AIR - Kelly Watch the Stars (from Moon Safari - Official Video)

Directed by Mike Mills
Produced by The Directors Bureau
Shot in March 1998

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[benniesmith]

This song is actually about the Charlie's Angels character Kelly Garrett. Back in either 1999 or 2000 there was a Charlie's Angels night on Channel 4 (in the UK) and both Jean and Nicolas spoke about this song in a very short film about it called 'Airheads' and they said the song was inspired by their mutual love of the Kelly Garrett character. I still have a copy of the Airheads short film on VHS because I recorded it due to being a fan of Air and loving the Moon Safari album. In the video to the song both of them wear T-shirts with Kelly Garrett's face on them and they tried to get a girl who looked liked/reminded them of Kelly and chose a girl who was a young student to play the brunette. The names on the score cards are 'Kelly' (Kelly Garrett) and 'Smith' (Jaclyn Smith who played Kelly on Charlie's Angels).

[feverpitchtv]

Happy 25th birthday, Kelly Watch The Stars, the single released 4th May 1998 in the UK.

[brekezek]

Still there after all these years, a masterpiece

[shinryohji]

Me, about 13-14 years old, spending my tuesday evening watching MTV until 11PM on my parents' TV set, watching this clip between Windowlicker by Aphex Twin as seen by Chris Cunningham and Hyperballad by Bjork through the scope of Michel Gondry. Life was good.

[k-leb]

Thank god we can finally watch a HD cut of this video! So many of Air's videos online are so pixelated.

[HarryFlowerrs]

'Air', Fairview Park, Dublin 17th June, 2025 was absolutely brilliant another terrific show!❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[NickyNustar]

Whoever made this song is a beauty.

Whoever made the video, is a genius.

[horrortherapy]

Back in the day when not only music videos, but music was still worth listening to.

[nataliedyer]

I would like to thank my mum for introducing me to Air!

[stephenpercival]

25 years old and it still sounds like the future. The French love a good vocoder but I think Air are possibly the masters of it.

[bravosierra]

I love this version over the album version, the guitar riff gives it a nice edge

[wrckid]

I had forgotten how brilliant this band is! This song proves it, to this date Moon Safari is one of my favorite albums!

[ArtyDarth]

Music videos were so fun and creative back then. I really enjoyed watching them, especially on MTV. Some of them were so cinematic, that they took you into another world.

[davidhakin]

Never stopped loving this song from the first time I heard it. And this is the best version.

[angelmagno]

This video is a metaphor for life. We are all Kelly at some point, fighting against adversity, the passage of time, the obstacles that the path of existence presents. Sometimes a hard blow, but you never have to give up, you have to play the game until the end...

[pitchoon]

La french touch dans toute sa splendeur. Un album mythique et intemporel !

[snewwavekid]

... how does this truly underrated gem amongst the landscape of music, only have 22K likes? ... a tragedy that AIR has never been given the success in the US they so richly deserve

[HSimon]

15 years on this song is still FREAKING UNREAL!

[wiljjHeigl]

This song always puts a smile on my face. So beautifull, like all good art should be.

[theswitzer-songshow]

Air, The Chemical Brothers, Moby, Fatboy Slim - a few others - a great sound in the 90s/early 2000s.