Woodkid - In Your Likeness (Official Video) 

I absolutely love the juxtaposition between his "I do try but I'm hopeless" and the sun coming up before him. Maybe not so hopeless, after all.

I played bassoon in the orchestra, you can see me in the back! So much fun to record this video!

This is a MASTERPIECE. Only Woodkid himself can express his music in such a cinematic and visually beautiful way with such a stunning location

I’m shocked that we actually see him in one of his videos. This is a first.

On first watch I can't help but notice some visual metaphor. He fires off that green flair in a desperate attempt for hope in the dark, but it reveals nothing. Only when the sun comes up can you see the land. You can see it's right there. Not stranded in the sea after all. Utterly stunning

Incredible... I would love him to do a Jame Bond song.

Just give the man a chance at a James Bond Opener at this point.

The sun is rising on you, Yoann. It is rising for you and it will shine bright, Woodkid. There is light at the end of your darkness__brighter and clearer days are coming your way. You are a rising star, a beacon of light lighting up our way and enlightening our souls. Don't you ever change, Mr Lemoine. We love you just the way you are.

It's not fair; Yoann makes beautiful music, AND he makes beautiful moving pictures, AND he's a damn handsome man. Come on man, leave a little talent for the rest of us! ;D

This is gorgeous... As someone who's been fighting against depression for years, it hits me really, really hard. I don't think I understand the whole world he has built with this album, but it doesn't even matter because of how skilled he is at eliciting emotion with both his music and the visuals. It just speaks for itself and I had full body chills and tears in my eyes watching this. (The day dawning once he reaches out for help?? Damn) Also I absolutely love that Yoann is now comfortable putting his face in his music videos, since it made this way more intimate.

[Verse 1] Washed in thick black haze We're not unfailing, I see I can't fix this mad desire And I feel your love expire [Chorus] I know I'm not made in your likeness You're not made for my darkness I know I'm not made in your likeness I do try but I'm hopeless [Verse 2] Watch my fears unravel Can you see the truth of me? I don't hold the light required For this endless walk on wire [Chorus] I know I'm not made in your likeness You're not made for my darkness I know I'm not made in your likeness I do try but I'm hopeless [Bridge] Straining fights and Demerol I've never been on time for you I break the rules and protocols And I just keep on missing you Straying nights and after all Would you be waiting here if you knew? I'm just alone and cynical But I will never not need you No, I will never not need you [Chorus] I know I'm not made in your likeness You're not made for my darkness I know I get lost in the process I do try but I'm hopeless I know I'm not made in your likeness You're not made for my darkness I know I get lost in the process I do try but I'm hopeless

The cinematography is breathtaking. I am truly fascinated by how light itself can tell a story. Respect for everyone who worked on this.

Literally the saviour of 2020. Woodkid bringing some ray of light to a bleak year.

This album is such a perfect mix of cold industrial tone and warm heartfelt vocals. Bravo, encore un succès 🙏

2020 is better with Woodkid ❤️

Streamed the new album today. First impression: He kept the cosmos feeling from The Golden Age, but reduced brass and added more strings, so the whole album sounded more mysterious and melancholic to me. The percussions were... metallic (I don’t know how to describe it) which was interesting. Some songs were soft and relaxing at first but then bam! All the brass, strings and choir and percussions came in. Soooo epic. Then the Japanese counting suddenly popped up, I was like hold up hold up what was THAT! As if all the emotions packed up until then burst out. What an emotional roller coaster. He is one of the most brilliant and creative artists I’ve ever known to use the voice of the orchestra so well. Here is my tier list: Goliah, Reactor, Minus Sixty One, Pale Yellow, In Your Likeness, Horizons into the Battlegrounds, Highway 27, So Handsome Hello, Enemy, Shift, Drawn to You. Thank you Woodkid, very, very great album.

My band teacher introduced us to you when he played Iron one morning. Been loving your music ever since. Keep making music. Thank you.

For me, S16 doesn't have tracks that stand out nearly as much like some do on "The Golden Age". But the whole album should be seen as a complete work of art. This has layers upon layers of depth. This is an album to take time to absorb. This is no one hit wonder, it is instead another masterpiece. Yoann, from the bottom of my heart - Thank you.

Je crois que c’est la première fois où l’on voit ton visage dans un de tes clip officiels et quelle émotion... La chanson, le clip si impressionnant et cette émotion à travers les micros expressions... La lumière, la mise en scène... Tout est parfait et nous plonge dans un autre univers. Juste merci pour cette musique et ces visuels qui veulent vraiment signifier quelque chose. Merci.

Sometimes power resides in vulnerability. It is powerful to surrender to who we are even if it means admitting our darkest demons. "Im not made in your likeness, Youre not made for my darkness". Probably the most truthful and painful love declaration Ive ever read.

I can't even dude. You're consistent with your masterpieces, that shouldn't be possible at the level you're at. Also, ABSOLUTELY EXCEPTIONAL SHOTS.

You can see in his face how deeply he knows every inch of this song. The emotions he expresses through both the singing and the music video are just,, indescribable. It's breathtaking

Elles sont tellement cinématographique tes musiques.. On écoute pas une histoire, on la RESSENT.

La musique est si calme mais c'est tellement violent !

"He stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and, far as I was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward-and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been at the end of a dock."

I can't even begin to express how woodkid makes me feel, he is a once in a lifetime artist, he just creates this parallel universe where he takes me every time I listen and watch and feel his music. Thank you for inspiring and nurturing my soul.

This video has literally showed me the beauty in large factories/machinery, a place I’ve never looked for it before. If you look through the right filter, you can find beauty in almost everything.

That conversation with God

One of my favourite songs he has made . I would dedicate this song to my ex so often . I both loved her and this song equally , she ended up messing everything up I was forced to leave her and she immediately got with another guy . For some reason I have forgiven her even though I shouldn't . Every night would listen to this song and wait for her to message me , I know and I hope she never does but for some reason that hope still remains . Having been used , she used my insecurities and my fears against me even though she was in the wrong . Idk I'm typing all this but it least it will probably make feel a bit better because I've kept everything inside all this time . Hope the person reading this has a beautiful day .

There is something about this video and the location that just makes me think of Metal Gear Solid V and mother Base. That said I'm just appreciating how lovely this video is in general. The singing during the dawn is so gorgeous.

Woodkid can make a stage out of anything, this is a cinematic dream

''Your not made for my darkness'' I have always felt that in every relationship I have ever had but I know without that darkness I would never truly cherish the light.

There are so many amazing layers to this song. One that I don't think that's been discussed too much - the juxtaposition on the oil rig staring at the shore, singing "I know I'm not made in your likeness, you're not made for my darkness" speaks so much of the damage humans have done and continue to do to the earth. This is just one of many interpretations I have of this, but it's one that I didn't see discussed in the comments.

this is beautiful. His cadence in this song reminds me of Antony and the Johnsons’ “Hope There’s Someone.” what an amazing and entrancing piece of art.

One of the best songs of the year

Masterpiece, 10/10, this is not music, this piece goes beyond.

"I'm just alone and cynical" Hit me like a truck the first time I heard it.

This is so quiet and powerful at the same time.

Best thing to happen in 2020 by far

One year later and this song still gives me the chills, just that amazing 🙌🏻🙌🏻

How woodkid hasn't been asked to do a Bond theme yet is beyond me. This would be a sick Bond song.

I remember Woodkid performing on MELT! almost 10 years ago. He was so good. The energy was fantastic. His set was over but he just didn't wanna leave stage and they kept playing song after song until the festival staff had to just kind of usher him and his band off stage to allow for the next band to perform. I can still see him skipping around the stage in absolute glee. Good memories.

I just got back from military training, im tired as hell, and then I hear this song swimming through my ears and I have never felt more relaxed.

The musical genius is back! His voice is just the most beautiful thing in the world.

Some suggest a Bond movie, but man, i'd love to see Yoann tackle a space opera type movie. Something in my bones tells me that if he'd be given creative direction, he'd make an amazing score. And if someone like Yoann and Bear Mccreary would team up...*mind blown*.

I know it'll be incredible Edit : It is

This album is amazing.... the melancholy and deep feeling on his voice, the dramatic introspective lyrics, the peaceful iet raw violence of the chorus due to the combined of the above plus the perfect use of the instruments. It isn’t two or three songs that are great, its the whole album that builds this incredible harmony. I love iron but I don’t know if this is better

Woodkid's gotta be one of the most versatile artists out there. Adept at not just his music, including the instrumentals and lyricism, but also how to stage an incredible show, to channel an emotion, to create VFX and renders by himself, and spearhead the production of his own music videos in an artistically pleasing way no less!

The violin parts sound strangely James Bond-ish, and I love it, I wish we could see a next James Bond movie with Woodkid

Wonderful. Magic. Inspiring. Woodkid.

As someone who went through a crisis of faith this year, this song really hit me when I heard it.

the new album is just awesome

I see in this is album a simple and powerful message: don't destroy the world

I can't explain what i feel when i listen this song, Woodkid make me feel like in other galaxy. 🌌

Jamais pensé que Woodkid pourrait ouvrir les vannes de l'émotion un jour. Les cavalcades outrées, le lyrisme grandiloquent de The Golden Age ne laissaient pas espérer un tel dépouillement, une telle économie des moyens, une telle intensité, une retenue aussi palpable. On sent que le Breton a voulu prendre du recul et ça lui réussit très bien. Un album qui va se déguster, s'épanouir sur la longueur et sur le temps. Comme un très grand vin.

I don't understand how this just got 1.2 million views?! That's a masterpiece!

This is beautiful. Thanks to all people that helped create this. 🌹

With a lot of Woodkid songs, I feel like it can be seen as a love song between individuals, but also as love songs from a person to God. As with "I Love You", there's just a profound sense of yearning and questioning to a higher power. "I know I'm not made in your likeness, you're not made for my darkness" just sounds so tired and so reflective of a world where it sometimes feels that God has really turned His back from us :(

Woodkid is brilliant. This is haunting and beautiful. I always feel so seen by his musical

When a song is so good you start it over before it's even ended. Hot dang man this is fire.

A James Bond potential soundtrack! An amazing song, voice, and video ! Great job as usual WOODKID!

This is such a moving piece of music! The strings are hauntingly beautiful. Woodkid never disappoints.

S16 could be a best lp of this year. 10k you so much 4 you great mu6c and inspiration.

Yoann, I just wanted to say, I understand the song. I understand the pain. You’re loved. There is hope.

There are war in my country, there are war with covid-19, but woodkid here to save us with his music.

i always look for this song when i feel lost

Woodkid, you’re saving my 2020 ❤️

Everything about this piece is beautiful.

2:35 Es tan bello, I really feel something breaking up in myself when I listened it🤍👌🏼

Woodkid I love you for this music please never stop to make music I know it's many works and stress. But we need these music today, because everybody is remixing or cover songs. But woodkid makes own music outstanding and really special. I love you for your music my biggest respect.

He makes good on his "Songs to you make feel like a superhero" motif. Looking forward to the masterwork.

He's an artist in every sense of the word, from music to visuals to song writing, everything about S16 is perfectly done! Incredible work from everyone involved!

Beautiful! So glad that the wonderful Bergen Philharmonic Youth Orchestra could take part in a collaboration with such a great artist as Woodkid. Congratulations to all involved. A pleasure to both watch and hear. My job is in the Grieg Hall, as the orchestra, so I guess you can call me partial, but this was genuinely super!

There is so many complex emotions and parts to this wondrous song that I've been hesitant to post my thoughts here for fear that they won't do justice to this piece or miss other ideas. Here's my interpretation/speculations: It feels like the main character (portrayed by Woodkid) is addressing earth or nature. Lonesome, surrounded by metal manmade machinery and scenery of the oil rig (represented by the electronic, pulsating sounds and punctual distant drum), the main character seems to speak on behalf of humanity: Acknowledging the need for nature but also the entrenched needs humanity has created for itself, things that are at odds with each other. I think he also realizes the entangled needs of all humans. How it relates to his place on the rig, and how some of those needs and perspectives cause suffering in not just the earth but other humans. Whenever he contemplates his place in the world and acknowledges his "darkness", the "darkness" of humanity, the strings stir and combine with the 'machine' noises. This bittersweet turn in the music may represent how humanity has become intrinsically tied to both the power of machines (not necessarily a bad thing) but also the 'organic'--intrinsic things of humanity such as emotion and need for nature. Thus, the gravity of the scene where he fires the flare--seeming to wish he was that small green light streaking away from loneliness, sadness, and stifling duties to his job/humanity. I get the sense that he wants to break from humanity, leave the rig and return home. The weary longing and melancholy on his face when he watches the flare start to fall reminded me of the faces of all those feeling 'stuck' in life, trapped in a soulless duty or difficult/painful time in life. He cannot bear to watch the flare hit the water and extinguish, instead choosing to close his eyes against the reality of seeing something he possibly identifies with abruptly fizzling out. I feel like the third part of this song really turns a bend in his story, both in key and feeling. After admitting that he "will never not need you" to both nature and humanity, he owns both the good and the bad as well as his own hope. Holding onto the hope of returning to land and reconnecting with humanity and nature, the sunrise begins to brighten the sky. This feeling of hope is accentuated by the visual of seeing land, of clearly seeing the human faces of the orchestra surrounding him, and the strengthening of the electronic and string sounds. There is a sense that even if the protagonist doesn't return to land for many more months, he's transcended the fear of never returning home through his acceptance of both his and humanity's issues by striving to continue onwards as a wiser person. I will just finish this by saying that this song really became the anthem of survival during the pandemic for me. It reminded me that all of humanity is in various stages of struggle together due to this and other problems. We are not like the flare--quickly extinguishing after impatiently/carelessly running for complete freedom, leaving everyone else behind--but instead like the main character: Full of complex ideas, accepting reality, learning from our mistakes, trying, connecting with nature and humanity, and holding onto hope for a brighter future. I don't normally listen to lyrical music or even enjoy music videos but Woodkid's pieces are so unique and emotional, full of symbolism both visually and in the language, that I can't help but contemplate them long after I've heard/watched them. Sorry this is so long. Thanks for reading! :)

Totally in love for this man, this video, this deep S16 feeling.

This is so underrated. Easily one of my favorites from Woodkid.

On vit dans un monde ou Wejdene fait 100 millions de vues avec " Reprends tes caleçons sales" et où Wookid fait 1 millions de vues avec une merveille comme celle-ci !

I have no words. This is wow!

Dude, where were you hiding? And why are you still so underrated?

Cela devient habituelle chez toi Yoann. Tu tapes fort, là où il faut, avec des musiques qui parlent à l'intuition. Des clips cinématographiques qui parlent et touchent. Un de ces artistes qui savent parler au coeur des gens échoués dans un monde bien trop grand pour que l'humanité ne sache le gérer.

Ce que j'adore chez ce talentueux artiste, c'est qu'il ose et arrive à exprimer ses émotions, au travers de ses musiques, de ses paroles, de ses vidéos. Je l'envie tellement.. Un grand bravo à lui

Je ne me lasserais pas de regarder un si beau lever du jour aux côtés d'un si bel homme... Une chanson tendre, autant sans doute que l'artiste... Ah, si seulement...

❤️ Him, words, music,setting👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽💕🥰🥰🥰

theres alotta comfort coming from this song

For me, it sounds and feels in a different way after watching this mv. It’s really beautiful and sensational. Thank you~

This is beyond beautiful. I could cry from how much Woodkid's music makes me feel. No words, just feelings. Thank you for your art!

my favorite song off the album...so glad it got a video, especially such a lovely one

This song saved my life. 🖤 Thank you, Yoann.

FIRST clip in which Yoann himself appeared!!!

Tout est superbe...surtout la voix!!!

The industrial atmosphere adopted in those recent clips gives both a vibe of dread as a vibe of greatness. The melody of the songs induces us to appreciate what we're seeing, the towers of iron our commons have built, the draining of coal and petroleum from the entrails of Mother Earth. Our poetry is as much tragic as astonishingly beautiful.

Yoann is so beautiful! And talented, this whole video is great. The aesthetic of the oil rig ( is that what that is?), The absolute darkness and the beautiful song is so moving. Lyrics are perfect. I'm so happy he's back

I can’t even describe the way his music makes me feel; a stunning video for an even more stunning song! So lovely to see him star in his own music video.

The end of the song is an organversion of the intro of Run Boy Run/Golden Age, amazing little crossover.

Been listening to this as my end of day routine. No other song has affected me like this. Partially because its permanently tied to the visuals and emotions in the video. I close my eyes and get chills every time. #1 - When he fires the flare, #2 - When the dawn arrives.

Just lean back into a Beanbag, Headphones on and let yourself sink into the world of music. Love it

Je suis.....émue...la musique...la voix...c'est incroyable ! Si doux et si profond...et puis si fort..montée d'émotions...les paroles sont dure....mais ce que c'est beau !🌟sûrement mon compositeur artiste et chanteur favori...♥️merci de nous offrir de telles beautées..merci merci🙏🏼♥️

Une claque musicale quoi. De l’émotion à 200 pour-cent ! Merci !

So handsome, Devil Romeo 🌒 S16 constate, alerte, (r)éveille . . . et laisse aussi espérer ! ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Tant de beauté dans un seul homme.... Merci Yoann ♡♡♡♡