Arcade Fire - Afterlife (Official Video) 

uno de tantos problemas que yo he encontrado en Hollywood es, que los mismos latinos que ya son famosos y tienen nombre , se olvidaron loduro que es progresar y suvir esa escalera del exito. Yo le doy gracias a dios que siempre soy muy positivo , siempre habriendo las puertas no nomas para mi pero tambien los que vienen detras de mi . Les doy las gracias a los fanaticos de Arcade Fire por el apoyo, Mil gracias su amigo Pablo

My mom and dad were in the hospital together with Covid in November 2020. My dad recovered but we lost our mom. This is my first time watching this video. Makes me think of them. Yes, I feel sad for losing her but I feel even more sad for my dad. Imagine being married for 52 yrs then bam! They are both from Mexico and my dad dresses like the dad in this video. I see my family in this video. We all miss her.

This is a masterpiece - how each of the three remember the mother in their dreams. I can't watch this video without ugly-crying, it touches something so deep 😭😢😭

Since you passed away mom, I can't stop listening to this song every single fucking day. You have no idea how much I miss you because life isn't life without you mom after all ♥

I love how at 6:15 the older son dreams of being in the back seat with his mother, with no (visible) driver in the front seat. Which calls to mind "In The Backseat", a song similarly about Regine's mother: "I like the peace In the backseat I don't have to drive I don't have to speak I can watch the countryside And I can fall asleep"

Watching this video, listening to the music, for the very first time since my mother suffered her stroke and died, I was able to let myself feel the sadness of remembering her the way she was when I was a little boy. She was so incredibly beautiful and very intelligent, creative, and brave.

"Hope it was just a glimpse of you like looking through a window, or a shallow sea, could you see me?" Gets me every time. I love this song

I started watching this video because I always hear this song on the album but never watched the video before and I just ended crying my eyes out.

Main point, appreciate your loved ones when they're alive, not dead, life can always take an unexpected turn. I learned that last month, expected to see my granpa over the summer, as he lived in Mexico. He was so ecstatic, he left us last month. I could not comprehend he was gone, I was awaiting his text, how could he be? But it was his time. Don't waste time in imperfections of one another

Grief, I've learned, is really just love. It's all the love you want to give, but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go.” - Jamie Anderson

This isn't just a video. This is art.

i lost my mom on february this year, and this song means all to me. ARCADE

What a powerful piece of art - this song and the video, together. Who doesn't experience loss? Who doesn't contemplate their own mortality? Who doesn't wish that they could still hold a loved one who has died? Regrets, uncertainty, pain … we all know the emotions that this song evokes. It's utterly relatable. I love it. And I adore Arcade Fire.

Wow, made me cry, the impact of losing and learning how to live without someone as important as your mother or the love of your life and just meeting them in your dreams, so beautiful.

I don't know what I was expecting when I clicked on this video, but it wasn't this. This was sad and beautiful, and it makes me want to wake up my mother and hold her.

This music video made me teary because I understand what it means to lose something important in a family. Mother or father.

After watching this video, I was reminded that I should be grateful for what I have and for family because others have it much worse. Sometimes we take all these things for granted.

I like the fact that the father is the only one not sleeping while "meeting" her because he so hardly and intentionally looks for her by crossing dark streets and removing mountains of snow. While kids meet their mom unconsciously during their sleep in the sleep as she will always take care of them

I've never cried so much over a music video. This was beautifully touching.

SIMULTANEOUSLY CRYING AND DANCING IN MY SEAT

Beautiful message. Being Mexican myself we value and hold our parents to high respects. Our moms are the back bones of the family what keeps us together. I am grateful for what I have and thank God every day.

Not afraid to admit that I cry each time I watch this video.

The mother is gone and the father has two kids to raise and love. He sells flowers and has a tough time economicly but he tries his best for his two kids. He tries to instill religion in them both and tries to keep thr latin culture alive in his youngest son and tries to keep the oldest out of trouble, his relationship with the oldest is tough because theyre both depressed for the mothers passing. The oldest seeks parties to cope but inside he also wants to please god and is conflicted by his two desires. At the end family love brings them together and have the mother and religion to unite them. Well thats what i got from the video after seeing it one time. Aeesome song and great video.

So teary eyed... How everyone misses the comfort of their mother...

Made me tear up when he hugged his wife. Hurts to lose someone.

The reason for using a Mexican family I think is that in our culture we are not just family oriented people, we are also so mother oriented, our mom is untouchable, almost like a saint, and losing the mother is losing the backbone of a family which makes this video, or at least to me as a Mexican that has been apart from my mother for a while, a more profound and painful tragedy.

I have to watch this video every once in awhile because it lets me unleash my grief. I feel like this is an accurate representation of how we deal with the loss of somone we love. Those dreams and memories are all that are left to keep them real. They make them seem present, the way they comfort us with our memories of them.

My girlfriend just passed away and this song reminds me so much of what we had. I miss her so much.

I’ll dedicate this song to my late mother. It perfectly encapsulates our relationship. Things left unsaid, feelings not shared. When love is gone, where does it go?

It made me cry. The first RU-vid video in about two years to actually make me start crying. Emily and Arcade Fire are absolutely wonderful together...

Why is it so hard for me to explain how much I enjoy this video? It almost brings me to tears, Christ.

This band makes so much more than music.. They make art.

Black Orfeu version was about the Afterlife when your soulmate is gone . Your partner . This Mexican Family version is about another love in our lives . Our Mother . When love is Gone . Where does it goes . And where do WE go . Again second time Arcade Fire had make me cry . Omg the emotions keep pouring still . Hope everyone enjoyed as much as I did

I liked the video and how each member of the family were handling/experiencing the loss of the wife/mother, and especially how the father contrasts with the black and white imagery. Well done!

This song hits me every time, with the video... how do you stop the tears

It has been almost a year since I first heard this, I still listen to it. Too much difficult to explain.. It’s not just a song, it’s a feeling actually

I think that song is about losing someone you loved deeply but also trying "to work it out" with love ones who are alive, who are around you...so" work it out" without "scream and shout" - because then everything is even harder....that is my impression and massage I received...

Afterlife, oh, my God, what an awful word After all the breath and the dirt and the fires are burnt And after all this time, and after all the ambulances go And after all the hangers-on are done hanging in the dead light Of the afterglow I've gotta know Can we work it out? We scream and shout 'till we work it out Can we just work it out? Scream and shout 'till we work it out? 'Till we work it out, 'till we work it out 'Till we work it out, 'till we work it out Afterlife, I think I saw what happens next It was just a glimpse of you, like looking through a window Or a shallow sea Could you see me? And after all this time It's like nothing else we used to know After all the hangers-on are done hanging in the dead light Of the afterglow I've gotta know Can we work it out? Let's scream and shout 'till we work it out Can we just work it out? Scream and shout 'till we work it out? But you say Oh When love is gone Where does it go? And you say Oh When love is gone Where does it go? And where do we go? Where do we go? Where do we go? Where do we go? And after this Can it last another night? After all the bad advice That had nothing at all to do with life I've gotta know Can we work it out? Scream and shout 'till we work it out? Can we just work it out? Scream and shout 'till we work it out? But you say Oh When love is gone Where does it go? And you say Oh When love is gone Where does it go? Oh When love is gone Where did it go? And where do we go? It's just an afterlife It's just an afterlife Pós-vida, oh, meu Deus, que palavra terrível Após toda respiração, e sujeira, e os fogos estarem queimados. E após todo esse tempo, e após todas as ambulâncias irem E após todos os parasitas haverem cansado de se agarrar à luz morta Da fosforescência Eu tenho que saber Será que podemos resolver isso? Nós gritamos e berramos até resolvermos isso Nós podemos simplesmente resolver isso? Gritar e berrar até resolvermos isso? Até resolvermos isso, até resolvermos isso Até resolvermos isso, até resolvermos isso Pós-vida, acho que vi o que acontece a seguir Foi apenas um vislumbre seu, como olhar por uma janela Ou um mar raso Você conseguiu me ver? E após todo esse tempo Não é como nada que costumávamos conhecer Após todos os parasitas haverem cansado de se agarrar à luz morta Da fosforescência Eu tenho que saber Podemos resolver isso? Vamos gritar e berrar até resolvermos isso Nós podemos simplesmente resolver isso? Gritar e berrar até resolvermos isso? Mas você diz Oh Quando o amor acaba Para onde ele vai? E você diz Oh Quando o amor acaba Para onde ele vai? E para onde nós vamos? Para onde nós vamos? Para onde nós vamos? Para onde nós vamos? E depois disto Ele pode durar outra noite? Depois de todos os maus conselhos Que não tinham nada, afinal, a ver com a vida Eu tenho que saber Será que podemos resolver isso? Gritar e berrar até resolvermos isso? Nós podemos simplesmente resolver isso? Gritar e berrar até resolvermos isso? Mas você diz Oh Quando o amor acaba Para onde ele vai? E você diz Oh Quando o amor acaba Para onde ele vai? Oh Quando o amor acaba Para onde ele foi? E para onde nós vamos? É apenas um pós-vida É apenas um pós-vida

Love is energy. It can never be destroyed.

I feel stupid for crying alone in the dark while this is on, but I just can´t stop myself. Is so strong this feeling of not having a hug from some love of mine

I have to tip my hat to this Emily Kai Bock for effectively drawing an undiluted picture of a single concept. She was so adept as to make me feel for the pure tragedy of this story- I almost felt it was beautiful tragedy, but then that would have cheapened it some I think. I almost wanted some hope to be implied at the end- but that certainly would not have been very true to life, or death. Huzzah Ms. Bock.

The afterlife is less about what happens to the dead after they're gone, but what happens to the living.

Where there is struggle, there is success.

Happy fathers day, and thank you to all the Dads who don't reach over the table and hit there sons when they ask stupid questions. Those are real men.

It's ridiculous how much this affected me, especially the little boy's dream. When he laid his head on his mother's shoulder, I lost hold of my emotions. That never happens.

One of the beautiful things about this is that the mother was the salvation in each of their nightmares.

wow! This made me think about my dad when my mother passed away. I hope they are together again in heaven. I miss and love you both.

i genuinely feel bad for anyone who doesn't realize how amazing these guys are

Arcade Fire gave grief a heartfelt beat and I'm so grateful for it. 20 years later and the sting of losing my mom is always fresh but songs like this guide me through. 💙

I've just lost a dear friend of mine. Last night I saw him in my dreams, back with us in the club acting like nothing happened... It reminded me of this song and clip.

Every time i listen to this song and video i cry ...my mother passed away in 2011 but i feel always the love and smile she gave us ❤

Nice bit of video storytelling, if you're a father or a mother, you can't help but feel that twinge in your heart.

This is my first characterization role and I am so glad that are so many views in a couple of days. Couldn't ask for +++. Beautiful work from Pablo, Justice, baby boy. As a singer that I am I love the song! As an actress...love the piece and we are already getting some international critique from Film critics! Awesome. Beijos.

This is an absolutely fantastic video. It evokes a series of emotions that other music videos fail to even attempt to mention. This is why Arcade Fire is the best band of the 21st century!

I though that was just me that always cry with this song and video but now I realize that is a general feeling and the effect. I saw the band live and omg, it was awesome....

I have reminisced about this video for years. Re-watching, years later, it is just at emotionally engaging at it was then. Literally, no words can describe this video. It melds art and human emotion in ways only dreams and memories can grasp.

Being Chicano I've seen my parents struggle with work and appreciate all the hard work my father has done for his family and all the love and comfort my mother has provided for her husband and my siblings and I. Power to the people who come to the states for a better life opportunity

I read somewhere that Man probably began believing in an Afterlife as a result of dreaming. The claim is Man would lose a friend or a member of his group or tribe and later on he would have dreams with that person in them. He'd awake and be convinced that he'd just saw him/her. And so he'd believe that they are living somewhere else, an afterlife.

this song makes me cry, even when I don't have great loses in my family, but I always ask me what happen next?

Brings me back when music/videos meant something.

i love these characters. i love the minimal dialogue. the moment when the man holds her in the black and white room was so much. his face. and you felt that you wanted him to just hold on forever.

when love is gone, where does it go?

Estaba obsesionada con esta canción previo al día donde vos te fuiste. Quizás era una preparación, un pre aviso de lo que iba a tener que pasar. Cuando el amor se marcha, dónde se va? Me gusta pensar que te puedo mostrar este video, te hubiese gustado. Trato de luchar todos los días, hay días como hoy, donde me siento derrotada, siento que no puedo convivir con este dolor toda la vida, así la vida dure dos minutos más. Te extraño y te amo todos los días flor. Perdí la fe en todo lo "afterlife", y no creo que puedas escucharme, pero aferrarme al amor que siento por vos es lo que me mantiene viva.

This video, whomever filmed it, must know what it's like to dream. The pain and happiness that the father feels, knowing he's holding his wife, knowing its a dream when he sees the water rushing through; The entirety of it, I've experienced it too many times, and each time is more sad than the last

That's some pretty powerful stuff...a very slick production, and a rare instance of a music video making a song better. The family was very easy to relate to and sympathize with. Wow.

its been a long time since a video doesnt make me feel like this, it breakes my heart, theres nothing more important than family for a mexican, im so proud. Thanks for the video arcade fire.

Two years ago my grandma passed away, I just hope she knows how much I love her, and how much I miss her. Ma I couldn’t be there but be sure I never stopped thinking and praying for you. Stay faithful everyone. 🧸

Having 2 kids around the same age - I cannot imagine them without their mother. It just pains me to watch, but I cannot look away from this video. It hits home like nothing I've seen in some time. Amazing and I'm stunned. Thank you Arcade Fire and Emily Kai Bock for this perspective on life/loss and the reminder to say "I love you" more often to the people that matter to me most.

to me the guy is a widower who is just trying to keep is family together .

el nombre de el actore que la hace de mi hijo es justice Lucero.

My heart hurts when I watch this. I know I'll be having similar dreams of my mother and father one day.

the most beautiful music video on the internets. Not even a contest.

the best song from Reflektor

Was vacuuming the house this afternoon and stopped because I heard a catchy tempo of this song...Made sure I Google the FM station playing it and record what it was and from whom. I just saw the video and wow - did it make me tear up (I'm a single dad of a young boy). Beautiful lyrics, excellent tempo and mesmerizing video and performance - cheers!

es imposible no soltar un par de lagrimas con este tema

This song has been my companion since 2013...

perdí a mi padre hace poco y este video refleja mucho de lo que mi mamá,mi hermano menor y yo sentimos cada que lo recordamos, muchas gracias por esta canción y video tan hermosos! gracias Arcade Fire! saludos desde México

This song has stuck with me for years, every time I hear it I get emotional

The mother is still with them in their dreams, where she saves them. I also love the references to Orpheus and Eurydice. Orpheus lost Eurydice and he goes into the afterlife, or Hades, and tries to bring her back. The gods allow him to do this on the condition that he doesn't look back at her as they leave the underworld. He does, of course, and she turns to a pillar of salt. That's why you can't see the mother's face clearly until the end. I don't know how you can interpret the myth, but it has something to do with not being able to bring back the past, or the dead. It's about the the way they stay with us even when they're gone but remain forever out of reach while we try not to forget their faces.

What I get from the video is... When you lose someone in your life and have a dream about that person it's almost like seeing them again. So, they're always with you in your mind. Kind of like a blues song... it's sad but comforting, if you get my meaning. Great video and a nice change up from the giant heads.

una canción que te llega alma acompañada por un vídeo que es capaz de transmitir el vacío que deja alguien cuando se

I shared this in 2013 when I was starting my family. Then I never thought I'd lose her. Now this makes me cry.

This video/song makes me cry everytime

Creo que nunca he escuchado esta canción sin llorar, siempre me deja muy emotiva, trae a la luz sentimientos imposibles de explicar con palabras, eso es lo hermoso de un medio artístico tan abstracto como la música, puede tocar fibras tan específicas y hablar de experiencias humanas tan complejas como es el dolo y aun así paralelamente crear una Oda a la vida.

This video portraits the backbone of losing a mother and how it effects every member of the family. Beautifuly done. I love this band

I listen to this song many times a day it's just in the background frequently, it wasn't until a few minutes ago when I was thinking about my grandmother thinking about a fish and chip shop and how I should ring her and see if she wants to hang out and get fish and chips there... My grandmother died a few years ago and for a brief moment that had slipped form my mind, the loss of it all came flooding back all the wondering and regrets and then I just wanted to listen to this song in this exact moment..so here I am, not just paying it as I normally do in the background but properly listening to it, hearing it again like the first time I heard it with this video and not just the music.

Siempre escuché esta canción y me ponía nostálgica, pero definitivamente con el video tiene un mayor significado acerca de lo que es la vida al lado de las personas que uno ama, esto es arte, transmite ese sentimiento de dolor y de sanación

This video is really beautiful, the story is quite Incredible. Its better than most feature films put out this year and this video is only like 7 minutes!?!? Emily Kai Bock did an amazing job directing this video and Arcade Fire did a fantastic job making this song, I love Arcade Fire.

Am I the only that tears when listening to this? Now this is my first time watching the video, and I actually cried. Any one else?

My stepdad died today. Whenever I think of death, I always come back to this song. To me, it's one of the saddest songs I've ever heard, the tune and the lyrics combined make for a very melancholy song about wondering what happens next. What happens when we die and we come the end? If you truly appreciate someone close in your life, let them know. Don't wait until the very end when it's too late. I implore you. Rest in peace now, you're tired....I'll see you on the other side soon.

This song overwhelmes me with emotion

For those who wondering beef is an youtuber and he gave a shout out to this song. Thats why everyone os saying beef sents me.

Mammas are the best... every generation will look to their ma💗

The whole music video is a giant metaphor for the necessity of family and how the characters view the world without them. The young child is inside the washing machine, a fear he might have. But later we see him in the comfort of his mother. The teen is living a usual teenage life (world outside the pool. The girl that's partly nude can be in reference to his increasing sexual activity) but misses the times when we has younger (The pool/baptism. The pool is sealed off from the Teen's world because christians don't do the stuff he does. He misses this because he remembers how small his world was and how innocent it was too.) The Father travels through (his memories) and it's noticable that it's all black and white, symbolizing sadness in a way, or even depression. There's also his wife (or two?) which, even though it is still in black and white, are brighter. He misses the beach memory (why it's so bright and such) but he still enjoys time with his wife (disco ball.) It could just be me, but that's how I broke it down.

I´m leaving my comment here so when someone likes it, I can listen to this masterpiece again.🥺

Oh cuando el amor se ha ido ¿Dónde se va? ¿Y dónde vamos? ¿Dónde vamos?

Why did I cry so much?

First time I see this and here I thought there wasn't a music video for it.. i love this song . This song got me through a lot of life. Life is long, and I long for peace. Afterlife

I listened to this song on the way back from my grammys funeral and I cried because I was so happy she was finally with my papa.

my grandmother is dead today... and I am well because I think I am going to dream with she.