Nine Inch Nails - The Perfect Drug [Reaction] 

This video pre-dates Harry Potter. It’s about absinthe. With some nuances. Amazing song, great reaction.

This was written as the theme song of David Lynch's film Lost Highway.

So many great NIN songs, please keep them coming. Love it love it love it.

I know it's probably not a straight relationship song, but I've always taken it semi-literal "anyway". My lady's the best thing I've found, I wouldn't trade her for any drug in the world

The visuals are a combination of edgar allan poe and Edward gorey gothic visuals. The perfect drug is referring to absinthe, an alcohol that is green and has a bit of a mystique for being a hallucinogen, you see it included in the visuals in the green hue, and also the drink he's pouring.

They were just inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2020

Its even more impressive when you consider that up until recently..NIN has soley been Trent Reznor..writing..mixing and producing. The man is literally a genius

The general style is called gothic and Edwardian, which is the era of Edgar Allen Poe and dark spiritualism in America. This period of history of dark romantic intellectuals who dabble in dark arts is where Harry Potter and many other ghost and occult themes come from.

Never apologize for a Pikachu reference! Nine Inch Nails is my favorite "band", and I love your reaction to this song. I've not seen another channel use this song yet. I saw in another comment that you mentioned your heritage being from Louisiana, and it's interesting because Trent Reznor lived in Louisiana and had his recording studio there. Just a fun connection.

A good NIN song that would be cool to see your view on is "Something I Can Never Have" off of their first album.

Mark your reactions and your breakdowns are awesome bro. I'd like to see you react to my boy Allen Stone....Consider Me and also Give you Blue...think you will enjoy...keep up the awesome reactions

You know why Snape became my favorite character from the Harry Potter movies? Because he looked a lot like 90s Trent Reznor. We also share the opinion that Harry is an annoying little shit.

Jesus Christ i know im getting old when a guy is comparing Nine Inch Nails to Pickachu. I had to shut it off there

Your reaction is so pure compared to what you’re reviewing. I enjoyed it though. His downward spiral album is such a masterpiece and incredibly dark.

Pokémon metaphors for a NIN song. Here's a sub, good sir.

Harry Potter? When do you think this came out?!!

More like Harry Potter was inspired by this ;) . This music video came out in 1997. The first Harry Potter movie was released in 2001.

Nice reaction guy. Please react to Bruna Marquezine feat Colcci - Denim dream.

He is drinking absinthe

Duran Duran and NIN= subscribed. Can you do some more Duran Duran.

Came out before the 1st harry potter book was published.

Hogwarts. 🤣 Trent Reznor during his Snape phase. (In his defense, I don’t think those movies had started coming out yet when this video was made.)

Great reaction! NIN has been my favourite band for a couple of years now and would love to listen to these songs again for the first time. I'd recommend listening to studio versions without videos so you can truly immerse yourself in the music. For more songs I'd recommend something like Terrible Lie, The Day the World Went Away, The Great Below, Right Where It Belongs or if you dare to jump into the deep (and more industrial and metal) end I'd say to check Mr. Self Destruct, Ruiner, The Becoming, Eraser, Last, Wish or Somewhat Damaged. Keep it up and thx for the reaction!

This was well before Harry Potter movies.

I assumed it was heroin since he was using atvthe time. I sure there is more to it than that.

This is still on of my favorite songs ever- stops time and takes me right back to 1998! Edit * I think this was before Harry Potter- maybe JK Rowling’s borrowed it? They have several songs about addiction, so I wouldn’t be surprised if it was an actual drug. The Lost Highway movie is where it came from- I still have the soundtrack ❤️

considering not even the books of harry potter were even conceived yet, it's crazy how he took inspiration from them. that's how good he was i guess.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Hogwarts and Harry Potter, best comment in a NIN video ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As others have said, this song came out before Harry Potter. Still a good reaction, but maybe at least check out the year of the songs you react to. You're right though.... In the NIN community, after Harry Potter came out, we make jokes about how he looks like Alan Rickman from the Potter franchise.

The adjective you're looking for is "Goth". As in "This might be the 2nd or 2rd most Goth music video of all time". See "Closer" and " March of the Pigs" for the other contenders.

Dude... are you from Montréal? Cause the flag that's in the intro looks a lot like :French,Scott,Irish and English...

So, this came in 1996. Get your references right ard?

Its the other way around - - Harry Potter inspired by NIN ;)

And all the comparisons made came years after the video was created.

The visuals are based on the cartoons of Edward Gorey.

Yeah, before Harry Potter, also it's about heroine.

Black people react to white people music

I think Trent talk about alcool absinth

Lol this came out four years prior to harry potter.

It's heroine.

The song is a non-linear story about a man’s descent into depression and despair after the death of a loved one (long speculated to be a child due to phrases like “take me with you”, which is a common reaction from parents who have lost a child, and visuals of being in a large empty house, but could just as easily be referring to a spouse, parent, or sibling). He then falls into alcoholism, using absinthe as his “perfect drug” to help him forget the pain and heartache of such a devastating loss due to its powerful effects, eventually becoming so dependent on drinking absinthe that he can’t function without it (“without you, everything falls apart,” “without you, it’s not as much fun to pick up the pieces”). It’s very impressive visually, but a very melancholy song with an incredibly tragic story.

Hells yeah!!!!!! Trent Reznor is a friggin musical genius. You're so on to it. Just FYI this pre-dated Harry Potter.

You will have to do their song “ terrible lie “ sometime.