Dijon - Absolutely (Film) 

Been watching this video again and again for years but I’m here to finally leave a comment to say that this might be the best video on the entire RU-vid.

Another artist that needs to be PUSHED TO THE VERY FRONT OF THE LINE!!! Simply amazing 🤩 ❤❤!!!

literally incredible

dijon, you are an inspiration to us all. thankyou for this.

Man’s is the definition of cool af ‼️‼️ love that (Maryland) shit

art

Wedding type music

Bro what? 😭mk. gee! Seriously Dijon is goated.

there are phenomena happening here that i cant even begin to explain, to think of how many planes this crosses and have it be as purely innate as this... goes for the album too

This is the greatest thing on the planet earth

INCREDIBLE

Holy shit this owns

The chemistry between Dijon and Mk.gee is what makes this so special. The way they interact and play off of each other is just incredible to watch.

This is the craziest tiny desk concert I've ever seen

i've never seen ANYTHING like this. production was hands down top tier, dijon's emotions were over the roof, and the songs, despite all the chaos, were so beautifully made. definitely my comfort album 2024 edit: this is still the best thing on earth

I want friends that look at me the way mk.gee looks at Dijon.

that is the most accurate visual representation of music I have ever seen

almost two years later and this is still my favorite video on youtube

This is one of the best music performances ever captured on film....that said, can someone shed some light on the production of this? What is this set?!... that the literal fourth wall is removed at some point?! How many takes were necessary to get some of these shots?! All of this is from pure appreciation. The editing, the shots, the band, the sound engineering....ugh, just the best.

I’m so late to the party, but I think I just cried from pure beauty for the first time in my life. It felt like it washed over me. It felt like looking at a piece of fine art, and really connecting with it. It felt like everything I love about collaborating. Thank you.

i love watching them all get progressively more and more drunk

I don’t think I’ve ever really been so happy for a drop like this. my heart is beating rapidly and my body is custard. goodbye.

i have the craziest emotional response every time I watch this. I can’t get through a single song without bawling my eyes out. everything about this video is perfect. it’s seriously unreal the album is already such a beautiful masterwork & these performances add even more beauty. this is seriously a masterpiece , I’m sure I sound redundant but I write this with an unspeakable amount of tears in my eyes… this shit is incredibly powerful

no album can make me feel the way this album does

The energy in this film is so raw its unbelievable. the amount of thought that went into filming the craziness that was the live performance is maddddddddddd! Jack Karaszewski you nailed it, massive props to you.🙌

I am on at least my 50th watch/listen of this in a week. I think this is maybe the greatest film/evidence as to why people need to be in a room to truly create something magnificent. Plenty of music is made alone these days and it is great, but there is something undeniable about being in the same room as other musicians creating. This is beyond belief. Can’t imagine what it would be like to be in the room.

This Project is LIFE CHANGING This Project is HEALING MY MOTHER PASSED to the other side of time 7 years ago and this project helped me find myself through so much pain…it helped me find her voice. This album helped me deal with addiction This album helped me deal with self harm and the darkest thoughts MUSIC IS MAGIC, SOUND IS NATURE DIJON IS A MAGICIAN AND A HEALER Thank You, and BLESS

I’ve spent years religiously listening to mk.gee and Dijon separately so when I found out they not only knew each other but also work together? I literally lost my mind 😭 what an iconic team up

Christmas is coming early! Now I just need some Dijon merch to drop since I can’t make it to any of the shows sadly

Rodeo clown will always, always, be a direct gut punch for me. His performance of it here is just too damn good

This is like Bright Eyes, d’angelo, Bon Iver, Frank Ocean, Springsteen with a dash of Wilco all rolled into one unique and amazing artist. It comes at just the right time and is completely moving. Kids take note…the emotion and creativity that occurs in a room with people is mesmerizing. I think many of us that play music can relate to the feeling this video conveys with your voice blown out, your fingers hurting and the fog of too many beers as the clock pushes towards 3am with your buds…but god damn I don’t think many of us have sounded this tight it that chaos.

Beautiful

Favorite drop of 2021, easily. ‘Absolutely’ resists the urge to neatly detail complex situations and instead makes an active decision to ooze, and at times explode, with organic expression. I haven’t been this excited about music in a long time - thank you, Dijon!

are there people like me who want to comment, but then also just enjoy reading? and seeing that world has this postive side too, where people are actually nice and so kind.

This version of scratching needs to be released as its own track

This feels like my generation's D'Angelo Meets Frank Ocean. Mark my words, this man is going to be great. I'm staking claim to it now.

Simply, wow. This film was amazing the entire way through. To Jack: the direction and mix was superb. Your storytelling was amazing. The editing was on point. I truly felt at times that I was there and was constantly finding myself captivated by the film. What a talent you have for this. I’ll be sure to follow your next projects. To Dijon: I doubt you’ll ever read this, but thank you. Thank you for making my favorite album of the year. Thank you for making one of my favorite albums ever. It will forever be cemented in my top 5. Thank you for telling your story, and being so vulnerable in the film. I feel for you. Especially in the Rodeo Clown scene. I’ve only watched this through once so my thoughts haven’t fully be collected, but I appreciate your willingness to share your story with the world and consider myself lucky to have witnessed your art. I can’t wait to see this record live in April when I make the trip to St. Augustine from Kansas City! Big ups to everyone involved in the album and the film. You’ve all outdone yourselves!

One of the greatest works of art we’ll experience in our lifetime.

my only theory for the reason “the dress” ain’t on here is because it will be getting an official video

That version of “Scratching” is tremendous. I wish that was the album version

A true work of raw and honest work. Something so sincere and amazing about a warmly lit room with little room, filled with instruments and musicians. Bouncing off each other, fireworks of noise and art being created in this cramped room, and for us to witness such work is “ABSOLUTELY” a privilege. The bursts of noise, the off keys, the rawness in Dijon’s voice, Dijon’s ability to engage with everyone in the room, everything about this is perfect. Sad to hear this won’t be on the internet for very long. It makes art what it is, a fleeting joy we appreciate and gaze at while it’s present. Thank you to Dijon and everyone who made this film possible. Album of the year…

Had the incredible opportunity to meet him in a bar in Portland before his show. He was so humble about his success thus far. He bought my girlfriend a drink and was on his way. Good dude.

I’m treating this like a pregame for his tour

I have been watching this video for years i watch it maybe once a week. Finally leaving a comment to say this is one of my favorite art pieces of all time. this video has not only changed the way i view music and songwriting but it has changed my life. Absolute masterpiece. I catch new details everytime i watch. I love everything about how this video catptures the emotions that it does. So lucky to be alive while these musicians are doing what they do!

i’m so excited for him. he’s definitely gonna be even bigger than he already is. instant classic

I have an interpretation of this album/video. From what I've gathered from listening to this performance/album, it delves into relationships, with the good and bad parts shown (mostly the bad parts though). Both the video and album start with Big Mike, a song where Dijon is singing about begging a partner to accept him and "take" him. He is surrounded by everyone in a closed off, 4 wall ranch home type set. As the video goes on, it goes into scratching and talk down. I don't have much to say about these two except that I assume that they are about being in a relationship (I mean talk down is a song about how he loves some ones voice idk man). As it progresses into Annie, another Love Song, it shows the set getting progressively darker outside, and Dijon is getting noticeably exhausted, showing the strain that this relationship is causing him. In Many Times, it culminates into Dijon's anger and his freak-out that happens in the lyrics and at the end when he runs outside to catch some air. He comes back inside to Rodeo Clown where all this hurt amasses into him breaking furniture and throwing bottles. He drunkenly belts out these heartfelt lyrics that convey a feeling of despair. At this point it is completely Dark on the set and he is completely exhausted. He then runs under a door and away from the soundstage into the sky. I think the visuals of the ranch style home (an homage of sorts to Dijon's sound and inspiration), and the use of a set instead of a traditional stage conveys a sort of feeling of it being "fake." As if the expectation of this relationship is a picture perfect one, compared to the reality and difficulty that is in maintaining a good relationship. I think this idea is also backed up by the artificial lighting, and when the people recording started taking photos of Dijon. This could relate to the lyric "airing our dirty laundry" (putting things on display kind of). I think the part where he escapes outside symbolizes his realization that things don't have to be this way, then going into rodeo clown and him singing about feeling like a clown. (This is a little rough around the edges because I thought of it a couple weeks ago and it was much fresher in my mind then. So if things don't make any sense at all that is my fault, that is if anyone even reads this at all). TLDR; this video symbolizes the struggles of a bad relationship and the strain it has on Dijon.

0:00 Big Mike's 6:46 opening credits/Differences (Ginuwine) jam sesh 7:23 Scratching 9:30 Talk Down 11:05 Star Spangled Banner interlude 12:18 Annie 16:14 A Thousand Miles (Vanessa Carlton) jam sesh 18:03 Many Times 20:42 Rodeo Clown 23:20 Credits!

I KNOW IT SMELLS CRAZY IN THERE

You can feel every song its insaaane. I had chills the whole time and realized I was crying at the end lol. I’m so excited to see what the future holds for him

So special we get to drop in on this whenever we want. What a gift... when Dijon and Mk.gee are the biggest artists in indie music, this shit is going to one of the most precious artifacts in music.

I've never been so affected by a piece of art before. I mean that. Film, music, paintings. Nothing's ever made me feel like this. Beyond imagination, well done.

This is wild because he manages to both sound like Bon Iver and Frank Ocean at the same time but maybe those are unfair comparisons because in the end he simply, and most importantly, sounds like himself. This is so great.

This album has gotten me excited about music in a way I haven’t felt in a while. I just feel the need to say thank you- this shit got me dancing around and yelling all the lyrics…. cheers!🥂⭐️🪄

Scratching's ending went crazy and I did not expect that but I loved it!!

NOT HAVING "THE DRESS" PERFORMED WAS A CRIME WTFF!

I’ve watched this probably 10 times. A actual masterpiece dijon has made. Pure art.

so glad I discovered dijon's music. claiming my "I was here" spot

after watching this 100 times, i just now realized the songs get drunker as the video progresses. Pretty cool

this album made me pick up my guitar and write for the first time in nearly a year. what a gift this is. thank you.

Discovered this thanks to the recently release Mk.Gee album and Rhett Shull talking about him and Dijon, I LOVE this.

sad that The Dress wasn’t included in this but watching the part for Rodeo Clown had me nearly in tears. i think both of those song specifically resonate with me because it’s how i used to feel for the longest time. someone who didn’t want me like i wanted them and the aftermath of being “just friends” really tore me apart for a while. luckily im no longer experiencing this but to me, those songs helped me with fully closing that chapter of my life. the emotions this album in general put me through was something i’ve only felt maybe 2 other times. so thank you Dijon, i can’t wait to see you be as big as frank one day

Mike's contribution cannot be overstated

This will be a classic, for sure.

tear in my eyelid 7/25/2024 6:57 AM

im fighting tears but i feel a slight comfort in letting go and weep this is absolutely beautiful thank you dijon

I think about how amazing it was to watch 8 hours of footage with the Beatles and loving the collaborative experience and how it has evolved over the years. Great music doesn't always reach the biggest audience but it always reaches the - right audience. Merry Christmas and thanks for sharing this gem with us, Dijon. Newest fan!

This video parades as a drunken jam sesh to the superficial gaze, yet is an expression to the depths of emotion and agony of both loss and hope. I feel like my freakin' soul was torn out and shaken. Every fiber of my being is tingling. The artistry, vocals, visages, instruments, unassuming style -- all of it blended so beautifully. It's a chaotic, raw, artful experience. I'm very thankful. (honorable mentions to the Ginuwine and Vanessa Carlton riffs, the Totoro shirt, and the scene of Dijon stumbling outside - I can just imagine how crisp that air must have felt & reminded me of my time living in WA)

This that shit boiiiiiiiiii

it's an addiction at this point i really just can't stop watching this

Im speechless but just want to comment

And that's what they call in the biz "a take"

thank you so much for not fully removing this film. at least half of these views are from me. would you consider put it on spotify?

I like it. Reminds me of Thundercat, John Mayer, Frank Ocean, The 1975, Bruce Springsteen

8:58 I really hope he does this live. I’ll be laughing so hard in the crowd hahaha

i need to someone to look at me the way mike looks at dijon

What an amazing film. The music, the emotion, the songwriting, the voice... And a shoutout to Mike Gordon for his brilliant guitar playing and the way he backs up Dijon with his vocals and energy.

ABSOLUTELY Proverbs 26:4-5 I have long learned not to talk in absolutes. No, I don’t ascribe to the idea that truth is relative - if you do then the surgeon may remove your right kidney or your left, because it’s all relative, right? I mean, especially when it’s comes to the Word of GOD, there is a GOD and I am not Him, so I don’t/can’t know everything. Pastors mature, change, and refine their theology/philosophy over time. “Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be just like him. Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.” The verse seems contradictory but the NIV clarifies what is meant. Is the Bible true? Absolutely! Can we know it all? No! Lean on HOLY SPIRIT over ‘education’ every time!

Clapton was right.

Dijon said fuck a tiny desk I got a big table

wait til yall see rodeo clown it changed me and I WAS IN TEARS

I was obsessed with this video a few months ago. Got me through so many turmoils. Back here now and still one of my favorite productions ever. Incredible.

This is one of the best things I’ve ever watched in my life

diossss no puedo creer que recién llego a esta maravilla ❤️‍🩹

You can tell his voice is shot, but his voice actually sounds good when shot.

Organic AF!!!!!!!!! nothing better than creating real-time. everyone finds that pocket and start vibing...............so dang beautiful. no true lyrics even really needed on Big Mike's

really crazy this still isn’t at a million lol

this is the best thing ever happend in my life ! shit, as a cinematographer to

Can’t wait for this man. I can already tell the album and film is gonna be a classic

watching dijon and mk.gee ping pong off each other and match energies will never get old

Talk about musical geniuses all across this room. Everyone is going crazy and amplifying each other’s talents.

Wow! I’m 67 and this blew me away

AND THATS WHAT THEY CALL IN THE BIZ A TAKE 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 well done gentlemen, that shit was beautiful 🥲

watching this while dealing with depression and a breakup. i don't know how to put into words what i feel right now, but i can say that this is making hurt less. can't wait to come back when everything passes to appreciate it even more. this is something i've never see or heard like before. pure art. thank you dijon, god bless.

These guys fire me up!!!!

Who back after that shit was gone for a min, atleast had the SoundCloud audio to last me

i grew up in a house full of musicians i love this so much just like being a kid watching all the interesting people make sweet sounds together. so much love for dijon and mk.gee for making real soulful music.

i accidentally clicked on this, but i'm so glad that i did. holy shit.

Her: I bet he's out cheating Me and the boys:

I’m determined to get this video to 1 mil views… with or without help!

An amazing musician for years but this is truly a raw audiovisual masterpiece. The earlier drops were beautiful but all together as a film it’s truly next level artistic expression.