MGMT - Kids (Official HD Video)

"Hey I got a good idea for a music video" "yeah, what is it?" "Let's mentally scar a toddler" "genius"

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

Here to relieve the commenters concerned about the child actor: he was completely fine during the music video. There's a BTS video that shows him laughing and playing with the monster animatronics before they even attempted filming him. The mother was always close by in case he got too scared. The crying parts were mostly of him being upset at other things which were edited in post to make it look like the monsters were scaring him

"Control yourself, take only what you need from it" has been such a powerful sentence in my life

Yoo that kid was prolly real life scared as shit 😭😭😭

Me: that kid's really good at acting! Directors: ... Me: he's acting, right?

This shows how the baby is just learning about the scary things in life while the mom is already used to it so she just thinks that he’s overreacting

I was a new mom the year this song came out and this video devastated me. The song brought out this sense of nostalgia, mourning my childhood and anxiety at having to be a grown up and take care of this baby who needed me so much. The dangers of the world really come into focus when you're a first time mom and wanting to protect this precious baby from everything but knowing you can't- at least not forever. Now my "baby" is 16 and I'm having to learn to let go as she grows into an amazing young woman. It's scary. So here i am watching this video and crying, again.

This is one of these asshole songs where the instrumental part gets stuck in your head for years but you can't find the song on Google because Google doesn't get dadadada da da da.

An Innocent Toddler: Exists MGMT: I'm about to end this man's whole career

"“Kids” is a song that teaches empathy and moderation. As the track begins, the cadence is meant to induce feelings of nostalgia, to bring the listener back to much simpler times as a kid – innocent."

My friend passed yesterday and this was the first song i heard that day, It's crazy how the lyrics talk about the warnings. RIP Dennis

Psychotherapist: what's your earliest memory?

This was probably the worst day of this kids life

"The song is perfect for recognizing that the entirety of your youth is meant to be “the glory days” (especially in your collegiate years), remembering to live in the moment and creating fond memories you will reminisce about in the future whenever you hear the familiar melody."

What a message…control yourself, take only what you need from it. Let’s hope the kids get the message.

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.

What kind of traumatic shit did they have to put this kid through.

child anxiety explained at its best!

I've never heard of MGMT, but I was on an Empire of the Sun music binge and I saw comments about the similarities/reminiscence to MGMT. After checking MGMT out, I can safely say that I see what people were saying, and I love it! Adding this band to my playlist!