De Staat - Running Backwards Into The Future (Making Of)

"De Staat - Running Backwards Into The Future (Making Of)''
Torre Florim (De Staat)
Andy Godschalk (Reach Visuals)
Jan Katsma (Umwelt Films)

MUSIC VIDEO BY
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Concept, script and edit: Torre Florim
Directed by: Torre Florim, Jan Katsma
Ai animator: Andy Godschalk
Production: Jan Katsma
Produced by: Umwelt Films
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SONG BY
Torre Florim / Stephan 'Ramiks' Boers

LYRICS BY
Torre Florim

PRODUCED BY
Torre Florim / Stephan 'Ramiks' Boers

MIXED BY
Andrew Scheps

MASTERED BY
Darius van Helfteren

ENGINEERED BY
Jop van Summeren / Torre Florim

RECORDED AT
DE STAAT STUDIOS, Jacobiberg, Arnhem, The Netherlands
DE STAAT STUDIOS, De Basis, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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Lyrics

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Got the devil waiting on the corner
Go lower that window and I’m gone till morning
Whatever I can get to kill time

‘cause the clubs don’t close when you’re one star rated
And the night won’t end when there’s no one waiting
Just any noise to quiet the mind

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Running backwards into the future
Don’t think you’re having a say-so

Running backwards into the future
Don’t think you’re getting to let go

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I go door to door, and trick or treat it
Whatever dust remains, I’ll vacuum clean it
Whatever I can get to kill time

There’s a question mark on my horizon
And there’s a burning man in my reflection
No everything’s a matter of time

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Running backwards into the future
Don’t think you’re having a say-so

Running backwards into the future
Don’t think you’re getting to let go

Running backwards into the future

What goes around comes around
What’s lost won’t be found

Running backwards into the future
Don’t think you’re having a say-so

[sallycarver]

Ah brilliant! Thank you for this “making of”. I really love the video for this. I know a few people were not overly impressed with it being an AI content movie but it’s clear how much human imagination and effort went into it. I think all De Staat movies are enormously innovative and really inventive and a huge part of the whole “De Staat experience”. Please tell me you’re playing in the UK this year, or I’ll have to bunk off work to get to 2000Trees! ❤

[pyrolight]

The song and video give off a Ghost in the Shell vibe, which is just amazing.

Also hearing about the process to make the video was super cool, glad you shared it.

[berend_dijk]

This is a beautiful behind the scenes 😃 Thanks for making this!

[paul-v]

I'm definitely not against AI, but I wonder what (based on copyrighted images) model was used, and what De Staat would think about their music being used in a music AI model...

[shyhumanyouth]

I love it when artists direct their music videos themselves. Torre is such an inspiration!

[brainjellyTV]

This is insane…imagine 10 yrs from now…cheers from Miami! De Staat rules 🔥

[bigmoney]

So cool! ❤ Would love to see that original Torre edit though!

[Shogun_]

I absolutely loved this song and video!! Only recently found you guys out because of a good friend of mine who's been listening to you for years.
I honestly hope we get to see the Torre original edit!

[Emmer_]

Really happy you have made this video. This is so cool!

[felipedigre]

The aesthetic works perfectly. It's so fresh and unique

[elvismcgentrix]

Torre learned English watching movies about New York City. Such a Brooklyn accent, lol.

Love this video. It is so hard to imagine anything different for it.

[jonnysz]

Absolutely incredible. I got real Scanner Darkly vibes. Couldn't agree more with you Torre, these technologies open up opportunities to showcase real, home grown talent.

[BrazenSolar]

Awesome, behind the scenes is perfect for these videos. I'd watch these for every de staat video.

[MrGogyimogyi]

Awesome! Thank you guys! I hope you do more track by track videos too!

[merle.]

A German artist once showed me one of your videos. He was impressed by your creativity and the fact that you produce your own videos. It was the witchdoktor video that was the first thing I saw. And to this day I'm a fan of both your music and your videos. Running backwards into the future is definitely my favorite though. But kitty kitty is also far ahead, it's so exhausting, so mindfucking to look at and still so cool!

[RonaldvanHippel]

Woohoo! Great that you do a making of!

[dinosaur]

Dit is echt ziek, de toekomst van muziek film, kunst

[Krucek_v]

AI will revolutionize film making, graphical and even Architectural industry to name just a few, it is genuinely interesting as it is scary.
Though I can't wait until I can pop my Nerve VR on and feed the AI a bunch of prompts to make me a LOTR like movie in the future, that would be lit.

Thank you DeStaat for this music and it's video, it really opened my eyes to the potential of this technology.

[sakamerd]

The song is really cool, and the video clip is amazing. Congrats !

[meowGibson]

The best videoclips are from this band.