Woodkid - Goliath (Official Video) 

2012: Run boy run 2020: Where are you going boy?

I can't wait to show you the world I've built around Goliath ! Stay tuned and bring all your friends for the chat with me at 5.30 PM Paris time !

They need to give the actor in this video more credit. He perfectly captured the gaze of someone who is completely burnt out and grasps the hopelessness of working these types of jobs. As someone who has been there and seen the same look on the face of coworkers and even my bathroom mirror, he captures it perfectly.

Really gives me death stranding vibes. Amazing! Edit: KOJIMA ACTUALLY DID IT

this is just a PSA on workplace safety: man forgets his mask at an active dig site, inhales chemicals, and trips balls

us: 2020 is ruined woodkid: hold my crown

I have a very strong feeling that Woodkid could be the perfect composer for Denis Villeneuve's films. The music is very bold, dark-ish and lyrical at the same time. That's exactly what Villeneuve is into.

The scale of the digger is chilling. The amount of energy and resources our civilization utilizes every second is scary.

Let`s be honest, EVERYONE was waiting for this.

Woodkid: Makes Song Ubisoft: It’s free real estate

Just got here from the Death Stranding Director's Cut. As far as music goes, Kojima has good taste.

D E A T H S T R A N D I N G D I R E C T O R' S C U T

We're not in the Golden Age anymore

Never before a coal mine looked so cinematic

This deserves five Grammys, not one nomination.

Grammys have no taste. This deserved the award... Not saying that the other nominees didn't have a good clip. Just that Goliath clip, there's no words to describe it. It's god tier. But forgot that workers' conditions and the state of our earth doesn't interest many people... But well, when I see the other categories, I guess Woodkid isn't the only one being robbed, from an award or even from a nomination 😂 Keep doing your music, Woodkid, it's pure gold !

"where are you going boy? When did you get so lost?" Well to be fair you told him run away.

I love how the music and the environment move together. The way the workers shift in their seats with the growl of the music, the coal trembling to the beat of the percussion, the giant smoke monster at the end awakening and morphing as the music announces its terrifying arrival. The music and video accompany each other really well, it really brings the weight of the music to life. It's so subtle, but beautifully executed.

I like how it feels like a typical open pit coal mining operation. Then it starts to twist into something odd and then otherworldly. But most of all, this video leaves me wanting to see more of the goliath at the end. I feel like it was taking form and the video stopped before it's form began to truly take shape.

Kojima and his great taste in music brought me here

I gotta say this is really fantastic that we get to finally hear Woodkid begin works again. I just hope that we all can get over with this pandemic so we can see him live and enjoy it together! I believe most of you who are reading this have waited for this to become reality as I have. With that, I hope to see you Woodkid performing your heart out sometime in the near future!! Love from Sweden!

I think lots of guys who work in shitty industries out of necessity can relate to this song. We hate our bosses, the monster we're helping build to pay the bills. I'm trying to break out of this madness myself. Stay strong brothers.

Some of the best colour grading I've seen. The colours expertly pop while keeping skintones and the environment looking so stunningly natural, sterile but dirty. It should be used for teaching

I admit I'm here because of Kojima's trailer for the director's cut of Death Stranding, but this is an awesome song and this video gave me CHILLS.

Bunch of workers just doing their jobs without questioning but this guy found out that all their efforts have become fuel for monster like entity

Fellow humans, we survived long enough to listen to this angelic sounds. Pray for the ones who did not.

The Grammy-nominated Goliath! Congrats Yoann! Now let's see this epic reach TENS of millions...

I came here thinking -who can take away Adore You's best music video Grammy?-, but, god, glad the nominations have brought me here, just give this video the award already

BEST MUSIC VIDEO SINCE 7 yrs. THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

Woodkid consistently got the best cinematography and visuals, incredible

Probably watched this over 100x and it’s still so beautiful yet haunting to me. The cinematography matching the music and everything... resonates so perfectly.

how df can he think of those percussion sounds?? it's so unique and spooky

“The worst kinds of monsters are the ones we create,” -The Witcher

Headcanon: The miner in the video is the same kid we've seen in "Run Boy Run," all grown up. He feels lost without a purpose, and he's throwing all this energy into something he thinks is unfulfilling. He still has an overactive imagination, but now it's used to conjure up dark and disturbing thoughts, and he feels trapped in them, in both the real world and the world shaped by the reality he's in now.

Here we go again, thanks KOJIMA!

Watching Locke and Key S2 and this banger comes on, recognized it immediately.

He needs to make the soundtrack for the next James Bond movie.

Who directed the screenplay? Holy shit, give that person an award!

Why does this music video seem like it was made for death stranding, Kojima brilliance is once again baffling me... such a genius

What a masterpiece!

Lyrics/Paroles: The chest and the head divided by a white laser. The pattern of mad strobes, you’re going haywire, In your eyes night cold I see the end of us. You're playing your best role, but the mask shatters. Where are you going boy? When did you get so lost? How could you be so blind? How could you be so blind? A sustained heart pain and a dark fever, How did I get fooled by such a savage curse? The more I forgive you, the more it backfires. Now you’re dancing through the smoke like nothing else matters. Where are you going boy? When did you get so lost? How could you be so blind? How could you be so blind? Traduction: La poitrine et la tête divisées par un laser blanc. Le dessin de stroboscope foux, tu te détraques, Dans tes yeux nuit froide je vois la fin de nous. Tu joues ton meilleur rôle, mais le masque tombe. Où vas tu garçon? Depuis quand es tu si perdu? Comment peux tu être aussi aveugle? Comment peux tu être aussi aveugle? Une peine de cœur soutenue et une fièvre noire, Comment ai je pu être trompé par une si sauvage malédiction? Plus je t'oublie, plus ça se retourne contre moi. Maintenant, tu danses à travers la fumée comme si rien d'autre n'avait d'importance. Où vas tu garçon? Depuis quand es tu si perdu? Comment peux tu être aussi aveugle? Comment peux tu être aussi aveugle?

The one and only Woodkid is BACK :O

Damn, the terrifying truth behind the consumers industry. The more you try to dig out the truth, the more that gets revealed about the industry. I love how the monster signifies what we’re doing to our earth.

"I have no idea what's going on, but the video is beautiful and his voice is awesome" - a brief summary of every WOODKID video known to mankind

1:50 mark where the rocks skip to the beat is awesome editing skills.

This is just like the video from Iron, a wellmade yet simple introduction for us to the deeper concept of the album, which also represents the sound of it. Iron pictured the heroic sound of The Golden Age, and now Goliath pictures the industrial sound of the upcoming album, just to introduce us to the storytelling. Great beginnings often lead up to great stories!

It feels like a darn movie. And the song gives off a "warning" atmosphere.

THIS VIDEO WAS JUST NOMINATED FOR THE 2020 GRAMMY AWARDS 😭😭😭😭😭💕💕💕💕

Jesus Christ, can’t believe being this good is even legal.

This song sounds like it would be a great fit for a soundtrack for a film or a game.

Congratulations Woodkid for the Grammy nomination.

First half of video felt like Tenet. Second part felt like Death Stranding. Insane quality for a MV. Better than most movies out there! Credit to the producers!

The bucket-wheel excavator looks so surreal and monstrous

This gives such a different sound and feel than any other song. Really is different, and the video is simply sensational.

Tomorrow is in YOUR hands.

Lyrics The chest and the head divided by a white laser A pattern of mad strobes, you're going haywire In your eyes night cold, I see the end of us You're playing your best role but the mask shatters Where are you going, boy? When did you get so lost? How could you be so blind? How could you be so blind? A sustained, heart pain and a dark fever How did I get fooled by such a savage curse? The more I forgive you, the more it backfires Now you're dancing through the smoke like nothing else matters Where are you going, boy? When did you get so lost? How could you be so blind? How could you be so blind?

I'VE WAITED 6 YEARS FOR THIS...HOLY AAAAAAA

The created monstrosities to achieve crazy things, but they didn't realize the real monstrosity they were helping to create

Kojima knows what he does! And this is a masterpiece just like his games! 😉

I just realized that everytime I listen to this song, I play it two or three times in a row. And this videoclip is brutal in depicting this distopic reality in which we're living right now.

The chest and the head divided by a white laser The pattern of mad strobes, you're going haywire In your eyes night cold I can see the end of us You're playing your best role but the mask shatters Where are you going, boy ? When did you get so lost ? How could you be so blind ? How could you be so blind ? A sustained, heart pain and a dark fever How did I get fooled by such a savage curse ? The more I forget you, the more it backfires Now you're dancing through the smoke, like nothing else matters Where are you going, boy ? When did you get so lost ? How could you be so blind ? How could you be so blind ?

This song would be so perfect for Netflix's Dark...

Death stranding vibe 🏍️

Came here from the Kojima trailer and now I'm obsessed with this song. This is a work of art.

Coal mine in Czech Republic. Region named "Most" and coal area named mostecká panev is most devastating thing for region.

Woodkid is a better director than actual Hollywood folks. Everytime he's involved with something behind the camera (The Rihanna Anti Trailers, the Black Atlass clip, and many others) and the visual artistry is out of this world, and of course the music is awesome. He clearly has a strong visual and musical identity, and I feel like that could work really well in movie form. I'm sure he could get something going with a few phone calls. Looking forward to the rest of Goliath 😍

"I'll be waiting for you on the beach"

TOMORROW IS IN YOUR HANDS

I will single handedly take this video to 3 million views.

"Down there where coal is dug is a sort of world apart which one can quite easily go through life without ever hearing about. Probably majority of people would even prefer not to hear about it. Yet it is the absolutely necessary counterpart of our world above. Practically everything we do, from eating an ice to crossing the Atlantic, and from baking a loaf to writing a novel, involves the use of coal, directly or indirectly. [...] In order that Hitler may march the goose step, that the Pope may denounce Bolshevism, that the cricket crowds may assemble at Lords, that the poets may scratch one another’s backs, coal has got to be forthcoming." The Road to Wigan Pier George Orwell, 1937

Thank you kojima!

I love the effect his eyes have , the scary jaws of the machine as it digs, the monster that grows and we continue to feed it. We're slaves to it and our own nature. Don't know how we will get away.

Is it possible to be disappointed and excited at the same time? This feels like such a tiny piece of a much larger puzzle, and I'm disappointed that I didn't get more. But even more I'm excited at what's to come if this is just the tip of the iceberg. I feel like once I hear more, this piece will just solidify in its brilliance.

This is the only videoclip in the last month that have made me feel anything. I mean it's a masterpiece, epic, intense and dark. Pure Woodkid.

Hi Kojima's fans and Hi Woodkid's fans

Death Stranding Director's Cut Final Trailer

My dad: "Turn it off!" Me: "What? Why?!" My dad: "We have bigger speakers downstairs"

My view of Goliath: The worker resembles the small percentage of us that frees himself from "human blindness" and starts seeing the repercussions of his and others acts; these days we turn a blind eye to Earth's corrosion, stone by stone as a result we "blindly" created Goliath, which we see in the end, as the monster. But is this Goliath Earth's champion? Or is he here to retribute Man's pollution fingerprint? The best part is the freedom this music gives us to imagine and reflect ;) Amazing music and message as always Woodkid ;) Thank you!

Used in DS ext. cut trailer first here

I absolutely see this as an extension of the music videos from The Golden Age. The videos for Run Boy Run, I Love You and Iron all seemed to be dealing with the struggle of mankind and breaking away from nature. Iron shows people and animals together, battling something unseen, later revealed to be the city and priest in RBR and ILY. To me, these seemed like spirits of nature, fighting for the soul of man, trying to get them to return and not enter modernity and corruption. RBR (I initially thought) was about growing up and wanting to stay young. But now I see that it's about innocence, and childlike purity and wanting to remain one with the natural world, being ruined by adulthood, and by extension, man's evolution to what we are today. In both of these videos there's an abundance of natural figures.; the animals, the scenery, even the wooden and grass monsters in RBR. ILY follows the boy's death and then the preacher. Here we have a more modernized and more adult man. He recognizes it's too late to turn back and he sees the damage separating from nature has done. He feels deep remorse for this and longs to return, but doesn't seem to know how. The visuals are split, just like RBR, between natural imagery, and more sterile, human imagery. The vast expanse of nature makes up half of the video. And the long rivers and natural paths in earth's geography mirrors the roads and conveyor belts in Goliath. There are direct visual parallels between ILY, RBR and Goliath. Woodkid did this before in RBR with the ram-headed creature immediately cutting to the building with the facade of a similar composition. The city in RBR, is almost identical to the shot of the coal processing plant in Goliath. He's drawing these parallels to show this is the next step, it's all one long story. Only now, nature is dead. It's nothing but manufacturing, industry and destruction. Our man here, is having an awakening about the state of things, visibly disturbed, with every other human very apathetic to the devastation at hand. The lyrics I think are form the point of view of the earth, as if speaking to mankind. The monster at the end I think will be something that can retaliate, bring the destruction of man to restore balance. Which is so poetic and accurate. We cannot reap destruction to our home without it, in turn destroying us. Hopefully we can come full circle and change before it's too late. I have no idea what path the next videos will take, but speaking in terms of real life, I desperately hope there is a positive outcome, and that it's not too late, and than we can get back in touch with our natural side and live harmoniously with nature. It's a brilliant saga that Woodkid has put together here in such an artful and powerful way.

Impressive pieces of machinery, those bucket wheels.

The guy writes and sings a amazing song. But like it wasn’t enough, he directs a masterpiece of a music clip. Damn.

A new Song for the Music Player of Sam Porter Bridges

For anyone wondering, the vid seems to have been filmed in the german coal mine of Welzow-Süd, one of the biggest coal mines in the world, and yes, this machinery is what you'll find on site.

The sound is so different, so pure, so strong. The clip is something you've never seen not even in a Nolan's Movie. I was waiting for something, but can't be that. Its just incredible, i just remember why i loved Woodkid, because he's doing music and videos like no one else. And can't be more proud to be french

Worker forgets to wear his ventilator, inhales coal fumes and hallucinates a giant molten rock monster. no but seriously this is beyond amazing

Death Stranding Director’s Cut👌🏼👌🏼

DS for PS5 amazing song

How long for this to be used in the next big game trailer?

I don’t even want to know how long it took for that beautiful smoke scene to bloody render

Locke & Key represent!

I was waiting for this! Woodkid music has been with me since the golden age premiere. It is incredibly inspiring and from a whole new world. It's like the OST of my life, in those good and worst moments. Love from Poland everybody!

This has never been done before. This is art. This is creation. This is human beauty, intelligence. THIS IS THE FUTURE

Ever since the trailer for Death Stranding, I have been listening to this song nonstop!

Woodkid could make a badass Bond theme for a new Bond film. This song is too good.

Wow. That was amazing. When I found out you've been working on it for two years, I was blown away. Thank you, Woodkid. I'm glad to be part of this history

Official assassin’s creed vikings’ trailer soundtrack wait and see

My brother told me about the video, he says that this guy is actually blind, so the "monster" he see at the end of the video is product of his imagination, he imagines a monster by the noise of all of the machines working

This deserves its Grammy nomination and so much more. Incredible stuff.

This man never disappoint us