OK Go – A Stone Only Rolls Downhill (Official Video)

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Get this song: https://sym.ffm.to/astoneonlyrollsdownhill.
And all things OK Go: https://linktr.ee/okgomusic

Credits:
Directors:
Damian Kulash
Chris Buongiorno

Executive Producers:
Jackie Kelman Bisbee
Caroline Kousidonis
Michaela McKee

Head of Production – Chelsea Schwiering
Line Producer – Omer Dagan
Editor – Justin Clare
Hand Choreographer – Phillip Chbeeb
Assistant Choreographer / Dancer – Emilio Dosal
Hand Dancers – Daniel Norwood, Franklin Yu, Mikhail Metelkov, Phonix Banuelos
Production Designer / Assistant Director – T. Hunter McCann
Art Director – Benjamin Voutour
Gaffers – Gustavo Perez-Santos, Bryan Kaing
Key Grip – Gino Nix
Grips – William Tricarico, Ben Sex, Justin Kaid, Clint Klang, Shai Keston-Nix
Hair and Makeup – Heather Coleman
Production Coordinator – Felicia Tomiyasu-Gravante
Production Assistant – Monica Sanchez
Set Construction – Depict Inc.
Technical Camera Researcher – Jessica Schaefer
Additional Brainstorming – Timothy Legasse

Lyrics:
I wish I could say it would all be all right
(It’ll all be all right)
I wish I could tell you it would all be fine
(It’ll all be just fine)

But a stone only rolls downhill 
and these things,
they’ll be what they will 
what they will

Someday soon you’ll look out from your hilltop perch 
your heart worn out from trying to make sense of the arc 
which only bends one way 
and you rightly afraid 
it don’t seem to be the way that we thought

And I wish I could say it would all be all right
(It’ll all be all right)
I wish I could tell you it would all be fine
(It’ll all be just fine)

But a stone only rolls downhill 
and these things
they’ll be what they will 
what they will

And oh the inertia
of our ravenous brand of avarice 
of our selfishness 
It was just too much 
to overcome 
Now we’re overrun

And I wish I could say it would all be all right
(It’ll all be all right)
I wish I could tell you it would all be fine
(It’ll all be just fine)

Oh how I wish that I could tell you it would be all right
could tell you it’ll all be fine, it’ll work out
Oh how I wish I could tell you it’ll all be fine
(It’ll all be just fine)

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32 thoughts on “OK Go – A Stone Only Rolls Downhill (Official Video)”

  5. Going through a hard time and this video and song is so soothing. It’s just been on repeat. Thank you for making it.

    (Caveat: soothing As long as you turn off the producer brain trying to figure out the shot list and storyboarding)

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  9. Did they film a behind the scenes of this on an extra phone or anything? I want to see the camera behind the camera behind the camera behind the camera behind the camera behind the camera behind the camera behind the camera behind the camera behind

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  22. After the 2nd watch I think I got it. Is hard to tell if some of the actions were straight up composited with green screens in some of the shots. Specially the ones that interlace like at 1:55.

    I believe everything before that mark was pure practical, but passing that the easiest way to go it seems, is recording each bit with a screen, compositing at editors and creative director choice looking up for the best patterns to create the most interesting transitions when taking the phones in and out. Same with the chorus part where the phones make the face.

    About the story board of whats practical, I think they figured recording the same shot, first 4 times, then 7 times, then 42 times and then 42 times again at 2:58 but visualizing the center of the frame being projected in the border of two different phones so when put together they make the image. That's probably my favorite one. Then again at 3:06 but in the entire scene so by that theres 84 shots composing it all.

    If I'm not mistaken the rest of the magic lies on the acting which complements the entire idea so beautifully. Possibly this is their least difficult video made so far. But the idea is so simple but so well executed that it still leaves you in awe,

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  23. From the bottom of my heart thank you OK Go. You make some of the most jaw dropping, effort vortex music videos that I can watch 300+ times and still spot cool new stuff in and have been doing it for nearly as long as social media has existed. I hope we can see the amazing stuff you do for years to come.

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  26. Everytime I watch the videos and the accompanying behind the scenes how them made em videos, without my realization, I have a huge grin on my face! Thanks for the effort. Love them. Please never stop ❤😂

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