Hidden Meanings Behind Kendrick Lamar's Count Me Out Music Video Explained 

Made this video during my finals week so really appreciate you all watching & sorry about the audio quality, just didn't have my usual setup for this one. Let me know what you think of this visual down below and I'll catch you all for my Mother I Sober breakdown coming later this month

This song makes me cry he speaks nothing but relatable truth. And its funny bc hes telling us hes not our savior. But songs like this is why people do put him in this position. This song is like hearing my thoughts and feelings out loud. Im sure others feel this way. He gave us what we needed to hear not what we wanted.

I see Kendrick as more than just a rapper he does everything with passion unlike most artists who just do it for money. Comparisons of Kendrick go way beyond rap he puts substance in everything and its beautiful

The inner child in red with wings put him on top on the mountain where people praise him but he’s still in red which seems to symbolize trauma and sin. While things are falling apart in his home and depression is strong he still continues on his career, GOAT among goats. Whitney holds up a mirror to make him really see himself. He’s been kicked out of his home and is feeling like a failure but he still smiles among his peers to look strong. The mirror carved in lies shows him standing up, strong but he’s really fallen, injured. On the stairs his parents are at the bottom dancing and he is above them with his family but the family is broken in half only trying to appear to be together. In the end he allows himself to fall from his elevated position and allows the fans to lay him down to rest. For the first time he allows us to see his fall/death and as a result his inner child is able to comfort him as he undergoes therapy.

breakdown was faster than my father's comeback

this is why this album is so amazing. Kendrick is just so open about himself and I respect that. AOTY

Kendrick has been battling with being in this industry for a long time he is a genuinely good soul that got caught in this wicked industry. He has always told us in his music but some people just won’t get it. Kendrick is willing to crash out and I respect you for that brother if u go out burn this shit down they’ve been slaving our people and making us do the most questionable things for money for years. 2024 the year of truth. Remember the true enemies are those like Lucian And Clive Davis

To hear him be as vulnerable as he was in this song makes him more of a hero to me. All that other shit prior to this album was a mask, even as dope as it the music was, it was a cover up. On some of the songs on this album (count me out especially) the mask comes off. Much respect to Kdot for this. It helps me through some of my own anxieties and insecurities.

Kendrick is what a real artist should be. Not saying that most other rappers aren't good, but most never conceptualize anything, or never put real meaning that can change other people or give new perspective

This is my theory but it probably don’t make sense lol Could it be that each video follows on from each other? So for example with N95 we see destruction. Kendrick living his best life. However with this comes problems with his relationship thus “We Cry Together”. In “Rich Spirit” After the break up, Kendrick has realised what fame has brought him, a life full of loneliness and success, losing the person who cared for him. However the phone seems to keep be ringing and I think this is his therapist trying to contact him after he was recommended therapy in “Father Time”. And obviously in “Count me Out” Kendrick finally accepts the Therapy, trying to heal himself before he can heal others.

You said the girl representing Whitney, she's actually Whitney. He also has his pop & mom dancing down the stairs while he was sitting with Whitney and kids on the stairs. ;)

I was legit waiting for this video! 👏

Amazing explanation brother! Liked the edits

I love this! Your editing skills are on point🔥

This was a dope breakdown! Thank you because some parts had me confused!

The reason why he's in my top 5..a real true artist

Incredible break down. Bonus points for getting it done so fast lol

Been waiting for this 🔥🔥good luck on your finals man

this is well done made! i’ve been tripping listening to this song, trying to read between the lines! thank buddy!

Wish I had this work flow man this is amazing.

This was broken down perfectly !

I was waiting for this🔥🔥

Kendrick is the best artist of this generation. No debating. Everything he does is well thought out and strategic

I love the nujabes in the background music

The people dancing down the stairs are actually his parents and the woman raging in the bathroom is Whitney

You fr have some of the best visuals on video essay yt, but ur vids would be nearly perfect if there was just no background music playing while all the other songs and audios played. nonetheless great vid, keep it up king

Very good analysis! Very good. At first glance, I would argue that it's the higher self who does the consolation recovering that inner child, as depicted by the angel entering the room in correlation to "learn to love myself" pary. Some circles call this higher self the HGA or Holy Guardian Angel: a personal guide. Also, these same circles talk about restricting the ego; not eliminating it. A sense of self is necessary in this world; I think to completely lose ego might be something like a severe disassociation disorder: madness. "Wipe my ego". These are a few of my guesses formed off previous readings.

Thanks a lot for this breakdown chief

Great work

Love this song, love k. The count me out vid came out the morning after his final show for the mmtbs tour in nz loads of respect 🙏 was an fire show kendrick thanked his dances and crew, familyties and the final fairwells where easy highlight k.s the 🐐, the crowd shouting "5 more years" 😅 were happy to wait if needs be. Count me out felt like a beutiful send of to this chapter. Peace to you mr moral

YO THAT'S SO QUICK

uploaded today?? dedication

Could also relate the "falling" back to "alright" music video from the pimp a butterfly album.

Great interpretation 🖤

Love your speed😮

Homie you really broke that down A-1 my guy

Thank you!

Definitely a banger

Good breakdown

Great vid

Bro that intro so fye 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

Another banger

Intro song btw is Big Tonka by Yeat mashed with the Silent Hill instrumental.

good explanation Pearl

What’s crazy was that was actually Whitney in the video

True art.

what's that song in the background looping the words "little baby yeh" called? PLEASE forgot the name

great video

Well done Sir

A true artist ...wooooooooooow

Love the video, what's the music in the background at 2:30

Bruh the video just dropped, how did you do this so quick Lmao

Kendrick Lamar is the definition of a musical artist.

Thank you

That saviour x yeat remix is fye

epic edition.

Let art be art

What’s the song in the background around the 1:30 mark ?

Holy shit that was fast

What’s the song at the end?

I feel like this album is a walkthrough on how toxic masculinity is based on trauma, primarily the lack of a positive father figure.

Not you playing this sample in the back 😭😭😭😭

I may be late but I really wanted this breakdown..... God bless you fam

Mr. Morale, AOTY.

Wuts the song at the end of the video

❤️🔥🔥🔥

I wish he would have done the whole song for the video

Kendrick's former young rebellious self was killed by Kendrick himself. "He is not your savior". He feels like he's fallen because he declared to his hopeful followers that "he is not your savior". To continue forward in our corrupt system he had to play ball. He cant mention revolutionaries like Martin, Malcolm, Fred, Huey like he did before. He feels like he's fallen from who he truly thought he was which was the next revolutionary sent like an angel. Like jesus. Which if you really do some research...his story was a huge revolutionary story.

Only Bad thing about this song is It ENDS ,😌

Kendrick is much more than a rapper

Not to get too deep, but at third glimpse I peep the portrayal of the fallen angel/s

Intro song??

0:52 whats the instrumental playing there?

His album really reminds me of mi abaga album"yung denzel"

What's the song in 2:30

intro music?

lol did Yeat actually record a remix to "Silent Hill' or was that just a mashup?

Damn

I find Lamar more relatable and more artistic then Kanye or Drake or Cole or sny other Rapper (except Tyler The Creator, both Lamar and Tyler are great) Unlike Kanye, he isn't prideful and genuinely wants to change and get better and doesn't do it for money unlike Drake or other rappers. I think that's why most people find him more relatable.

intro song in the video please?

why is there a 530 sample casually playing in the background lol

Fall from savior status as he admits his wrong doing come on bro i had to bounce after that

yo mic is ass dawg fix it love the video

I ain’t even seen the music video yet I ain’t gonna lie 😂

He portrays a Nephilim (fallen angel)

Bro i beg you..get a mic or smth..can't understand half of the stuff even with cc on.

I'm currently dealing with mental issues and I know I need therapy. But I just feel like I'm starving, I eat but it makes a larger hole. I see the injustice in my life and in others and it makes me famished. I want to take the fat off of those who use me and my fellows labor to make more money for them when it belongs to us. I tell myself to hold fast and prepare but I'm impatient and want to do what many shooters do. But I know I will just be a black statistic, not given a chance to speak my story because I am a nigga to most of those people who will say I should've "worked harder". I talked to the hotline and it made me feel I feel full but I know tomorrow I will be starving again

Why was the intro terrible squeaking on silent hill dawg. -_-

That was his wife and kids in the video

Lol that was Whitney in the bathroom

Oh damn I thought that was Martha Stewart

watch the count me out video and tell me u dont feel healed

3:35 can anyone tell me kendrick, Lamar, did or have or had or has a sex addiction

Is Kendrick lamar divorced

I think you should buy a good microphone

Dude you need to read your Bible, this explanation is good, but it's SO MUCH DEEPER than that. He's telling us how he's deceiving all his fans and trying to deceive his fans, this is spiritual and something you can't just "explain" without knowledge of the Bible. Kendrick ain't what yall think.

Buy a better mic bruh.. you can get a good one for 30 bucks stop using your webcam

Get a better mic.

Bro Are you serious? Take your meds

The final angel is XXXtentacion. 🥀 Same body size & is wearing white mid tops. X was kxlled in white mid tops. 🥀 The last 1/3 of count me outs imagery is a mirror of the concept in sicko modes video at 4:22. 🥀 Drake flies through space as a meteor and crushes a young man with the same body size hair style color and position as XXXtentacion in a field. X was kxlled in a varsity / letterman jacket with striped cuffing. The X figure, in the SICKO video at 4:22 is wearing the same type of jacket JUST RED. 🥀🥀🥀