANKERS. LAWYERS. DRUG LORDS. JUDGES. CRIMINALS. DICTATORS. RULERS. KING. SULTANATE. EMPEROR etc..

HARD WORKING PEACE LOVING HAPPY HONEST SOCIETY were always the slave victim and poorly starve to death. :(

[BrandonArkell112878]

@TheAerochick13 And thank goodness for that!

[noblerthanyou]

This is like a hipster version of a nightmare of someone who recently watched The Wicker Man. 

[CaptainMoonlight17]

katies a lesbian why was she giving everyone head

[ferreirajohnatan]

"Believe me" part 2

[01rschwa]

Reminds me too much of M. Night Shyamalan's "The Village". Horrible movie. Even worse video. Sorry Katie. I love you and Austra to death and I think that this song rocks, but the video really does suck.

[gogmorgoaway]

huh... my sister was supposedly part of the filming of this video. This is definitely not what she came home telling me about...

Anyone know what happened to the footage that was shot near Russell, MB?

[tarynforever]

smokebombs in a forest. city girls in frilly village-wear trying to look like pilgrims. wow. it's not like every ryan mcginley wannabe photographer do this to death or anything already. how fucking overdone is that?? this isn't even art. it's so fucking boring. and 2007. bye!

[bklynmike3]

freaking ridic u l awesome

[diegohcatalao]

is not that bad ... has a black horse!

[TheStrider138]

the lady on the horse is the best part.

[flyworld3]

Austra is brilliant, I love the album but I just have to know what the fucking hell were they thinking when they made this music video. Josef Fritzl could come up with a better storyboard.

[taila1976]

Getting tired of the witch, american goth, mystic gimmick. This video is so random and not even visually interesting. Wanna do it the good way? Look at Fever Ray videoclips!

[edgarae1]

You know, I was asking myself today why there weren't more music videos featuring over-exposed white girls running through the woods. Thank you, Austra.

[alekswien]

love them too, but austra will never recreate the 'beat & pulse' impact....in production, female images, mise-en-scene,..this is so imagination free :|

[AlessandroMartello]

I'm not saying the video is perfect, they hardly ever are, but god people you're arsh!

[TheIndieMusique]

Great tune by Canadian-Latvian singer Austra!

Guys, want more indie music? Check out my playlists and subscribe!

[maccasara]

never heard of the band or the music, but I'll keep returning here just for the commentsection

[peelandform]

THIS IS AN AWESOME VIDEO!

[tobytobiko]

If I see one more 5D out of focus piece of crap video I'm going to turn the computer off! Seriously, I love Austra. I've seen them play live and they are amazing. After seeing M. Blash's fantastic video for "Lose It" I was really excited to see their next effort. This video actually made me angry. Colored smoke bombs in a forest!? It feels like I'm watching a bad fashion blog. It's not a new idea or even an interesting remix of an idea. So why are you making a video out of cliched images?

[BrandonArkell112878]

@tobytobiko I didn't think they were making a video out of clicheed images or stale fashion blogs. I thought they were making a really cool, original video. I haven't seen this before. I find it very well-edited and full of complex fairytale themes.

[orshick]

Yeah, seriously. Not to sound overly entitled here cause I love the song but this vid ain't so hot.

[ohcrappola]

long wait....for that? Please consult me next time you're looking to make a video (I realize I haven't made one before) but it can only go up from here :)

[ohcrappola]

@alittlegoat  I AGREE

[ohcrappola]

I like watermelon and all but.....easy does it.

[alittlegoat]

DORIAN IS SEXY just sayin

[P0rphyro]

Oh, good grief. Wonderful song, deserved a lot better than this horror. Budget aside, this is an awful video.

[tokideacuario21]

When I see this video of Asutra I think: What we cando with a forest and a poor budget.

[ferreirajohnatan]

Witches!

[wukenny62]

Was the video a joke?

[MrFluorescentDream]

Remember me the "Fever Ray - Stranger Than Kindness" music video :D

[mysweetpeapeagirl]

I Love Austra! But WTF with this video? Any Canadians out there will get me when I say that all I could think about this whole video was "What would Ed The Sock have to say about this piece of shit?" This band needs to get better videos, cause the music is surpurb!

PS, check out Ed The Sock if you don't know who I am talking about. Funny shit.

[JBrandonSummer]

Ohmyhorse!

[kamilb]

Latvian woods +

[aliceffekt]

cocorosies MV without cocorosies..

[liquidstone14]

mega dorian wolf hotness at 3:12

[alittlegoat]

@liquidstone14 YES AGREED

[wrightcodyj]

I thought the video was okay until I watched it again. The video has a good concept, but the direction is poor. Too many strange edits, lingering scenes, and just general shoddyness. This song deserves better. I mean, seriously. What's with that last scene?

[MissAtlantique]

i sort of like the costumes, and the creepy feels, but man...seems like the person who was recording the video could not keep his/her hands still

[dztroi]

Ah, more Holy Mountain rip-off.

[alittlegoat]

Too much fan fodder. This is paradise

[thegrimyeaper]

I really hate YouTube comments. Why oh why do I always read them?

[thegrimyeaper]

@mooseburger88 Because I'm as retarded as everyone else.

[BrandonArkell112878]

@thegrimyeaper Don't worry. The rest of us know that this is an impeccable band with an equally impeccable video.

[pebellepebelle]

It reminds me of another version of the video she did as Katie Stelmanis fpr the song Believe me- a non-witchy version.

I like the style.

[heeenriquec]

This song deserved a better video, but this one is not bad at all.

[Puebla1694]

cool video

[backmasked]

i thought from the comments that this video would be awful. It's not bad, i don't know what yr problem is.

[sneekylinux]

now this reminds me of old skool electro stuff, the video too

[mooseburger88]

best song of 2011, worst video of 2012

[Thomas19Antoine]

love it!

[IVIaksym]

I'm sorry, but they really should get someone who can make a good video for them... cause both this and Loose it videos are not the best.

[fastestfashion]

Is there any doubt that this was the best song of 2011?

[ElainaBuie]

Don't get me wrong, I love Austra to death, seriously. But that is probably the worst music video I have ever seen in my life.

[Bud052]

@ElainaBuie idk, I thought Beat and the Pulse had a pretty bad video.

[TheWorldsLimits]

@ElainaBuie Agree completely! Although the video isn't as bad as Lose It. Seriously though, Austra needs to find better directors for their videos. It's just a mish-mash of disconnected things and just looks/feels awkward. Thus far, they have done almost no justice for their amazing music!

[NoZAutonomy]

@ElainaBuie Why? Because you are used to Hollywood-made music videos? The band is doing an act of what they want people to think about when they hear this song. It's more art than just an attempt to get more listeners aka money.

[taila1976]

@NoZAutonomy

This is not art, is random

[ElainaBuie]

@NoZAutonomy Calm down. I didn't say a thing about liking Hollywood videos, so you're wrong on that point. And as a matter of fact, I am an art student, and have been doing art my whole life, and I even make video art and study design principles. All that to say, I think I am qualified to express my opinion when I see a terrible video.

[PY11235]

@ElainaBuie Well i've got a degree in expressing my opinion when i see a terrible video.

[ElainaBuie]

@PY11235 ya beat me!