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I feel like Laura Kathryn Gilbert doesn't get enough credit for this, her direction is fantastic in this series. The way the shots get longer and longer as the series goes on, ending with this long unbroken take, it's so good
I know people love to talk about how good Brian was in this series but damn Laura went so hard on the directing. That long hold on Brian alone in the chair...damn.
I mean the move was about fake confidence, it was him convincing himself that his worth is tied to how high his knees can go. That's why Declan hated it, and that's why he's not doing it here: he's learned that he doesn't need some arbitrary factor to express his self worth. In the same way that he's no longer doing an effort to "dance properly", and is instead focusing on dancing in a way that makes him happy.
I'm so glad Brian found success making videos at Polygon, because he's one of those mad, irrepressible geniuses who either achieves fame doing what he loves or keeps doing what he loves until it kills him.
it's a german word, Brian used it in his pokerap talk at PAX. It basically means a production that uses many different forms of performance art to make the production more grand, but we've been using it to mean a video that is really passionate and meaningful
I can't get the phrase "the pious hunter stops stalking prey" out of my head why is this very wiggly boy producing poetry?? Also "peep my crabs, all my peeps is crabs," but that's slightly different
I can't get over the lyrics either. It's about depression, isn't it? That's the slip that was tying him down, but has now begun to fray. That is why the sun is finally rising, which he never thought he'd see. But I have questions: -Why is the slip described as "sleeping"? -Is the pious hunter his inner demons, and the prey himself? Or is he the hunter, and he has finally found what he was seeking? Or maybe he's the hunter, and he has given up on an impossible goal in order to be free? -What was the lore being written, and was it a good or bad thing? If it was good, it could have been part of his search for more. If it was bad, it could be a warped view of himself and the world, that he now chose to let go.
@@OrchidAlloy As a songwriter myself, I think these lyrics are absolutely stunning. Even outside of the context of this series, it's a beautiful song, but within that context it's simply brilliant. That said, I don't know if this song is exclusively about depression. It seems to me to be more about coming out of a period of inaction/uncertainty (periods which are often accompanied and perpetuated by depression) and confronting a moment when the narrator has chosen to act despite that uncertainty. But that moment of choice is scary because the uncertainty is still there, we will never know what the future brings. The tension of that confrontation between hope and uncertainty drives the song. On the one hand, the lyrics convey a sense that there's a light at the end of the tunnel, a promise of the future, while on the other hand, they convey a sense of fear of what that future might bring, of not knowing what's at the other end of the tunnel. The narrator is asking a question: is being hopeful an assurance of being happy? And the song implies there is a answer: living without assurance is okay, acting on hope is enough. As for the "meaning" of the lines, it's important not to ignore the context of each unique verse/how they are each related to the lines "I never thought I'd see the day" in stanzas 1 and 3 and "I can't quite tell what I'm hoping for" in stanzas 2 and 4. The song is actually incredibly clever in how it plays with different ways of reading (finding meaning in) these repeated verses. For example, look at the opening line "the sun is rising up half the way/I never thought I'd see the day". This is, in my opinion, an absolutely brilliant opening lyric. Sunrise is the literal beginning of "the day", the end of a period of darkness and the start of something new. In this sense, "I never thought I'd see the day" means "I never thought I'd experience hope." But "I never thought I'd see the day" also means, in a colloquial sense, "I never thought this would happen." So he's playing with the concept of "the day" in two senses, both the metaphor established in the first line and the colloquial meaning it has in that phrase. It's incredibly clever. At the same time, there's also a contrast in the first line that conveys the sense of uncertainty that's prevalent throughout the song. On the one hand, he says "the sun IS RISING", indicating that it will, eventually, rise completely. On the other hand, it's only risen "half the way", it isn't complete yet, it's just beginning. So while that beginning ("is rising") implies a literally and metaphorically "bright" future, it's still in the future. "The day" also has an additional meaning, which is most evident in the second half of the song but we can sort of read it into the first half. In addition to its metaphorical/colloquial meaning, he uses it to refer to a specific day (or moment) when he's confronting his plans, the moment when he has to commit to putting those plans into action, which is moment of a confrontation. In this sense, he's using the colloquial meaning of "I never thought this would happen" but applying it to a literal day/moment in time. He's more or less saying "although I knew this day/moment was coming, I never truly believed/internalized the fact that it would come." The second half of the song is about how he responds to this realization. As for the lyrics you mention, I think the "sleeping slip" is likely referring to a type of slip you wear when you sleep (also known as a nightgown). Writers often use frayed cloth/clothing to represent the passage of time and/or the (negative) effects of (negative) life experiences. "The sleeping slip has begun to fray" indicates that he's been sleeping (not acting/being depressed) for a long time, long enough to cause the slip to begin to fray, and possibly (although I personally wouldn't agree) that this period of sleep has had damaging effects. By invoking this negative metaphor, he seems to be acknowledging that he's been asleep for a long time, for long enough if not too long, and that it's time to move on. When read against the next line, "the day" is literally referring to day as the moment when we transition from a period of sleep to a period of wakefulness, from inaction to action, which reinforces is the metaphor he's deploying throughout the song. Again, very clever. Within the context of the entire 3rd verse, "I never thought I'd see the day" is also conveying surprise/unexpectedness when a specific moment arrives. Although he's been planning this transition for some time, he never truly understood/believed that it would come. Taken together, he seems to be saying that the day has finally arrived when he'll leave his "sleeping" life behind and move to a new, "wakeful" life--or, in the context of the videos, a new city--and that he's only just now realizing what that means. "The pious hunter stops stalking prey" is also about telling himself it's time to take action. What "the prey" is doesn't matter, in my opinion. What's important is what the hunter does, his actions. He's saying that a truly devoted ("pious") hunter wouldn't just stalk prey endlessly, eventually he would take his shot. Similarly, the narrator recognizes he's planned/stalked his plans/prey long enough (this is especially evident in the context of the "lore" line) and that it's time to act/shoot. I get the sense that he's telling this to himself to work up courage because, again, he never thought he'd see the day when he had to pull the trigger, he didn't realize how hard it would be, he recognizes this is a decisive moment and he's anxious about that. Both in the way he seems to be convincing/reassuring himself, and the sense that he wasn't fully prepared for "the day" to "come," these two lines seem to capture the hesitance/fear/uncertainty he feels, as well as his dedication to pressing forward with his plans. Finally, "spent too much time writin' all the lore" has to be read within the context of the entire 4th verse, which is overall about accepting uncertainty as a part of life. I think the "writin' all the lore" is a metaphor for planning/imagining what he could do with his life, which he's been doing for too long. He recognizes it's time to do something else, that there are no perfect plans, that things will always be uncertain. So even though he "can't quite tell what [he's] hoping for", he'll "live [his] life being so unsure", and he seems to be okay with that. It's worth noting the contrasts between the first and third lines of this verse. First, "spent too much time writin' all the lore" is in the past tense, whereas "I'll live my life being so unsure" is in the future tense, whereas the rest of the song has been in the present tense. This implies the narrator is in between the past and future, at this decisive moment, as I discussed above. Second, by saying "too much time" he's criticizing how much time he spent planning and making a judgment about his actions. He recognizes that planning endlessly is the wrong thing to do, and accepts that living with uncertainty is, if not good, at least *better* than not doing anything at all. So he'll live being unsure, because at least that's living--not sleeping, not writing lore, but living. Anyway, super long comment but I adore these lyrics. Very inspiring song!
I love that in Episodes 1-6, the dances feel really lame and strained. But the way this final dance shows each individual move, flowing seamlessly... it reveals a whole greater than the sum of its parts. I think that's a really important message about art and life in general. Bravo.
No, listen. This is actually one of the best tellings of a story I've seen in a while. I thought it was going to just be a silly video series that you eventually stopped making cause you got bored and moved on, but I wasn't prepared for the trajectory this was about to take. Each video slowly had more development and more significance and built up more and more. The partner dancing episode was what really served as the breaking point to the rising action, and it created a point of no return for the story arc. Part 6 began on an immediate 'something is terribly wrong' note and was the fall of the protagonist into despair as all his friends abandon him, concluding with Declan as the symbol of all he'd taken for granted. This was... the absolutely perfect conclusion to the story, a quiet moment of solitude, a lesson told to oneself rather than a class, a reflection, and a slow re-emergence. You can see how much the protagonist has grown and changed, in the seriousness and emotion with which he performs his final dance, as though finally realising what it means to him, and how each of those classes with his friends taught him something valuable that he carries forward with him. His moment of decision as he gets up from the chair here spurs his rebirth, slow but sure, and the song choice is perfect (it made me cry a little.) As he walks off the dance floor I find myself wondering if he'll ever dance again, or if he's moved forward from that point in his life, but either one makes for a satisfying conclusion. In the end, he moves forward, but he is alone. Anyway, THAT'S how you use a creative writing degree. Well done, sir. Edit: iirc i wrote this very late at night in a haze of "omg this is so beautiful and im so tired" so please forgive me for sounding kinda like a 10th grade student pretending to be a literature major and kinda like a pretentious knucklehead
Very well put, Nazish. It was painful to watch all the way through, but that decision to turn the music back on at the end, followed by dance echoes was beautifully poignant.
I didn't anticipate a 7-part video series ostensibly about dancing and my own hometown would make me feel this way. I guess you could say I never thought I'd see the day.
This is the most artistic series i have seen in a long time, there is great story telling here, the passing of the story is great, it is creatively shot and the acting is great. The way it started as just a comedic series roping me into thinking oh this is going to be a series with no greater point other than to make me laugh then dropping that bombshell of inner term oil. And you ending it with a freestyle coming to terms with what happened and bringing back all of the dancing in the beginning really made me realize how meaningful this story was to you. I really did enjoy it and i hope you have a great day, goodbye.
I love that this dance is just for him. He's not doing it for his ex or for the show or for the group, or even for us. He goes around and turns off all the cameras and stands there without a plan and just lets it all out.
And as he points out, his dance doesn't have to be great or even good, as long as he keeps dancing for the love of dancing and not to impress anyone else. His dancing style changes a lot in this episode compared to the previous ones, but he is still incorporating the dances from before. He still keeps his memories from before and uses them to grow, but he is entering a new chapter in his life so he doesn't cling to the meaningless rules that bound them before. He's not here to "dance properly", just to dance.
The words "I can't quite tell what i'm hoping for" is resonating with me SO so much, going through the motions of life so aimlessly has always been my worst case scenario
Lyrics: [Intro] Welcome friends, I’m BDG And I’ll teach you how to dance properly Seems like everyone has all gone home So I guess I’ll teach you this on my own But here’s the thing about life and dance You can’t tell what’ll happen in advance Sometimes your moves won’t work so hot But it’s best to keep dancing with what you got And even if you are whittled down to one Remember that you started all this for fun You haven’t really thought about it for a bit But your love of dance is why you started it You focus too hard on how others feel Your anxiety and worries will start to seem real But the truth is your dancing doesn’t have to be great You’ll have more fun if you don’t concentrate And the best way to get you back to a smile Is to give yourself the chance to freestyle Are you ready? Here we go Thre- [deafening silence] [song] The sun is rising up half the way I never thought I’d see the day The moon is crumbling but that’s okay I never thought I’d see the day The sea is bubbling beyond the shore I can’t quite tell what I’m hoping for Dive out of nothing and into more But I can’t quite tell what I’m hoping for Somehow, maybe now, I'll find the words to say Never thought I'd see the day The sleeping slip has begun to fray I never thought I'd see the day The pious hunter stops stalking pray I never thought I'd see the day Spent too much time writing all the lore I can’t quite tell what I’m hoping for So I’ll live my life being so unsure Cause I can’t quite tell what I’m hoping for Somehow maybe now I'll find the words to say Never thought I'd see the day
these past few months have been perhaps the worst of my life. but dancing through the whole dances moving series (yes, even high knees) and ending here (“so I’ll live my live being so unsure... because I can’t quite tell what I’m hoping for) is the most cathartic experience. I haven’t felt this comfortable with the inside of my own head in months.
Notorious B.D.G. hitting us with the FEELS! This was great. I loved it. Everything about it. Please do more, this was a treat from silly start to bittersweet finish.
The songs and jokes of these videos actually make me feel legitimate feelings now that the ending is thrown in, good job BDG. It even adds a lot of extra light to some of your other videos, and I think you’re a great artist. You’re doing great at making stuff in NYC with Polygon, and I hope you’re happy, too. Thanks for being an incredible content creator and a wonderful artist, Brian.
This is, without any hyperbole, one of the most incredible works of art I have ever witnessed. You should be really goddamn proud of this Brian. It still brings me to tears every time.
I know that no one will see this, and that may be a good thing, but I just watched this whole series through. I... needed this. It's been a rough time these last few months and I guess that I never really learned how to deal with the emotions that I was, and still am, feeling. This series made me tear up, which I haven't done in years. I thought about the things that I was dealing with and the things I have dealt with in the past and I saw them in Brian. I guess it's kinda silly, but... the freestyling, the dealing with the baggage, the loving yourself and the world around you no matter what, I needed that. So, thank you Brian David Gilbert. Thank you for reminding me how to feel things. I think I'll cry every time I listen to See the Day now. I think I'll go listen to it, in fact. Thank you.
I’m 3 years late but I found this at just the right time. I just completed a degree in music, the thing that I love, but it has completely sucked all the joy out of it for me. But, as a recovery from some seriously shitty mental health I got back into writing songs, and it reminded me of what I love about music, and this video just resonated on a really personal level, so thank you
listen, i knew i was stressed out and anxious about stuff, but i didn't expect this video series to make me almost sob cathartically upon finishing it. this was lovely! thank you for sharing.
The whole dance segment is almost like the sequence of someone discovering and trying something new be it dance or art or a sport, etc. Trying out something new with the hesitation behind it. Pulling off that really good moment the first time. Learning the "fundamentals" behind it (crab arms/wiggle arms) that seem like total nonsense but then you realize they're foundational building blocks somehow. Not understanding how the "fundamentals" connect with what you've been doing for so long. The depression. Rediscovering why you love this thing. Just throwing whatever ideas you had, ignoring everything you were thought, not realizing that the fundamentals were subconsciously flowing in. Trying all the new and different things you're learning and understand experimenting and combining it with your experiences, working with others, etc
This song has got to be one of the prettiest thing I ever heard, and i just can't hold it, sometimes I feel like with so much stuff on my head, and whenever I need a rest for myself and just let me feel, I listen to this and inmedeatly my eyes turn red... just thanks for this series and this song that I will surely keep coming back to
i just did my own freestyle dance to this song using all the dances from previous videos and it was SO cathartic. i cant dance and i probably looked really stupid doing it by myself alone in my room but it made me feel really free and happy and hopeful. i keep coming back to this series and this song because theyre both incredible. thanks for the lessons 💖
This series is genius. It eases you in with a silly concept, and gradually worms in a series of emotions that BDG is trying to convey. And the simplicity works because in the end when Brian is just dancing haphazardly, it's so simple but so honest, that you can FEEL the emotions he would be feeling. This is a short and simple series, but at the very end, you just feel connected to Brian, on a level higher than a lot of other things you can find on this site. Masterfully made Brian, hats of to you!
My depression has brought me here. I’m glad it did. This series has helped me more than anything I’ve ever tried in my entire life. I also love reading the comments. Seeing that I’m not the only one feels kinda reassuring I guess. I’m so glad this video exists, I thank everyone who made it possible. Edit: It’s been a whole year since I posted this comment. I have found the strength in myself to seek help. I’m really happy to say that I no longer feel depressed and I continuously work on improving myself and taking care of my mental health. I’ve watched this series countless times over the past year and it captures navigating change so perfectly that I keep coming back to it whenever I struggle with change in particular. I’ll forever be grateful for this piece of artwork. It might have saved my life.
Coming back to this video after a couple years I realized something... Is it just me or is Brian's dance INCREDIBLY similar to the plantar's family hunting dance in Amphibia? I know it's probably a coincidence but *GOD* something inside me wants to believe someone in the team that made the show was watching this video with tears in their eyes going: _"sniff... Holy shit, I have to honor this masterpiece."_
I just got done rewatching this, and it literally brought me to tears. I don’t know how a series like this could have such a gut wrenching and relatable story, its just a masterpiece. If you haven’t watched it yet, do that right now. The 20 minutes is worth it. I’m not going to spoil it, just watch the whole entire thing no breaks, no pausing, just watch it.
I think what made this series so wonderful was the complete lack of irony and cynicism. It's hard to find much comedy, or media in general really, which doesn't have at least a little of both
This is criminally undervalued. What incredible art, expressing so much in such a subversive way. I'm mad at myself for being a bdg fan and not seeing this sooner. I'm incredibly excited to see him shifting back to this style of video again.
i know this is three years old, but i just really need to say this. I needed this video. its 2:32 am and honestly i wasnt feeling to good. i recently got out of a relationship that, at least to me, was my fault for failing. i blamed myself so much and i put myself into a place where i thought everybody ive ever known somehow hated me. and idk i guess i kinda just needed this series. this song made me kinda just fall into, well, dancing. i have zero idea how to put my feelings into words anymore, but thank you. this song, this series, this video, saved me from myself. so thanks brian, i didnt find the words to say, but really didnt think id see the day
i love this sad little series and the finale always blows me away. the false start becomes total dejection, then we get to see him start again from square one. and it's funky at first but he works it out and it suddenly becomes so fluid and vibrant!! wowowow
Finding this now... I lived out west over the summer in a place that felt like home, making great friends I hope last a lifetime and starting a new relationship. Then I got a job opportunity of a lifetime, and now I’m out east, alone and unsure. I’ve been watching all of BDG’s videos as a welcome distraction from the loneliness and confusion - to help an anxious girl feel at ease - but for some reason, I hadn’t watched this series until now. And I wish I had watched it sooner, because this was just the kind of story I needed. Remembering to freestyle - to hold onto your roots, but to go with the flow, and to keep dancing even when the world feels like it will drop from under you. Good times will come again. Let yourself feel, and keep moving forward. Thanks, Brian.
This series starting as early as wiggle arms, but this episode in particular: it's like a glitch for me. Collectively they're rather short. They're sentimental, yeah, but super goofy and the sentimental stuff seems like it should be a little trite or something. Except this video reliably makes me bawl. I can't explain it. Again, it feels like a glitch. It seems so sad, so vulnerable. Genuinely positive, but still genuinely and unabashedly sad. I genuinely hope for as long as he wants to, that Brian has the opportunity to make media he enjoys. He is very good at it.
Me, on episode 2: Oh he's gonna try to give it an actual plot of some sort? But it's so silly I can't take it seriously. Me, on episode 7: Why can't I stop crying and replaying the video?
Holy shit, this is beautiful. I love this whole narrative that’s been built, and I love how well BDG has captured the feelings of depression in what feels like has been an actual depressive spiral, but while being productive and motivated enough to see this project through. Or maybe he’s just an incredibly good actor and I’m projecting. But this episode was finally the one that made me start crying. Not when he gave up and couldn’t do it anymore, but when he started to actually dance and just throw his emotions into physical movement. Absolutely beautiful.
First watched this series in June during lockdown, it still makes me cry now. BDG is truly one of the most innovative content creators on this platform Edit: 2 years on and this shit still hits. No other video on the platform will take me back to sitting outside in the back garden, animal crossing to one side and absolutely bawling just as a release from that godawful year than this video. Thank you, Brian, for the best video series on this platform
I've loved BDG since his Polygon days. I hadn't seen this series until I was covid-positive and quarantined and incredibly stressed managing the closure and re-opening of my workplace (I manage a bookstore). The day I was released from quarantine my mother-in-law (who I loved so much) passed away after a harrowing few months battling pancreatic cancer. This series has given me joy and laughter and meaning in one of the darkest months of my life. If BDG can make sense out of nonsense and art out of pain and can get up and dance even if their enduring horrible circumstances, then maybe I can too. Thank you and thank you and thank you, BDG.
This song gives me the motivation to live when I'm at my worst. Thank you Brian. This series means a lot to so many people. I appreciate your existence❤️
This actually made me tear up. Bdg really made something beautiful. 3 hrs later crying over funky man dancing. I think that scene of him listening while lying down and then him breaking into the dance just hits hard
When I saw the first episode I thought "ah, a funny lil dance sketch, i'll check the rest out later." Then today my friend asked me if I had finished it, then told me I needed to. SO glad I listened to her, because I was on the verge of tears. Unexpectedly beautiful and inspirational and kindhearted.
I've only now stumbled on this video and I just want to thank you. I've gotten into my own head as of late. Dancing was never a catharsis for me? I have CP and struggle to dance , and am super self conscious about it. But this video gave me the motivation to just...get out of my head, and just enjoy myself. For me. Thank you
I expected this to be a funny little series before going to bed, now I feel sad and alone but at the same time understood. This is better than most things I have ever seen on the Internet and this just makes me even more glad that Brian became part of Polygon. Well done Brian David Gilbert you democratic Wunderkind, truly a Gesamtkunstwerk.
i'm MAADD late to this series but i wanted to let u know that this is my first time watching, and i literally just watched it straight though while doing the dances along like an exercise show. i didn't expect it to have a legit plot but... thank you for that. i haven't been in the best state lately, i've had almost no motivation for like months, haven't done any schoolwork, i've been late everyday, i've barely talked to anyone. but after laying down and doing the slow worm and kinda?? i don't know. seeing what i was feeling physically. and then getting up again even after that! it was motivating. i think i might do some math homework right now. thank you.
Thank you, Brian and Laura. This series was beautiful and I had a big breakup recently. It really helped me understand more about me and what love is. It almost brought me to tears. This is beautiful. I love it.
Stuck in isolation and feeling pretty awful despite not having the virus. See The Day has been on all day because it's one of the few things that feels comforting right now. Thank you
I can't tell you how much this series means to me. Honestly every time I'm feeling really down i come back and rewatch this and it's helped me so so much. Thank you BDG, for this masterpiece 💛
This is so furiously and unexpectedly beautiful! Eventually, both the silliness and the scars just become a part of the canvas... As long as we get the fuck up and dance it out, even when it's pointless. I can't really express what this meant to me.
Holy shit when the dance starts turning up it feels so primal and raw, I was just physically assaulted by your emotions. To quote bartman, classic Gilbert, truely classic Turn up at 2:47 but man this was a ride from start to finish
I've scoured this comment section many times and your comment is the most accurate description of this entire magnificent sequence. Primal, raw, emotional, and most importantly a classic Gilbert.
Punkitt I think its because it’s not only the physical moves we’ve learnt over the series but the emotions we’ve developed in the episodes that the moves represent, this series was short but also emotionally rewarding because of this finales payoff
Hey Brian, I come to this video every now and then because it just makes me feel so great. Your series has really helped me move on with my life. You inspired me to get up and dance (live my life) Thanks for saving me and impacting my life with a goofy video series that ended up tugging at my heartstrings. Hopefully one day I can buy you a drink or something -Ed
This video perfectly encapsulates how to break through the wall I always find myself up against. I go to college for musical theater. Just like BDG I started performing for fun, and it grew to be something that I needed in my life. Since it is now my career, it’s gotten harder to remember why I perform and learn new pieces and work my butt off. Every time I have been feeling stuck I come and watch this whole series and by the end I am able to remind myself that I act and perform in order to move people and show truth. Thank you BDG, from one artist to another.
This video is the best representation of a mood. That moment where you working for your dream but then the dream seems less exciting so you take a break in order to get your life in perspective, then you make your decision to stop following your old dreams and look for a new horizon after one final show. you might be one of the best writers I have seen in a long while brain.
@@Siegmernes no worries my friend! it *metaphorically* saved my life, it made me search things to do and create on my own. It forced me to stop losing my time. It did wonderful things for me, and also gave me hope when I was at my lowest.
Brian you can’t keep doing this. You bring me in with something funny and seemingly meaningless, but then turn it into something that I genuinely enjoy and has a profound meaning and impact on my life. Please don’t stop doing this, you’re an amazing artist.
i think the reason i cry to this series is because i feel like i can relate to it. what with the whole "friends abandoning you when you need them most because you act different" thing.
What a beautiful series. I’ll say with complete honesty I cry every time I watch this, and little things about it hit differently every time. It’s funny and different but bizarrely moving and poignant. Thank you.
This is one of the most heartfelt series I have ever seen. Like I came into this expecting it to be a comedy series and I came out of it crying. God this was great!
I've just recently started watching Brian's videos, and this is the last place I expected to find something that caused me to break down crying. I came into this expecting a lighthearted series. I've been in tears since episode 4, and I'm still crying 10 minutes after finishing episode 7. This was truly a masterpiece that I will definitely be rewatching many times in the future.
This just makes me cry because I've honestly never seen something that I relate to more than this series and it's literally just stupid funny dancing but I am crying
I feel like Laura Kathryn Gilbert doesn't get enough credit for this, her direction is fantastic in this series. The way the shots get longer and longer as the series goes on, ending with this long unbroken take, it's so good
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I know people love to talk about how good Brian was in this series but damn Laura went so hard on the directing. That long hold on Brian alone in the chair...damn.
Fucking perfect, right?
@@gleiraffe more than
The absence of High Knees in the last dance means that the move was created specifically to threaten Declan in ep5 #justicefordeclan
Arguably 2:11
I mean the move was about fake confidence, it was him convincing himself that his worth is tied to how high his knees can go. That's why Declan hated it, and that's why he's not doing it here: he's learned that he doesn't need some arbitrary factor to express his self worth. In the same way that he's no longer doing an effort to "dance properly", and is instead focusing on dancing in a way that makes him happy.
I'm so glad Brian found success making videos at Polygon, because he's one of those mad, irrepressible geniuses who either achieves fame doing what he loves or keeps doing what he loves until it kills him.
Or *both*
@@endermeap6488 unravel will be his undoing
I HAVE NEWS
@@aishas.6895 Yeah. I'll miss his Unraveleds, but I'm confident Polygon was a stepping stone to further greatness for him.
@@dallasmishey9779 oh i fully agree- dances moving itself is a testament to that. genuinely can't wait for what he does next
I can honestly say, this is 100% a gesamtkunstwerk. Absolutely beautiful and heart wrenching, thank you for this series
spooker dooker is Gesamtkunstwerks an English word?
it's a german word, Brian used it in his pokerap talk at PAX. It basically means a production that uses many different forms of performance art to make the production more grand, but we've been using it to mean a video that is really passionate and meaningful
@@Cl0udlight I know that it's a german word I'm german myself. But that's why I was so confused. Thanks
@@Onceortwice45ah, ok 😊
I'm not sure I understand, are you not referring to the architectural understanding?
I can't get the phrase "the pious hunter stops stalking prey" out of my head why is this very wiggly boy producing poetry?? Also "peep my crabs, all my peeps is crabs," but that's slightly different
I can't get over the lyrics either. It's about depression, isn't it? That's the slip that was tying him down, but has now begun to fray. That is why the sun is finally rising, which he never thought he'd see.
But I have questions:
-Why is the slip described as "sleeping"?
-Is the pious hunter his inner demons, and the prey himself? Or is he the hunter, and he has finally found what he was seeking? Or maybe he's the hunter, and he has given up on an impossible goal in order to be free?
-What was the lore being written, and was it a good or bad thing? If it was good, it could have been part of his search for more. If it was bad, it could be a warped view of himself and the world, that he now chose to let go.
@@OrchidAlloy As a songwriter myself, I think these lyrics are absolutely stunning. Even outside of the context of this series, it's a beautiful song, but within that context it's simply brilliant.
That said, I don't know if this song is exclusively about depression. It seems to me to be more about coming out of a period of inaction/uncertainty (periods which are often accompanied and perpetuated by depression) and confronting a moment when the narrator has chosen to act despite that uncertainty. But that moment of choice is scary because the uncertainty is still there, we will never know what the future brings. The tension of that confrontation between hope and uncertainty drives the song. On the one hand, the lyrics convey a sense that there's a light at the end of the tunnel, a promise of the future, while on the other hand, they convey a sense of fear of what that future might bring, of not knowing what's at the other end of the tunnel. The narrator is asking a question: is being hopeful an assurance of being happy? And the song implies there is a answer: living without assurance is okay, acting on hope is enough.
As for the "meaning" of the lines, it's important not to ignore the context of each unique verse/how they are each related to the lines "I never thought I'd see the day" in stanzas 1 and 3 and "I can't quite tell what I'm hoping for" in stanzas 2 and 4. The song is actually incredibly clever in how it plays with different ways of reading (finding meaning in) these repeated verses.
For example, look at the opening line "the sun is rising up half the way/I never thought I'd see the day". This is, in my opinion, an absolutely brilliant opening lyric. Sunrise is the literal beginning of "the day", the end of a period of darkness and the start of something new. In this sense, "I never thought I'd see the day" means "I never thought I'd experience hope." But "I never thought I'd see the day" also means, in a colloquial sense, "I never thought this would happen." So he's playing with the concept of "the day" in two senses, both the metaphor established in the first line and the colloquial meaning it has in that phrase. It's incredibly clever. At the same time, there's also a contrast in the first line that conveys the sense of uncertainty that's prevalent throughout the song. On the one hand, he says "the sun IS RISING", indicating that it will, eventually, rise completely. On the other hand, it's only risen "half the way", it isn't complete yet, it's just beginning. So while that beginning ("is rising") implies a literally and metaphorically "bright" future, it's still in the future.
"The day" also has an additional meaning, which is most evident in the second half of the song but we can sort of read it into the first half. In addition to its metaphorical/colloquial meaning, he uses it to refer to a specific day (or moment) when he's confronting his plans, the moment when he has to commit to putting those plans into action, which is moment of a confrontation. In this sense, he's using the colloquial meaning of "I never thought this would happen" but applying it to a literal day/moment in time. He's more or less saying "although I knew this day/moment was coming, I never truly believed/internalized the fact that it would come." The second half of the song is about how he responds to this realization.
As for the lyrics you mention, I think the "sleeping slip" is likely referring to a type of slip you wear when you sleep (also known as a nightgown). Writers often use frayed cloth/clothing to represent the passage of time and/or the (negative) effects of (negative) life experiences. "The sleeping slip has begun to fray" indicates that he's been sleeping (not acting/being depressed) for a long time, long enough to cause the slip to begin to fray, and possibly (although I personally wouldn't agree) that this period of sleep has had damaging effects. By invoking this negative metaphor, he seems to be acknowledging that he's been asleep for a long time, for long enough if not too long, and that it's time to move on. When read against the next line, "the day" is literally referring to day as the moment when we transition from a period of sleep to a period of wakefulness, from inaction to action, which reinforces is the metaphor he's deploying throughout the song. Again, very clever. Within the context of the entire 3rd verse, "I never thought I'd see the day" is also conveying surprise/unexpectedness when a specific moment arrives. Although he's been planning this transition for some time, he never truly understood/believed that it would come. Taken together, he seems to be saying that the day has finally arrived when he'll leave his "sleeping" life behind and move to a new, "wakeful" life--or, in the context of the videos, a new city--and that he's only just now realizing what that means.
"The pious hunter stops stalking prey" is also about telling himself it's time to take action. What "the prey" is doesn't matter, in my opinion. What's important is what the hunter does, his actions. He's saying that a truly devoted ("pious") hunter wouldn't just stalk prey endlessly, eventually he would take his shot. Similarly, the narrator recognizes he's planned/stalked his plans/prey long enough (this is especially evident in the context of the "lore" line) and that it's time to act/shoot. I get the sense that he's telling this to himself to work up courage because, again, he never thought he'd see the day when he had to pull the trigger, he didn't realize how hard it would be, he recognizes this is a decisive moment and he's anxious about that. Both in the way he seems to be convincing/reassuring himself, and the sense that he wasn't fully prepared for "the day" to "come," these two lines seem to capture the hesitance/fear/uncertainty he feels, as well as his dedication to pressing forward with his plans.
Finally, "spent too much time writin' all the lore" has to be read within the context of the entire 4th verse, which is overall about accepting uncertainty as a part of life. I think the "writin' all the lore" is a metaphor for planning/imagining what he could do with his life, which he's been doing for too long. He recognizes it's time to do something else, that there are no perfect plans, that things will always be uncertain. So even though he "can't quite tell what [he's] hoping for", he'll "live [his] life being so unsure", and he seems to be okay with that. It's worth noting the contrasts between the first and third lines of this verse. First, "spent too much time writin' all the lore" is in the past tense, whereas "I'll live my life being so unsure" is in the future tense, whereas the rest of the song has been in the present tense. This implies the narrator is in between the past and future, at this decisive moment, as I discussed above. Second, by saying "too much time" he's criticizing how much time he spent planning and making a judgment about his actions. He recognizes that planning endlessly is the wrong thing to do, and accepts that living with uncertainty is, if not good, at least *better* than not doing anything at all. So he'll live being unsure, because at least that's living--not sleeping, not writing lore, but living.
Anyway, super long comment but I adore these lyrics. Very inspiring song!
Michael Ian Ross hidden in the replies of a comment, I find this. Absolutely great
@@smalls1485 Ha, I wasn't sure why I took the time to write all of that out, but I'm glad to know someone read/enjoyed it!
@@loldoctor you're an absolute genius but fuck you for making me cry over this song for like the 8th time
This was the last series I expected to deliver a genuine emotional performance from...
Bro same
I love that in Episodes 1-6, the dances feel really lame and strained.
But the way this final dance shows each individual move, flowing seamlessly... it reveals a whole greater than the sum of its parts. I think that's a really important message about art and life in general. Bravo.
What about 5?
@@ellastarburst736 He does a singles' version at 3:33
Gesamtkunstwerk
@@pokkiheart I think when he got off of the floor he pulled his knees up! high knees seem like they sucl so it makes sense he'd use them sparingly
How dare you call the crab lame
I'M NOT CRYING, THERE'S JUST OLD BAY IN MY EYES ;_;
you're gonna be blind but tasty
You should be crying for the sin of wasting Old Bay by getting it in your eyes
Time to rewatch New Shoes and Old Bay now.
are your eyes crab claws now?
It should be in your ice cream
No, listen. This is actually one of the best tellings of a story I've seen in a while. I thought it was going to just be a silly video series that you eventually stopped making cause you got bored and moved on, but I wasn't prepared for the trajectory this was about to take.
Each video slowly had more development and more significance and built up more and more. The partner dancing episode was what really served as the breaking point to the rising action, and it created a point of no return for the story arc.
Part 6 began on an immediate 'something is terribly wrong' note and was the fall of the protagonist into despair as all his friends abandon him, concluding with Declan as the symbol of all he'd taken for granted. This was... the absolutely perfect conclusion to the story, a quiet moment of solitude, a lesson told to oneself rather than a class, a reflection, and a slow re-emergence. You can see how much the protagonist has grown and changed, in the seriousness and emotion with which he performs his final dance, as though finally realising what it means to him, and how each of those classes with his friends taught him something valuable that he carries forward with him. His moment of decision as he gets up from the chair here spurs his rebirth, slow but sure, and the song choice is perfect (it made me cry a little.) As he walks off the dance floor I find myself wondering if he'll ever dance again, or if he's moved forward from that point in his life, but either one makes for a satisfying conclusion. In the end, he moves forward, but he is alone.
Anyway, THAT'S how you use a creative writing degree. Well done, sir.
Edit: iirc i wrote this very late at night in a haze of "omg this is so beautiful and im so tired" so please forgive me for sounding kinda like a 10th grade student pretending to be a literature major and kinda like a pretentious knucklehead
Me: I'm over this video and song and watching it doesn't make me cry anymore.
This comment: haha no
This comment is fucking amazing
thank you
Este comentario es tan bueno que no encuentro palabras en inglés para expresarlo
Very well put, Nazish. It was painful to watch all the way through, but that decision to turn the music back on at the end, followed by dance echoes was beautifully poignant.
I didn't anticipate a 7-part video series ostensibly about dancing and my own hometown would make me feel this way.
I guess you could say I never thought I'd see the day.
did you move to NY yet?
This is the most artistic series i have seen in a long time, there is great story telling here, the passing of the story is great, it is creatively shot and the acting is great. The way it started as just a comedic series roping me into thinking oh this is going to be a series with no greater point other than to make me laugh then dropping that bombshell of inner term oil. And you ending it with a freestyle coming to terms with what happened and bringing back all of the dancing in the beginning really made me realize how meaningful this story was to you. I really did enjoy it and i hope you have a great day, goodbye.
I also suffer from inner term oil
Yeah fam its turnoil
It was also a nice artistic touch that none of the previous dances fit w the meter of this song
@@ginodicarlo5006 I love that you correct him with another wrong spelling lol. Turmoil btw
That was the joke
I love that this dance is just for him. He's not doing it for his ex or for the show or for the group, or even for us. He goes around and turns off all the cameras and stands there without a plan and just lets it all out.
Yeah! It's genuinely fantastic
Did you ever wonder how can we see bdg?
@@ruchay ghosts! We’re all ghosts
And as he points out, his dance doesn't have to be great or even good, as long as he keeps dancing for the love of dancing and not to impress anyone else. His dancing style changes a lot in this episode compared to the previous ones, but he is still incorporating the dances from before. He still keeps his memories from before and uses them to grow, but he is entering a new chapter in his life so he doesn't cling to the meaningless rules that bound them before. He's not here to "dance properly", just to dance.
The words "I can't quite tell what i'm hoping for" is resonating with me SO so much, going through the motions of life so aimlessly has always been my worst case scenario
Damn, the feels. This series was actually so well shot and directed you and your sister have some talent. I hope your channel and brand blow up soon
ayy he just got hired by Polygon so there's that
We were here before he was a big shot over at the polygons
i don't know if you still care but he just had a life show at pax a moth ago
hey, you got your wish!
He’s super popular now!
Lyrics:
[Intro]
Welcome friends, I’m BDG
And I’ll teach you how to dance properly
Seems like everyone has all gone home
So I guess I’ll teach you this on my own
But here’s the thing about life and dance
You can’t tell what’ll happen in advance
Sometimes your moves won’t work so hot
But it’s best to keep dancing with what you got
And even if you are whittled down to one
Remember that you started all this for fun
You haven’t really thought about it for a bit
But your love of dance is why you started it
You focus too hard on how others feel
Your anxiety and worries will start to seem real
But the truth is your dancing doesn’t have to be great
You’ll have more fun if you don’t concentrate
And the best way to get you back to a smile
Is to give yourself the chance to freestyle
Are you ready? Here we go
Thre-
[deafening silence]
[song]
The sun is rising up half the way
I never thought I’d see the day
The moon is crumbling but that’s okay
I never thought I’d see the day
The sea is bubbling beyond the shore
I can’t quite tell what I’m hoping for
Dive out of nothing and into more
But I can’t quite tell what I’m hoping for
Somehow, maybe now, I'll find the words to say
Never thought I'd see the day
The sleeping slip has begun to fray
I never thought I'd see the day
The pious hunter stops stalking pray
I never thought I'd see the day
Spent too much time writing all the lore
I can’t quite tell what I’m hoping for
So I’ll live my life being so unsure
Cause I can’t quite tell what I’m hoping for
Somehow maybe now I'll find the words to say
Never thought I'd see the day
"deafening silence"is the best possible phrase to describe that
i watched this again after watching the pokerap video and it was a Real Emotional Experience
Same
Don’t do this to yourself, that’s too much emotion for one person to handle!
I've never played pokemon, cards or gameboy or anything, and that tangly boy line just gets me right there
these past few months have been perhaps the worst of my life. but dancing through the whole dances moving series (yes, even high knees) and ending here (“so I’ll live my live being so unsure... because I can’t quite tell what I’m hoping for) is the most cathartic experience. I haven’t felt this comfortable with the inside of my own head in months.
Me too. I hope you're doing better nowadays.
Guys. His sister directed this right? His sister was in this only one moment... As a witch who cursed him. So yea, she destroyed this Brian's life.
I am the 500 hundred like
( i just want to fell special )
I hope i got you back to watch this great video
1:32 if you just came here to listen to the song again
'cause i know it keeps bringing me back
Rook this is exactly what I hoped to see in the comments
His band have released a full studio version on spotify!! Search The Altogether!
OcarinaSenpai is it on youtube? i don’t have spotify
@@farateq It is on youtube! Hope you found it.
"See the Day" by "The Altogether" on "Silo"
Notorious B.D.G. hitting us with the FEELS!
This was great. I loved it. Everything about it. Please do more, this was a treat from silly start to bittersweet finish.
The songs and jokes of these videos actually make me feel legitimate feelings now that the ending is thrown in, good job BDG. It even adds a lot of extra light to some of your other videos, and I think you’re a great artist. You’re doing great at making stuff in NYC with Polygon, and I hope you’re happy, too. Thanks for being an incredible content creator and a wonderful artist, Brian.
This is, without any hyperbole, one of the most incredible works of art I have ever witnessed. You should be really goddamn proud of this Brian. It still brings me to tears every time.
this is unironicly the best thing on youtube
I know that no one will see this, and that may be a good thing, but I just watched this whole series through. I... needed this. It's been a rough time these last few months and I guess that I never really learned how to deal with the emotions that I was, and still am, feeling. This series made me tear up, which I haven't done in years. I thought about the things that I was dealing with and the things I have dealt with in the past and I saw them in Brian. I guess it's kinda silly, but... the freestyling, the dealing with the baggage, the loving yourself and the world around you no matter what, I needed that. So, thank you Brian David Gilbert. Thank you for reminding me how to feel things. I think I'll cry every time I listen to See the Day now. I think I'll go listen to it, in fact. Thank you.
I don’t know why it took me so long to watch this series. All the time wasted to get here when I could’ve just been here all along.
I knew this series would be sad but I never knew it would be THIS FUCKING HEART WRENCHING
This is why BDG is one of my all time favourite people on RUclips
I’m 3 years late but I found this at just the right time. I just completed a degree in music, the thing that I love, but it has completely sucked all the joy out of it for me. But, as a recovery from some seriously shitty mental health I got back into writing songs, and it reminded me of what I love about music, and this video just resonated on a really personal level, so thank you
listen, i knew i was stressed out and anxious about stuff, but i didn't expect this video series to make me almost sob cathartically upon finishing it. this was lovely! thank you for sharing.
I loved how you did all the dance moves from the previous videos
Man, it's so unfortunate how none of these have over 300k views. This series' storytelling is phenomenal.
The whole dance segment is almost like the sequence of someone discovering and trying something new be it dance or art or a sport, etc.
Trying out something new with the hesitation behind it.
Pulling off that really good moment the first time.
Learning the "fundamentals" behind it (crab arms/wiggle arms) that seem like total nonsense but then you realize they're foundational building blocks somehow.
Not understanding how the "fundamentals" connect with what you've been doing for so long.
The depression.
Rediscovering why you love this thing.
Just throwing whatever ideas you had, ignoring everything you were thought, not realizing that the fundamentals were subconsciously flowing in.
Trying all the new and different things you're learning and understand experimenting and combining it with your experiences, working with others, etc
This song has got to be one of the prettiest thing I ever heard, and i just can't hold it, sometimes I feel like with so much stuff on my head, and whenever I need a rest for myself and just let me feel, I listen to this and inmedeatly my eyes turn red... just thanks for this series and this song that I will surely keep coming back to
i just did my own freestyle dance to this song using all the dances from previous videos and it was SO cathartic. i cant dance and i probably looked really stupid doing it by myself alone in my room but it made me feel really free and happy and hopeful. i keep coming back to this series and this song because theyre both incredible. thanks for the lessons 💖
This series is genius. It eases you in with a silly concept, and gradually worms in a series of emotions that BDG is trying to convey. And the simplicity works because in the end when Brian is just dancing haphazardly, it's so simple but so honest, that you can FEEL the emotions he would be feeling. This is a short and simple series, but at the very end, you just feel connected to Brian, on a level higher than a lot of other things you can find on this site. Masterfully made Brian, hats of to you!
this video has saved my life on more than one occasion. thank you, brian david gilbert.
Started this playlist ready to dance. Now I'm crying.
rewatching this right before i move 8 hours away for college and it's genuinely helped me a lot.
My depression has brought me here. I’m glad it did. This series has helped me more than anything I’ve ever tried in my entire life. I also love reading the comments. Seeing that I’m not the only one feels kinda reassuring I guess. I’m so glad this video exists, I thank everyone who made it possible.
Edit: It’s been a whole year since I posted this comment. I have found the strength in myself to seek help. I’m really happy to say that I no longer feel depressed and I continuously work on improving myself and taking care of my mental health. I’ve watched this series countless times over the past year and it captures navigating change so perfectly that I keep coming back to it whenever I struggle with change in particular. I’ll forever be grateful for this piece of artwork. It might have saved my life.
That's amazing! ❤️
Coming back to this video after a couple years I realized something... Is it just me or is Brian's dance INCREDIBLY similar to the plantar's family hunting dance in Amphibia? I know it's probably a coincidence but *GOD* something inside me wants to believe someone in the team that made the show was watching this video with tears in their eyes going: _"sniff... Holy shit, I have to honor this masterpiece."_
I just got done rewatching this, and it literally brought me to tears. I don’t know how a series like this could have such a gut wrenching and relatable story, its just a masterpiece. If you haven’t watched it yet, do that right now. The 20 minutes is worth it. I’m not going to spoil it, just watch the whole entire thing no breaks, no pausing, just watch it.
It's videos like this that slap you in the face with a reminder he's got a creative writing degree.
I think what made this series so wonderful was the complete lack of irony and cynicism. It's hard to find much comedy, or media in general really, which doesn't have at least a little of both
Something about being one of the only 340,000ish people to have ever seen this masterpiece just…. Feels
This is criminally undervalued. What incredible art, expressing so much in such a subversive way. I'm mad at myself for being a bdg fan and not seeing this sooner. I'm incredibly excited to see him shifting back to this style of video again.
i know this is three years old, but i just really need to say this.
I needed this video. its 2:32 am and honestly i wasnt feeling to good. i recently got out of a relationship that, at least to me, was my fault for failing. i blamed myself so much and i put myself into a place where i thought everybody ive ever known somehow hated me. and idk i guess i kinda just needed this series. this song made me kinda just fall into, well, dancing. i have zero idea how to put my feelings into words anymore, but thank you. this song, this series, this video, saved me from myself. so thanks brian, i didnt find the words to say, but really didnt think id see the day
Sending you love 💕
i love this sad little series and the finale always blows me away. the false start becomes total dejection, then we get to see him start again from square one. and it's funky at first but he works it out and it suddenly becomes so fluid and vibrant!! wowowow
I'm not crying you're crying
This was beautiful
ur right, i am :')
@@arcade3198 yeah, we are
Finding this now... I lived out west over the summer in a place that felt like home, making great friends I hope last a lifetime and starting a new relationship. Then I got a job opportunity of a lifetime, and now I’m out east, alone and unsure. I’ve been watching all of BDG’s videos as a welcome distraction from the loneliness and confusion - to help an anxious girl feel at ease - but for some reason, I hadn’t watched this series until now. And I wish I had watched it sooner, because this was just the kind of story I needed. Remembering to freestyle - to hold onto your roots, but to go with the flow, and to keep dancing even when the world feels like it will drop from under you. Good times will come again. Let yourself feel, and keep moving forward. Thanks, Brian.
I'm glad I discovered your former youtube channel. I'm a fan of your work on Polygon, but this series gently caressed my heart. Thank you.
This series starting as early as wiggle arms, but this episode in particular: it's like a glitch for me. Collectively they're rather short. They're sentimental, yeah, but super goofy and the sentimental stuff seems like it should be a little trite or something.
Except this video reliably makes me bawl. I can't explain it. Again, it feels like a glitch. It seems so sad, so vulnerable. Genuinely positive, but still genuinely and unabashedly sad. I genuinely hope for as long as he wants to, that Brian has the opportunity to make media he enjoys. He is very good at it.
Me, on episode 2: Oh he's gonna try to give it an actual plot of some sort? But it's so silly I can't take it seriously.
Me, on episode 7: Why can't I stop crying and replaying the video?
I'm tearing up over here, damn this was powerful
Holy shit, this is beautiful. I love this whole narrative that’s been built, and I love how well BDG has captured the feelings of depression in what feels like has been an actual depressive spiral, but while being productive and motivated enough to see this project through. Or maybe he’s just an incredibly good actor and I’m projecting. But this episode was finally the one that made me start crying. Not when he gave up and couldn’t do it anymore, but when he started to actually dance and just throw his emotions into physical movement. Absolutely beautiful.
First watched this series in June during lockdown, it still makes me cry now. BDG is truly one of the most innovative content creators on this platform
Edit: 2 years on and this shit still hits. No other video on the platform will take me back to sitting outside in the back garden, animal crossing to one side and absolutely bawling just as a release from that godawful year than this video. Thank you, Brian, for the best video series on this platform
HE HAS THE VOICE OF AN ACTUAL ANGEL LIKE HOWWWW
I've loved BDG since his Polygon days. I hadn't seen this series until I was covid-positive and quarantined and incredibly stressed managing the closure and re-opening of my workplace (I manage a bookstore). The day I was released from quarantine my mother-in-law (who I loved so much) passed away after a harrowing few months battling pancreatic cancer.
This series has given me joy and laughter and meaning in one of the darkest months of my life. If BDG can make sense out of nonsense and art out of pain and can get up and dance even if their enduring horrible circumstances, then maybe I can too. Thank you and thank you and thank you, BDG.
This song gives me the motivation to live when I'm at my worst. Thank you Brian. This series means a lot to so many people. I appreciate your existence❤️
This actually made me tear up. Bdg really made something beautiful.
3 hrs later crying over funky man dancing. I think that scene of him listening while lying down and then him breaking into the dance just hits hard
I cry at this every time, then laugh because I'm crying at a man dancing like a crab
When I saw the first episode I thought "ah, a funny lil dance sketch, i'll check the rest out later." Then today my friend asked me if I had finished it, then told me I needed to. SO glad I listened to her, because I was on the verge of tears. Unexpectedly beautiful and inspirational and kindhearted.
I've only now stumbled on this video and I just want to thank you. I've gotten into my own head as of late. Dancing was never a catharsis for me? I have CP and struggle to dance , and am super self conscious about it. But this video gave me the motivation to just...get out of my head, and just enjoy myself. For me. Thank you
I expected this to be a funny little series before going to bed, now I feel sad and alone but at the same time understood. This is better than most things I have ever seen on the Internet and this just makes me even more glad that Brian became part of Polygon. Well done Brian David Gilbert you democratic Wunderkind, truly a Gesamtkunstwerk.
I'm very casually in love with BDG at this point..
Aren’t we all
I'm competitively in love with BDG.
i'm MAADD late to this series but i wanted to let u know that this is my first time watching, and i literally just watched it straight though while doing the dances along like an exercise show. i didn't expect it to have a legit plot but... thank you for that. i haven't been in the best state lately, i've had almost no motivation for like months, haven't done any schoolwork, i've been late everyday, i've barely talked to anyone. but after laying down and doing the slow worm and kinda?? i don't know. seeing what i was feeling physically. and then getting up again even after that! it was motivating. i think i might do some math homework right now. thank you.
sorry for ruining the 420 comments :(
Thank you, Brian and Laura. This series was beautiful and I had a big breakup recently. It really helped me understand more about me and what love is. It almost brought me to tears. This is beautiful. I love it.
Stuck in isolation and feeling pretty awful despite not having the virus. See The Day has been on all day because it's one of the few things that feels comforting right now.
Thank you
I can't tell you how much this series means to me. Honestly every time I'm feeling really down i come back and rewatch this and it's helped me so so much. Thank you BDG, for this masterpiece 💛
This is so furiously and unexpectedly beautiful! Eventually, both the silliness and the scars just become a part of the canvas... As long as we get the fuck up and dance it out, even when it's pointless. I can't really express what this meant to me.
Holy shit when the dance starts turning up it feels so primal and raw, I was just physically assaulted by your emotions. To quote bartman, classic Gilbert, truely classic
Turn up at 2:47 but man this was a ride from start to finish
I've scoured this comment section many times and your comment is the most accurate description of this entire magnificent sequence. Primal, raw, emotional, and most importantly a classic Gilbert.
that's exactly the feeling i got! that's absolutely why it hit so hard, that freestyling feels so emotionally genuine somehow. i love it
Punkitt I think its because it’s not only the physical moves we’ve learnt over the series but the emotions we’ve developed in the episodes that the moves represent, this series was short but also emotionally rewarding because of this finales payoff
I hope in the future, like performing George Balanchine's "The Nutcracker" theatres will perform Brian David Gilbert's "Dances Moving."
Seems appropriate to come back to this today. Best of luck, Brian!
Hey Brian,
I come to this video every now and then because it just makes me feel so great. Your series has really helped me move on with my life. You inspired me to get up and dance (live my life) Thanks for saving me and impacting my life with a goofy video series that ended up tugging at my heartstrings. Hopefully one day I can buy you a drink or something
-Ed
I’m so sad this episode was emotional and the series is ending.
This video just made me break down in tears by the end. It really made me think. Thank You
I just realized that this masterpiece was directed by Laura!! Omg she did such an amazing job!
BRIAN WHY I AM I CRYING. THIS WASN'T SUPPOSED TO MAKE ME CRY LIKE THIS
I never thought a man crab-dancing would make me feel anything, but here I am.
i seem to rewatch this every time i hit a new era in my life I'm having trouble adapting to and it Always helps, this is such a wonderful series :')
ayyy guess whos back w another crisis lmao
Legendary, especially with the use of all the previous dance moves
This video perfectly encapsulates how to break through the wall I always find myself up against. I go to college for musical theater. Just like BDG I started performing for fun, and it grew to be something that I needed in my life. Since it is now my career, it’s gotten harder to remember why I perform and learn new pieces and work my butt off. Every time I have been feeling stuck I come and watch this whole series and by the end I am able to remind myself that I act and perform in order to move people and show truth. Thank you BDG, from one artist to another.
This video is the best representation of a mood. That moment where you working for your dream but then the dream seems less exciting so you take a break in order to get your life in perspective, then you make your decision to stop following your old dreams and look for a new horizon after one final show. you might be one of the best writers I have seen in a long while brain.
This series saved my life in several ocasions. Thank you, BDG. Honestly.
Very glad to hear that. If you need someone to talk just say so alright? :)
@@Siegmernes no worries my friend! it *metaphorically* saved my life, it made me search things to do and create on my own. It forced me to stop losing my time. It did wonderful things for me, and also gave me hope when I was at my lowest.
It simply touched me very deeply. It is a very sensible, personal, unique work of art.
@@nopetellingnothing45 That I agree with wholeheartedly. And I'm very glad that you're okay :)
Im crying this is really beautiful i did not expect all of this to end up this way
It's not often these days that I come across something on the internet as truly delightful as this
Brian this song made me cry. You made a beautiful thing
this makes me tear up literally every time i watch it
NO! It is too serious! I came for jokes and got adulthood
Brian you can’t keep doing this. You bring me in with something funny and seemingly meaningless, but then turn it into something that I genuinely enjoy and has a profound meaning and impact on my life.
Please don’t stop doing this, you’re an amazing artist.
i think the reason i cry to this series is because i feel like i can relate to it. what with the whole "friends abandoning you when you need them most because you act different" thing.
What a beautiful series. I’ll say with complete honesty I cry every time I watch this, and little things about it hit differently every time. It’s funny and different but bizarrely moving and poignant. Thank you.
As soon as he started really dancing I just burst out into tears. It really hit something I didn’t know was there.
This is one of the most heartfelt series I have ever seen. Like I came into this expecting it to be a comedy series and I came out of it crying. God this was great!
Brian... Dude... I know your life will get back on track, hang in there buddy!
Dont hang
I've just recently started watching Brian's videos, and this is the last place I expected to find something that caused me to break down crying. I came into this expecting a lighthearted series. I've been in tears since episode 4, and I'm still crying 10 minutes after finishing episode 7. This was truly a masterpiece that I will definitely be rewatching many times in the future.
Legit this made me cry. Thank you, Brian, for this wonderful series. Thank you.
I'm going to say (and I mean it as the highest praise) that Dances Moving walked so that Bo Burnham's Inside could run
im not crying youre crying
This just makes me cry because I've honestly never seen something that I relate to more than this series and it's literally just stupid funny dancing but I am crying