I've been trying to find this song for 22 years! Heard it late at night on MTV back when I was in middle school and couldn't remember the name. Finally found it!
I have spent more than half my life wondering about this song/video. I remember seeing it on MTV when I was a teen and could never remember anything about it except: trip hop/motorcycle. Thanks baby hay soos for the Internet.
It didn't have to though, she was successful in the end anyhow! She pleased her listeners such as us, and we all acknowledge her as true talent too! It has only been a few years since I first heard her music, and already it brings back so much nostalgia. She did what a true musician should do, entertain and elicit emotions. The best part is- the album is still perfect! Grant it, I totally would have loved to see her get more recognition for her awesome works.
Zapp Rogerstein her career is just fine, working with some of the best in the business. She made a boatload of money from being featured on a Kanye song.
Travis Hays if you think artists make a "boatload" on features, you're kidding yourself. the money is in writing, publishing, and touring. she sold herself short by delaying something like 7 years between her debut and second album, then switching producers and coming out with inconsistent tripe continuously after that, culminating in the disaster that was her last album. but ok, tell me more about your intimate knowledge of her finances from the kanye song.
Zapp Rogerstein i wanna believe esthero was a success after that... but I have to side with Zapp. Maybe Doc was the mad scientist behind this... now he's doing amazing stuff with the weeknd. I wish he'd get back with esthero just for an EP or something
It's not every day you get an album that's just so dope from beginning to end. Thx to my boy, Tone for introducing me to this woman's work 20 years ago. I wish she wasn't so underappreciated.
2021. One of the greatest unknown pop songs of all time. Chilling and beautiful. This and the track before it on this album are unforgettable. I cannot describe the feeling I got when I first heard them. Hauntingly magical.
gosh, i was in college. and MTV had a show called AMP that showed videos of The Orb, Roni Size, Portishead, etc. when this Esthero video came on i was like damn...she's awesome. this is like one of my favorite songs ever
I love this artist's voice. Her musical comps back up that sultry sound. Reminds me of Bjork, as well. Glad I tapped into "Song for Holly" and had to try the rest! All the best Miss Esthero ;)
God this song takes me back to my late teens...wow. The sound of this whole album really encompasses the sound and dark vibe of the late 90s (at least for those of us who DID NOT listen to Britney Spears and boy bands)
It's funny, I wasn't a teen (I had teenager kids) but I was introduced to Esthero by a teen I worked with. I still come back to this music because it's just so damn good.
I am mostly a rock person but I had this album, Portishead (self titled) & Dummy, Everything But The Girl-Temperamental, and Massive Attack-Mezzanine, Orbital-In Sides in my backpack always.
I also heard Howard Stern give Esthero another mention today. He played this song nearly in it's entirety. He also mentioned Esthero a month or two ago when he was talking about songs that made him emotional, so she is on his mind. And like many of us, he still loves listening to the Breath from Another album. I would love to hear an interview and performance by Esthero on the Howard Stern Show. Can we make that happen?
The question is why is Howard Stern still talking about this? I listened to this "back in the day" and now I have a different take: Adrenochrome possibly?
@@LisaDeeRealtor what exactly do you mean? I rarely take Howard Stern at his word, but I do on this one. This song is extremely evocative and incisive, and I am not surprised at all that it would be one of the few songs that would make someone as cynical as Stern emotional, because it is one of the few that makes ME emotional, and I happened to look for it and revisit it myself a few days ago, after many years, which is why I am reading and responding to comments about it.. As the pandemic starts to fade here in the US many of us start to look for people we haven't seen in some time, and memories bring back songs, songs bring back memories. For me, this is one of the few songs that truly lets me take a look back at a part of my life that is gone forever. I would love to meet this artist, just to tell her the story behind it.
@@billroubanis4750 I feel the same as you, however, I was more naive when this song came out. I'm just saying, listen to the words carefully (they are macabre for sure) and also take note of the video; I think there's a message here. Most true artists do have intention or a message in their work. Wouldn't you agree?
@@LisaDeeRealtor oh yes. I have no qualm with your assessment of the lyrics. They are much more than macabre: The song is clearly about a couple murdering an innocent woman for sexual thrills, and the woman narrating is describing herself as the remorseless psychopath who masterminded the crime. It is a very creepy song, but that is what I liked about it: it was very edgy and disturbing. I do not believe the singer is describing herself in the song. I think she is acting out a part of a play, in a sense. It is meant to shock people, not to reveal her personality. The fantasy of the cold hearted killer is just a cool and powerful image at the time, because she is a WOMAN, and it is basically an answer to all the men who were somehow thinking that talking about being gangbangers and killers and mowing people down with UZIs made them look like real tough guys on their major label CDs. So here is a woman, talking about a crime that should give any guy the creeps. This, following a dramatic opening track about a woman who cannot stop sexually compromising herself for the sake of the most disgusting of men. I think Howard Stern likes her because she is exactly like him: she is a shock artist who does not have any problem being as bad a girl in her talk as is needed to get people's attention. She and Stern are basically saying "why are these shock jocks and shock rockers getting so much attention, just for acting out roles? I can talk as crazy as you want me to, if that will make me a star. It means nothing. YOU are the one who is not getting it, if you think it is difficult to do this". That is why this lyrical content appealed to ME. It was controversial and reflected rebellious attitude. And the music--trip hop, in general, especially with women singing, like Portishead-- is simply beautiful to me. If I thought that people like this woman really liked to murder innocent (or not so innocent) girls I would have zero interest in their lyrics and respect nothing of their work. It is just like other kinds of art: I can love a good mafia movie, but real mobsters are repulsive vermin to me.
20 years ago while pregnant with my first son (also did the same4yrs later for my second son) throughout my WHOLE pregnancy I would put a pair of recording/stereo headphones and on my belly and play Estero for my baby and he would calm right down ❣️💕💞
I'm probably older than all of you listening to this now; I was in my twenties when I discovered Esthero and listened to them nonstop. ... Came here to listen for nostalgic reasons and have a different take now: Could she possibly be talking about an adrenochrome experience?
I'll never forget the first time i saw this video on MM, I was instantly enthralled. Kept my eye open for it again, and tracked down the cd immediately. She's been my favorite ever since. Told every girlfriend after that, if I ever meet Esthero we have to break up. lol
I first heard/saw this on MuchMusic's videoflow. It was one of those surprise gems that stopped me dead in my tracks and never left me, instantly became a song I would never forget.
Yes it was and I rushed out and bought the CD and it continues all these later to stand out from the rest of its contemporaries -past and present. Anguished perfection.
first time I watched this, I was like...so the pizza delivery guy can't figure out the address cuz he's trippin on acid and got hit multiple times and she's tripped out already and he falls out the window after tying her to a piano...then I went back to sixth grade writing comp and turned that into an essay. teacher was concerned. impressed but concerned
Finally I found this song...I've been searching for it for a long time as I didn't know the title, the singer...I'm so excited to listen to this again...thank you for RUclips algorithms....
Never have I ever..... Had a vision for my song stolen from me by the "powers" at be. Esthero wins this one, just like every other female artist at this time. I was in the industry, it's rigged as hell.
I was 21 in 1998 and this song and video blew me away. Sad to say I did not catch the "Un Chien Andalou" reference at 3:28 until now! Surf Wisely. Edit: a ton of other refences to it before that as well!
_I think_ , that it's about how the woman within the building was curious about the box, and sent a hitman to take it from her. However the woman wasn't all too pleased about her initial plan, as it infected the holders with an urge to kill. The hitman turned out to be the most infected, as he kidnapped the girl he stole the box from (who he nearly killed at first), and attempted to finish the job by dropping her down with a piano. The woman owning the home was perhaps already corrupt, as to why she wasn't infected with the bugs. In the end, a local man who disapproved of the hitman's plan, grabbed the box from the woman and opened it in front of the hitman, killing him due to how _he_ was guided by his corruption to kill; something the woman deep down didn't want him to do to the girl. Esthero's first line in the song speaks volumes: _"Inside I left the light on; there is no one home at all.."_ .. Meaning, she's awake, but without a clear conscience present (hence how she sent the hitman to commit a crime that she herself could not do).
Ufff Silvia, nunca pensé que alguien en Querétaro tuviera tan buenos gustos, creo que siempre pueden venir las buenas sorpresas de donde menos te lo esperas
@misinlaguna: nope these are it, i do wish she had more videos though, like for "many times", "superheroes", "beautiful lie", etc. those would be amazing videos i can already tell.
![Yailin La Mas Viral, @kreizyk.official - Dale 2 (Remix) [Video Oficial]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/JaYHBzgqz94/mqdefault.jpg)
Esthero is criminally underrated.
YES!!! someone recognizes REAL TALENT> She is CRIMINALLY UNDERrated!!! Great music!!
the production on the thing though... she is great, the producer is magnificent
She’s so talented
Yes! Swallow Me popped into my head today and I thought about how much I miss her.
Your comment is also criminally underrated (of likes) 😝 But yes, I agree with you.
I've been trying to find this song for 22 years! Heard it late at night on MTV back when I was in middle school and couldn't remember the name. Finally found it!
Glad you’re here!
just a reminder incase u lost this song
@@jadenatkinson9890 never again lol
I scrolled down to the comments to make the exact same post. Thank god this razor in my brain has been pulled out.
Well worth the hunt my lad.
I have spent more than half my life wondering about this song/video. I remember seeing it on MTV when I was a teen and could never remember anything about it except: trip hop/motorcycle. Thanks baby hay soos for the Internet.
This Girl canta demasiado bien, no entiendo como no sobresalió entre los demás cantantes en su época......
it's really too bad her career didn't go anywhere after this perfect album.
It didn't have to though, she was successful in the end anyhow! She pleased her listeners such as us, and we all acknowledge her as true talent too! It has only been a few years since I first heard her music, and already it brings back so much nostalgia. She did what a true musician should do, entertain and elicit emotions. The best part is- the album is still perfect! Grant it, I totally would have loved to see her get more recognition for her awesome works.
PERFECT couldn't have said it better myself. the album was perfection
Zapp Rogerstein her career is just fine, working with some of the best in the business. She made a boatload of money from being featured on a Kanye song.
Travis Hays if you think artists make a "boatload" on features, you're kidding yourself. the money is in writing, publishing, and touring. she sold herself short by delaying something like 7 years between her debut and second album, then switching producers and coming out with inconsistent tripe continuously after that, culminating in the disaster that was her last album. but ok, tell me more about your intimate knowledge of her finances from the kanye song.
Zapp Rogerstein i wanna believe esthero was a success after that... but I have to side with Zapp. Maybe Doc was the mad scientist behind this... now he's doing amazing stuff with the weeknd. I wish he'd get back with esthero just for an EP or something
Jazzy Bjork right there
I like that analogy
Who's the art director
oh how i do miss the 90's...
Still listening in the spring of 2018. 20 years later. This is what a classic sounds like.
SAME
It's not every day you get an album that's just so dope from beginning to end. Thx to my boy, Tone for introducing me to this woman's work 20 years ago. I wish she wasn't so underappreciated.
That ablum is amazing from beginning to end indeed! Salute to your friend. Great friend!
still hearing in 2020.. who else like me?
Me !
I'm like you
Oh hell yes. Smooth into dream.
2021 checking in
2021.
One of the greatest unknown pop songs of all time.
Chilling and beautiful.
This and the track before it on this album are unforgettable.
I cannot describe the feeling I got when I first heard them.
Hauntingly magical.
This track is very intense! I love it. Very 90s sounding but does not sound dated at all.
gosh, i was in college. and MTV had a show called AMP that showed videos of The Orb, Roni Size, Portishead, etc. when this Esthero video came on i was like damn...she's awesome. this is like one of my favorite songs ever
What a talent and treasure....too bad she never received the recognition she deserves.
when trip hop met 90's grunge
It's more like Funk/HipHop/Acid Jazz
@@kh_just_lifeNo, she's(they actually, her and Doc) Trip-Hop, always have been and is categorized as so. The more you know. 👍
@@bulleta4358yep. and very underrated compared to the rest of the genre.
@@bulleta4358yep and theyre very underrated compared to the rest in the genre.
@@bulleta4358yep
blud sound like bjork
I love this artist's voice. Her musical comps back up that sultry sound. Reminds me of Bjork, as well. Glad I tapped into "Song for Holly" and had to try the rest! All the best Miss Esthero ;)
How is it 2022 and there still hasn’t been a trip-hop revival?
life is too fast these days, but I think it’s gonna come back for sure
It died in the 90s sadly. 😢
God this song takes me back to my late teens...wow. The sound of this whole album really encompasses the sound and dark vibe of the late 90s (at least for those of us who DID NOT listen to Britney Spears and boy bands)
Bamboo you know the difference. Thank you for that.
Not just the late 90s. The entirety of the decade
It's funny, I wasn't a teen (I had teenager kids) but I was introduced to Esthero by a teen I worked with. I still come back to this music because it's just so damn good.
Bamboo Then there are people who love both, like me😊
I am mostly a rock person but I had this album, Portishead (self titled) & Dummy, Everything But The Girl-Temperamental, and Massive Attack-Mezzanine, Orbital-In Sides in my backpack always.
After I saw this on MTV this cd was my first legitimate purchase at the age of 14 back in 1998 🥰
I also heard Howard Stern give Esthero another mention today. He played this song nearly in it's entirety. He also mentioned Esthero a month or two ago when he was talking about songs that made him emotional, so she is on his mind. And like many of us, he still loves listening to the Breath from Another album. I would love to hear an interview and performance by Esthero on the Howard Stern Show. Can we make that happen?
The question is why is Howard Stern still talking about this? I listened to this "back in the day" and now I have a different take: Adrenochrome possibly?
@@LisaDeeRealtor what exactly do you mean?
I rarely take Howard Stern at his word, but I do on this one.
This song is extremely evocative and incisive, and I am not surprised at all that it would be one of the few songs that would make someone as cynical as Stern emotional, because it is one of the few that makes ME emotional, and I happened to look for it and revisit it myself a few days ago, after many years, which is why I am reading and responding to comments about it..
As the pandemic starts to fade here in the US many of us start to look for people we haven't seen in some time, and memories bring back songs, songs bring back memories.
For me, this is one of the few songs that truly lets me take a look back at a part of my life that is gone forever.
I would love to meet this artist, just to tell her the story behind it.
@@billroubanis4750 I feel the same as you, however, I was more naive when this song came out. I'm just saying, listen to the words carefully (they are macabre for sure) and also take note of the video; I think there's a message here. Most true artists do have intention or a message in their work. Wouldn't you agree?
@@LisaDeeRealtor oh yes.
I have no qualm with your assessment of the lyrics.
They are much more than macabre: The song is clearly about a couple murdering an innocent woman for sexual thrills, and the woman narrating is describing herself as the remorseless psychopath who masterminded the crime.
It is a very creepy song, but that is what I liked about it: it was very edgy and disturbing.
I do not believe the singer is describing herself in the song.
I think she is acting out a part of a play, in a sense.
It is meant to shock people, not to reveal her personality.
The fantasy of the cold hearted killer is just a cool and powerful image at the time, because she is a WOMAN, and it is basically an answer to all the men who were somehow thinking that talking about being gangbangers and killers and mowing people down with UZIs made them look like real tough guys on their major label CDs.
So here is a woman, talking about a crime that should give any guy the creeps. This, following a dramatic opening track about a woman who cannot stop sexually compromising herself for the sake of the most disgusting of men.
I think Howard Stern likes her because she is exactly like him: she is a shock artist who does not have any problem being as bad a girl in her talk as is needed to get people's attention.
She and Stern are basically saying "why are these shock jocks and shock rockers getting so much attention, just for acting out roles? I can talk as crazy as you want me to, if that will make me a star. It means nothing. YOU are the one who is not getting it, if you think it is difficult to do this".
That is why this lyrical content appealed to ME.
It was controversial and reflected rebellious attitude.
And the music--trip hop, in general, especially with women singing, like Portishead-- is simply beautiful to me.
If I thought that people like this woman really liked to murder innocent (or not so innocent) girls I would have zero interest in their lyrics and respect nothing of their work.
It is just like other kinds of art: I can love a good mafia movie, but real mobsters are repulsive vermin to me.
I have been listening this song like about 20 years
Hadn’t thought about this for 20 years, and it randomly popped in my head the other day. I’ve now listened to it at least 20 times.
HEAVILY underrated.
I love Esthero! Super underrated! Would love to see her live! This CD got me through some serious stuff!
absolutely love this. i have for years and years since i first heard it in 98..
+Jay Carneys Exchange AMEN!
gloryhole station 1 Same here
gloryhole station 1 it's been that long? F......
and i find it on 2019. Wouldnt make my life any different but it would have made a it a tiny bit better
I remember recording this on VHS :-)
MTV 120 minutes
ha yes, I used to record every episode of 120 minutes and AMP
20 years ago while pregnant with my first son (also did the same4yrs later for my second son) throughout my WHOLE pregnancy I would put a pair of recording/stereo headphones and on my belly and play Estero for my baby and he would calm right down ❣️💕💞
I wish this song received more commercial exposure when it was originally released in 1998. This song and video is criminally underrated.
Yep, Me too. I was 19 yrs old in 1998. Saw the video on MuchMusic and bought the album the very next day at HMV.
Hearing this for the first time March of 2021. Thanks to Howard Stern giving her a shoutout and playing this song. Now I’m hooked.
me too! Awesome track.
Listen to the entire Breath from Another album. It sounds just as fresh as it did in 1998.
I'm probably older than all of you listening to this now; I was in my twenties when I discovered Esthero and listened to them nonstop. ... Came here to listen for nostalgic reasons and have a different take now: Could she possibly be talking about an adrenochrome experience?
This was the shit, brings back so many memories.. Where did the time go
I fucking love trip hop
its amazing I love it too
Alicia Cucho same here
I'll never forget the first time i saw this video on MM, I was instantly enthralled. Kept my eye open for it again, and tracked down the cd immediately. She's been my favorite ever since. Told every girlfriend after that, if I ever meet Esthero we have to break up. lol
That chorus guitar progression is so fuxking wicked.
Anyone from All Saints in Etobicoke?
I remember being like 9 years old listening to this and crying because of how powerful her voice is. Wow... What ever happened to her???
found this song a couple weeks ago, shits so good
This song is SO amazing. Way underrated.
I first heard/saw this on MuchMusic's videoflow. It was one of those surprise gems that stopped me dead in my tracks and never left me, instantly became a song I would never forget.
I remember this was a "breakthrough video" on mtv when it came out
haha yeah right at the end too around 1998 cuz i havn't had much cable after that now it's my super sweet teen mom 2
I remember she was on 120 minutes and I absolutely fell in love with her music
Yes it was and I rushed out and bought the CD and it continues all these later to stand out from the rest of its contemporaries -past and present. Anguished perfection.
Shutup
It is pretty fantastic to this day. What a voice.
she's a genius! i have her wikkd grrls cdd it's amazingly inventive yet accessible at the same time.. it's amazing!
Gotta love that sound bit from the original Donkey Kong arcade game
Is that where they were from? All this time, I thought they were from the original Star Trek series
first time I watched this, I was like...so the pizza delivery guy can't figure out the address cuz he's trippin on acid and got hit multiple times and she's tripped out already and he falls out the window after tying her to a piano...then I went back to sixth grade writing comp and turned that into an essay. teacher was concerned. impressed but concerned
Very pleasant to the ear drums indeed.
1998/ 24 years.
This record came out the year I was born. If only the world wasn’t so f*cked up, We probably would still have good shit coming out like this.
2021, still love it
2021 I discovered this song!! She sounds like Bjork love them both. Great artist unique sounds you don’t hear anymore.
Precisely, this kind of music is unheard of today.
Are you listening to the words? Very talented. What happened to her?
The guy playing the keyboard is my homie, and the guy on the motorcycle is the weekends producer
Can you spot the many references to Luis Busñuel's film "Un chien Andalou" (The Andalucian Dog) a classical, dadaist collaboration with Salvador Dali?
One of the best albums I've ever listened to.
Another one of my favorites!!!
This whole album is really good and underrated.
can someone recommend some songs similar to this, im obsessed with this song
Finally I found this song...I've been searching for it for a long time as I didn't know the title, the singer...I'm so excited to listen to this again...thank you for RUclips algorithms....
May 2024❤
2019?
✨
2020
Never have I ever..... Had a vision for my song stolen from me by the "powers" at be. Esthero wins this one, just like every other female artist at this time. I was in the industry, it's rigged as hell.
Around the time this was released a lot of talk that she would become a star like Alanis it didn't happen music industry can be horrible sometimes.
Darren N think if was from her deviation from Doc or his.
Doc and esthero made magic
I was 21 in 1998 and this song and video blew me away. Sad to say I did not catch the "Un Chien Andalou" reference at 3:28 until now!
Surf Wisely.
Edit: a ton of other refences to it before that as well!
I was waiting for someone in the comments to notice the references.
The last video I recorded in VHS from MTV2 great memories
As brilliant as it was the first time I heard it
why'd she kill the girl?
_I think_ , that it's about how the woman within the building was curious about the box, and sent a hitman to take it from her. However the woman wasn't all too pleased about her initial plan, as it infected the holders with an urge to kill. The hitman turned out to be the most infected, as he kidnapped the girl he stole the box from (who he nearly killed at first), and attempted to finish the job by dropping her down with a piano. The woman owning the home was perhaps already corrupt, as to why she wasn't infected with the bugs. In the end, a local man who disapproved of the hitman's plan, grabbed the box from the woman and opened it in front of the hitman, killing him due to how _he_ was guided by his corruption to kill; something the woman deep down didn't want him to do to the girl.
Esthero's first line in the song speaks volumes: _"Inside I left the light on; there is no one home at all.."_ .. Meaning, she's awake, but without a clear conscience present (hence how she sent the hitman to commit a crime that she herself could not do).
I remember was here your beatiful voice for the first time in this song heaven sent, I love your group, I´m your fan from Querétaro, México!!!!!
Ufff Silvia, nunca pensé que alguien en Querétaro tuviera tan buenos gustos, creo que siempre pueden venir las buenas sorpresas de donde menos te lo esperas
They had to kill her...Oh shit!!!
Love this song, but why do I always think of Resident Evil when I hear it?
Still relevant
Her mix with DJ Krush is amazing, if you're into her.
You love Bjork ? ^^
You will love it so :
Valravn : /watch?v=I6OqDZft42s
Digit All Love : /watch?v=nBy4ALPppck
^^
Like
Directed by Jon J. Muth, if I remember correctly... they also performed on HBO's The Chris Rock Show.
2024
One of my favorite videos ever!
Another great song I discovered on the show Felicity. Makes a ton of sense why whoever picked the music for that show liked Esthero for it.
such a good song
I remember when I first saw this on MTV... Yes, there was a time when that M stood for music... Sigh.
Otherwise...,,, I love to destroy all...
2020 until the 3020
a masterpiece !!! :D
I love the mix between jazz and rock..she reminds me of Alan is morisette too...this song has just claimed a new fan
I love this song
Anyone else remember this from MTV's 12 Angry Viewers?
great album
What happened? Nothing since 2012? OK an ep...but still. so much talent and kind of fallen off the map.....
💜💜💜💜💜💜
Classic album
Ages like wine
If your wine is adrenochrome?
@misinlaguna: nope these are it, i do wish she had more videos though, like for "many times", "superheroes", "beautiful lie", etc. those would be amazing videos i can already tell.
Man I loved this song back in the day. So cool to see it now have 600k views!
Thanks DJ Krush (Final Home Vocal Version) to bring me here again!
urban/pop life.
Such a great song to listen to, especially after a green stick or two 😉☺
where are you Esthero?
Good question
Un chien andalou reference in this video.
I adored Esthero when she came out, I was 13
@AmunHeruSet
I think she sound more like Bjork meets the Cocteau Twins
When Bjork met Alanis morissette 😅
This is so similar to eartheater I swear she must get inspiration from esthero
this song is about a woman, esthero, that's having an affair with a man that is in a relationship.