Hozier - Dinner & Diatribes (Official Video) 

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Title: "Dinner & Diatribes" Me and my dyslexia: "Dinner & Diabetes"

Fuck she is seriously such a great actress

Hozier: *only has a mustache* Me: I've never seen this man before in my life

Gonna tell my kids this was The Menu (2022)

people not recognizing Hozier with a moustache is the equivalent of Dr. Doofenshmirtz not recognizing Perry without his hat

Director: So what do you want to do for this video? Hozier: Idk set me on fire

If I had a nickel for every time i’ve seen Anya Taylor Joy playing a girl not acting as expected at a dinner full of fancy people and trying to escape the crazy host, just to end up the film with a human s’more, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice

Hozier didn't do a thing in this video but look into the camera , but this video did something to me.

If Hozier makes a concept album based on Greek mythology it would be the death of me.

Therapist: Mustache Hozier isn’t real he can’t hurt you Mustache Hozier:

I totally get why no one ever found out Clark Kent was Superman, u stick a moustache on Hozier and slick his hair back and i have no idea who that man is

I wish the Spotify version had the chorus at the beginning and end. Gorgeous addition.

Hozier: *posts this video* The fandom: I’ve never seen this man before in my life

no one: hozier: 👁👄👁

some of y'all really didn't recognize hozier because he had a moustache as if we're in a cartoon lmao

Okay, so in the beginning he eats a burnt marshmallow but his teeth are already dirty from the previous ones. Since setting yourself on fire means being in love (in this video), roasting a marshmallow over that fire and enjoying it means that you enjoy watching someone agonizing in love for you. So basically it means that he approves of only this kind of love, a huge one that makes a fire of him. He made others to burn for him, that's why his teeth are dirty, and he wants to feel it too. So when she tries to light him up, she's not serious, she's just flirting. He doesn't react and that makes her irritated. Also she gets hurt in the process (almost lights herself up - he smiles at that, she's already in his net) so it's risky for her, she might fall too. And the half-circle turn, when the camera moves at 1:08 means that she's halfway through to being in love. (It correlates with the same moment at 2:14 but that time that will be a full circle - completely in love). She tries to capture his attention in other ways, like climbing over that table, but that doesn't help her. He's still waiting for her to give up. She's not going to flirt and just leave him, she has to fall for him for real. Her body betrays her every time she tries to leave. The servants are the symbol of his will and they bring her back on her Seat at the table (name of this movie by the way) until she's ready. I'm not sure what they tell her at 2:46, it's either "you're in love now you've gone full circle" lol or "you can leave now", because at first she doesn't believ, but then she either gets scared or glad that she can finally leave - no one's stopping her now, and she tries to escape but she understands that she can't (because she really doesn't want to leave him). And then she gets serious, he finally sees that and burns, she enjoys that (by eating a marshmallow), but it doesn't last for long. She's not going to move on from this and do this to other men (like we know he did to other women many times before), she won't be a player because these feeling immediately become reciprocated, she falls for him. And everything goes according to his plan, he gets the love he's been waiting for, when both of you are in love without playing around

this video just feels like one big ass fever dream

For those who don't wanna look up the meaning of the word 'diatribe': Definition of diatribe 1 : a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing 2 : ironic or satirical criticism 3 : archaic : a prolonged discourse.

Hozier is so versatile. He has: Forest Hozier Evil Hozier Handsome Squidward Hozier

wow The Menu looks great

That girl is suchha good actor. She should get a netflix show.

that girl looks like she would be real good a chess. what a queen.

Me: “I think I am straight” Joy: “nope” Me: “oh I think I might be lesbian” Hozier: “wrong again”

I think a lot of people are missing the meaning of Diatribes here... It's a bitter verbal attack towards something or someone... Watching this and taking that into consideration my interpretation of this song is two lovers who fall in love with each other through intellectual sparring. Sometimes using others to do their bidding, both try not to show how impressed they are with each attempt but finding themselves combusting with attraction. At times becoming offended and literally attacking and when not getting the reaction they want they flirt or attempt physically seducing the other with looks or actions. Obviously, one is more experienced than the other. Ah, the appeal of manipulation, darkness, grotesque and the unseemly, toxicity defined.

She is an extraordinary actress. Her eyes speak volumes.

I just feel like no one is talking about how good Hozier's acting is on this. Yes Anya-Taylor Joy is incredible. And I guess people are acknowledging his acting by saying that Evil Hozier is giving them nightmares. But he is so subtle and startlingly intense in this. For someone who does not have acting as a profession he is really good.

So when this chick crawls across a table she gets a music video but when I do it the waiters throw me out of Olive Garden?

They're both way too good at nuanced acting, this is a whole movie

OKAY, SO HERE'S THE LYRICS Honey, this club here is stuck up Dinner and diatribes I knew it from the first look of The look of mischief in your eyes Your friends are a fate that befell me Head is the talking type I'd suffer Hell if you'd tell me What you'd do to me tonight Tell me Tell me Tell me, ah That's the kind of love I've been dreaming of That's the kind of love I've been dreaming of Honey, I laugh when it sinks in A pillar I am of pride Scarcely can speak for my thinking What you'd do to me tonight Now that the evening is slowing Now that the end is in sight Honey, it's easier knowing What you'd do to me tonight Tell me Tell me Tell your man That's the kind of love I've been dreaming of That's the kind of love I've been dreaming of That's the kind of love That's the kind of love That's the kind of love That's the kind of love Ohh Let there be hotels complaints and grievances raised In that kind of love (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love) Ohh Let there be damage ensued and tabloid news In that kind of love (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love) That's the kind of love I've been dreaming of, ah Oh And that's the kind of love I've been dreaming of (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love) And that's the kind of love I've been dreaming of (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love)

Deleted scene from The Queens Gambit where Beth sells her soul to the devil to beat Borgov

Somebody's probably already said this but this gives me Hades and Persephone vibes

I don’t care if it’s toxic I want what they have

‪No one:‬ ‪Me: is that Nikola Tesla‬!!?

A side to everyone breaking down the music video ( and doing a great job at it) but I also notice.... that at the very beginning when he eats the marshmallow, he teeth are rotten and full of cavities. Hinting that he has been doing this to many of woman before her. His teeth have become pure rotten from all the sweet people he “consumed”

I'm confused why no one in the comments is talking about Anya. I'm both amazed and happy to see her here!

I love this song with my whole body and heart. My soul belongs to this

Hozier burning is an accurate representation of how I looked waiting for this album. Worth the wait

Hozier: *Giving a whole new dark and disturbing meaning to the classic phrase "getting roasted."*

This gives me Hades and Phersephone vibes but in a more abusive way. Persephone tries to flee from the underworld but Hades wouldn't let her because he is obsessed with her beauty. Eventually she gains her freedom by setting Hades on fire and "killing" him with the help of Hecate (the girl who gives her the matches), but as she is close to her way out, Thanatos (the servant) , finds what happened to Hades, catches her, and also sets her on fire as an act of ravange(i like to think Thanatos waas in love with Hades in this scenario) never letting her see the upperworld ever again.

People interpret the video differently as being stuck in an abusive relationship, home etc, but for me its her fight inside her own psyche with the shadow self, the predator, who just sits and watches her from the other side of the table. From the first moment it seems as if she woke up; gained consciousness - recognized his presence in her psyche. She goes through a roller-coaster of emotions, tries to burn him, tries to escape, even tries to sedate him, but nothing seems to work as he is not moving but the servants around try to fight her on his behalf. He says no words. And eventually she burns him thinking it will affect him whereas in fact the “servants” burn her as well as a sign that these two concepts are inseparable, he is her, he is inside her mind field, and she cannot escape him without being erased herself. And the servant’s role as in the lyrics as well is too insult her, put her in a place, try to put her down - diatribes. And the whole dinner takes place in her mind with all the characters representing different aspects of her psyche. Live laugh love Hozier

And he’s on fire. It really be like that sometimes huh

Evil daddy Hozier and Anya are something of my bi fantasies

this song: exists me: sudden urge to run through a field on a horse with a victorian veil on

Honey, this club here is stuck up Dinner and diatribes I knew it from the first look of The look of mischief in your eyes Your friends are a fate that befell me Head is the talking type I'd suffer Hell if you'd tell me What you'd do to me tonight Tell me Tell me Tell me, ah That's the kind of love I've been dreaming of That's the kind of love I've been dreaming of Honey, I laugh when it sinks in A pillar I am of pride Scarcely can speak for my thinking What you'd do to me tonight Now that the evening is slowing Now that the end is in sight Honey, it's easier knowing What you'd do to me tonight Tell me Tell me Tell your man That's the kind of love I've been dreaming of That's the kind of love I've been dreaming of That's the kind of love That's the kind of love That's the kind of love That's the kind of love Ohh Let there be hotels complaints and grievances raised In that kind of love (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love) Ohh Let there be damage ensued and tabloid news In that kind of love (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love) That's the kind of love I've been dreaming of, ah Oh And that's the kind of love I've been dreaming of (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love) And that's the kind of love I've been dreaming of (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love)

So he initially wants to make her his umpteenth conquest. She tries to escape in all ways but is inexplicably attracted to him. She starts playing his same game, and he ends up burned (so metaphorically in love with her for real). She thinks she has screwed him but in the end she realizes that she has also fallen in love and, automatically, screwed herself in turn. So it's my love life in a video.

*desperately thinks of a chess related joke*

The video starts with hozier eating a toasted marshmallow (as we find out later it could have possibly been toasted on a burning person, perhaps a previous lover) When the girl comes in, she looks scared, she knows he has the upper hand in their relationship. Probably because he is more conniving and experienced. But the determined look on her face when she’s flicking the matches may indicate that she’s up for the challenge and wants to try and shift the power dynamic. He smiles, watches her fail, knowing her attempts are futile. She keeps flicking the matches and ends up burning her own hand. That’s when she gets up and tries to leave but she’s unable to. She gives in to him, lets him control her- maybe a part of her even likes it. When she finally gains control, she sets him on fire and he’s pleased- she’s learned well. He’s proud of her. She thinks she’s won, toasts a marshmallow on her ex lovers burning form only for her smugness to be cut short when she realises she’s about to burn too. This perhaps implies that he’s changed her, the very fibre of her being- made her ruthless. But this isn’t good for her, it’s unhealthy and she’s unable to maintain future relationships

Ah, I remember when I first saw this clip of my beloved Hozier and thought "don't know who that young girl is but damn there is some acting power there" and lo and behold few years later she took the acting world by storm. Good on you, good on you young queen. Can't wait to see what more you have to offer. Hozier, Anya... the kind of artists we deserve.

Why am I attracted to evil Hozier

The music video adds a lot to the song lyrics-Social obligations are difficult to maneuver when you’re insanely attracted to someone yet feel required to stay where you are simply because others are around. I think the idea of the flame represents something taboo that they both share, an intimate moment among a table full of people that they desperately want to have. They desperately want to leave and be alone together, but feel tied down by this pressure.

Casually bursting into flames. Ain't that a mood.

Dude, they so have the chemistry! Just that look in their eyes! Why have I only seen this now??! Thank you RU-vid algorithm!

Still waiting on a collaborative with Florence....now that would just instantly give me a heart attack.

hozier is like the allan poe/oscar wilde of music and i love it

Just let her go to the bathroom. Jeez.

Hozier: has a mustache Me: who is this Italian man?

did anyone notice how the whole album is about power in different ways?

I'm sad the Spotify version doesn't have the nice intro idk i feel like it really sets a mood for the song

Fun fact: the director, Anthony Byrne, is Hozier's brother and also the director of Peaky Blinders season 5 (and 6), and the actress in this video, Anya Taylor-Joy, plays Gina Gray in Peaky Blinders. It's a small world.

I'm watching this 5 years later and it's ✨️amazing✨️ in every way. I thought this was a recent video not an old one. She's a stunning actress and Hozier is an astonishing singer. Well done both of them.

Where is the comment Hozier is the hotter version of Nikola Tesla.

There was a livestream done by Hozier for this album a while back, and in it he basically says Dinner & Diatribes is his crack at the feeling of being in social situations that you really, really don't want to be in. So like, for example, dinner parties (where it's primarily driven by small talk.) or meeting acquaintances, etc. Personally, I think he does a phenomenal job of encapsulating the feeling. I've been in conversations where all I'm waiting for is the end of it.. and would do anything to bring that end faster. Like, for example, setting it/them on fire. I don't like small talk, and would do literally ANYTHING to remove it from my life so I feel this song, haha. But I definitely see Hades/Persephone vibes too.

I want a movie with Anya Taylor-Joy and Saoirse Ronan in it.

At the end of the video, Hozier’s character is just vibing while he’s straight-up on fire because this is exactly the “kind of love [he’s] been dreaming of,” even if it’s destructive. Just like in the song, Hozier’s character is passively fantasizing about this woman he pines for, daring and inviting her to do unspeakable things with him. Anya’s character, however, is more conflicted about her desires. In the song, Hozier entreats a woman to take a more, *ahem,* active role. Maybe Anya’s character feels apprehensive or out of her depth. I don’t think it’s about abuse as much as toxicity.

Please tell me there's going to be a 'behind-the-scenes' video for this because that is something I definitely need. Edit: I’ve never been so satisfied yet left wanting so much more after that BTS vid 😩

director: How weird do you want this first date to be? hozier: Yes.

You know Hozier has an ammazing artistic sense when he discovers one of the greatest actresses 2 years before anyone else.

Since there's no official interpretation to the video, here's my take. *It's a symbolic representation of a girl trapped in an abusive household, and the processes she goes through.* In the beginning she comes out of her passive state and realizes he's mad, as he smiles that way while she's clearly scared. She tries to defend herself throwing the matches as comebacks, but he's unmolested by them. In the heat of the argument she even almost burns herself. She tries to escape, but she's already an emotional prisioner to him. She's contradicted and confused, until other family members come and sit her back down. All the while the abuser knows he's playing with her mind and enjoys it. Here's were she starts to go crazy herself. She turns wilder, catching the attention of another family member, who in turn shoves her back down in her place. She's breaking down, but her surroundings (the waiters) try to force her to stay composed. Already infected by his abuse, she looses control and begins tormenting herself. She almost chokes herself, but an unreasonable and desperate happiness rescues her, followed by willful anger. She attempts to escape again, but this time it isn't herself stopping her, but the world (the door). She breaks down only briefly before quickly turning cold, having learnt that vulnerability can only lead her to pain. She now knows how to survive the abuse through imitating her abuser. Playing his game, she finally manages to hit him back the right way, setting him on fire. She eats the same as he did, becoming the new him. Then, as the world (waiter) tests her, she snaps back and realizes what she's become.

this first date looks pretty intense

If this album doesn’t get nominated for a Grammy, imma be so mad.... Hozier is a genius!

This video is so freaky but Hozier’s all like “hey, look I look evil but I’m still burning hot”

This storyline is pure art.

Hozier is giving me major Hades vibes and I'm kind of ashamed to admit how much I enjoyed it lmao

[Verse 1] Honey, this club here is stuck up Dinner and diatribes I knew well from our first hookup The look of mischief in your eyes Your friends are a fate that befell me Hell is the talking type I'd suffer Hell if you’d tell me What you'd do to me tonight [Pre-Chorus] Tell me Tell me Tell me, ah [Chorus] That's the kind of love I’ve been dreaming of That's the kind of love I've been dreaming of [Verse 2] Honey, I laugh when it sinks in A pillar I am, upright Scarcely can speak for my thinking What you'd do to me tonight Now that the evening is slowing Now that the end's in sight Honey, it's easier knowing what you'd do to me tonight

There needs to be a behind the scenes video of this clip. And I think this image of Hozier is one of the very few things that I will not be able to erase from my mind, lol.

I can't believe Hozier made The Menu four years before The Menu

Lyrics: Honey, this club here is stuck up Dinner and diatribes I knew it from the first look of The look of mischief in your eyes Your friends are a fate that befell me Head is the talking type I'd suffer Hell if you'd tell me What you'd do to me tonight Tell me Tell me Tell me, ah That's the kind of love I've been dreaming of That's the kind of love I've been dreaming of Honey, I laugh when it sinks in A pillar I am of pride Scarcely can speak for my thinking What you'd do to me tonight Now that the evening is slowing Now that the end's in sight Honey, it's easier knowing What you'd do to me tonight Tell me Tell me Tell me you're mad That's the kind of love I've been dreaming of That's the kind of love I've been dreaming of That's the kind of love That's the kind of love That's the kind of love That’s the kind of love Oh, oh Let there be hotels complaints and grievances raised In that kind of love (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love) Oh, oh Let there be damage ensued and tabloid news In that kind of love (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love) That's the kind of love I've been dreaming of, ah Oh And that's the kind of love I've been dreaming of (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love) And that's the kind of love I've been dreaming of (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love)

Idk if this is right, but basically here's what I took from this video: It starts with him eating a marshmallow, his teeth are black, presumably from eating a lot of them, hes watching her like a creep obviously, and she starts throwing matches to get rid of him. This obviously doesn't work, and he develops more control over her, making her dance provocatively for him, and she's afraid. The waitstaff is helping him, by pulling her back and making her move whenever she stops or tries to get away, the guests just watch her torment, apathetic. Then the waiters at her sides start whispering to her and she tries to run again, it fails, and now a guest is offering her more matches, this time when she throws it, it lights. She roasts a marshmallow on his burning body. Then, the waiter throws a match at her, we don't see it light, so I'm assuming it didn't, which means she's now in his place. She took pleasure (the marshmallow) in his pain (the fire) and became like him, so now the others are trying to destroy her aswell so they can be free too. Idk if any of this is right, it's just my take on it lol

The song: I love you The music video: I love you, but sadistic

In the beginning he controls her, and she can't get out. And in the end, she destroys him. And it burns them both alive. A gothic, toxic, intoxicating kind of love.

Vocally, lyrically and conceptually it is clear this guy has cracked it. I wish I could write as complex lyrics and sing half as good haha

I don't remember this episode on Queen's Gambit.

We've been blessed again. All hail the Forest Daddy.

Ever since I saw The Menu, I've thought of this music video. There are certain paralelles between Margot and this woman trapped in a hellish, seemingly neverending dinner, but in the end, Erin/Margot makes it out, and we don't know if she ever does here... and somehow, either way, the ending fits. It's hopeless whether she gets out or not. She's already tasted the food.

She became the very thing she was trying to escape.

Hozier always seems to flip the narrative around in his music videos. Cherry wine is sung from the perspective of an abused man and acted from that of an abused woman. Same thing here, the woman appears to hate the dinner and the man seems to be pure evil. I'm in love with this!

This reminded me so much of Hannibal (TV show) and the story of Persephone and Hades. I just loved it.

This MASTERPIECE, deserves WAAAAAAY more than just 24M

I guess he was a 'tinder' date

I liked it before I could even watch it. That's love.

I didn't even realize that creepy dude is Hozier

Do I need to tell how handsome that man is and the cinematography combined with the music is just cherry on top I am enthralled

I think this video is a metaphor for being attracted to someone you know you shouldn't be, but being unable to rid yourself of that obsession without indulging in it. Implicitly it's about a woman who's stuck at a dinner party that's hosted by a mysterious man with mind-control powers but I think whoever made it is saying more. Throughout the video the woman keeps finding herself drawn back to the host though she tries to leave on numerous occasions, this is in spite of how she does not seem to like him, she's repulsed as are we by his bad teeth, this represents the reasons she shouldn’t be attracted to him, but no matter how hard she tries to resist her desire she finds herself back with him. Only after she indulges in this desire, by taking the matches from the _heart-shaped box_ and igniting him is she at last satisfied, even pleased with herself. The marshmallow is key, white objects are often associated with purity and innocence as it is a fragile colour that is easily tainted by others, the penetration of the marshmallow by the stick can be seen as an obvious symbol for sex. Combine this with how it is crisped and then lasciviously devoured by the woman while the man burns in the background may imply the man took her virginity or she took his. It could also represent an experience that is past, the burning marshmallow being something she has not had before so as she burns it up and then gulps it down it could symbolise that she's taken everything she wanted from the obsession to the sum of a delicious treat. But as she does this the man remains there consumed by the fire; a thing often associated with desire, lust or obsession of a dangerous kind, which could mean that he left the relationship damaged, that she hurt him badly and he can't recover from it. As she sits in the chair satisfied, a match is thrown at _her_ mirroring what she did to the man. This could mean a lot of things; perhaps in her next relationship, it will be her who is left suffering or, that she didn’t leave the previous relationship unscathed as she thought and is hurt in a way she didn’t understand at first but suffers for now. Perhaps it is guilt and her moral compass is damaged which is indicated by her turning to look at the audience as if imploring us to not judge her for what she’s done.

Glad to see Hozier taking up the role as a mind-controlling sadomasochist devil-man.

Lyrics! Honey, this club here is stuck up Dinner and diatribes I knew it from the first look of The look of mischief in your eyes Your friends are a fate that befell me Head is the talking type I'd suffer Hell if you'd tell me What you'd do to me tonight Tell me Tell me Tell me, ah That's the kind of love I've been dreaming of That's the kind of love I've been dreaming of Honey, I laugh when it sinks in A pillar I am of pride Scarcely can speak for my thinking What you'd do to me tonight Now that the evening is slowing Now that the end is in sight Honey, it's easier knowing What you'd do to me tonight Tell me Tell me Tell your man That's the kind of love I've been dreaming of That's the kind of love I've been dreaming of That's the kind of love That's the kind of love That's the kind of love That's the kind of love Ohh Let there be hotels complaints and grievances raised In that kind of love (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love) Ohh Let there be damage ensued and tabloid news In that kind of love (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love) That's the kind of love I've been dreaming of, ah Oh And that's the kind of love I've been dreaming of (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love) And that's the kind of love I've been dreaming of (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love) (That's the kind of love)

Artemis/ Persephone embodiment. Love the Green!

I love how he invites trouble with lyrics like "let there be hotel complains and grievances raised in this kind of love. let there be damage ensed and tabloid news in this kind of love" bc most most songs describe love like a calming force and while I agree, I think trouble is inevitable. and I like the idea of being with someone who will face these troubles, not bc he have to but bc he WANTS to. bc he will delight in facing it bc it means we're together.

Smells like a wattpad book

Anya Taylor is so beautiful what business does she have making my heart hurt this way. Her movements are hypnotising. Ans her acting is something else. I'm amazed