In my entire life I have NEVER listened to a cover which retained EVERY aspect of the original (mood, message, context, feelings, literally everything) while being rearranged in such a personal, peculiar and unique way. absolute masterpiece. this deserves an enormously larger recognition and I'm sure Trent would be proud of your work. as they said, NEVER stop doing what you're doing.
For a huge NIN's fan like me, I adore this cover. You broke it up in a million pieces and realign it like I've never could imagine. The atmosphere still grey but with a ray of light, that doesn't happen with the original version altough I love it.
Thank you so much, i think you totally got what we wanted to communicate in the last part of the song, when the filter on the voice goes away and the dancers stop running in opposite directions! Thank you for finding the time to drop a comment here. 🙏🏻❤️
your most welcome Mumi......not only does your cover capture the mood and feel of the original song, but....your use of hand pans is in the truest Trent Reznor tradition? as a musician and composer, Trent always looked for new and different sonic ways of expression and that is certainly the case here. I have watched may of your videos and, as a musician myself, I'm ashamed to say that I had never heard of hand pans before? they have an exquisite tone, quite haunting and beautiful.
United States Marine...ashamed to say that I hurt. Marines don't hurt. This one does. I thought that i wasn't able to cry. Your music proved to me that I could. Thank You both!!!
This song is so powerful in many ways. NIN did a masterpiece, we tried our best to honor their creation. Thanks for dropping a comment and for your appreciation!
Will you please think about doing "The day the whole world went away." This cover was like listening to the original song the first time. Goose bumps all up and down my arms.
Absolutely unexpected in the best way. When I see "Nine Inch nails cover" I usually prepare myself for a very poor imitation. This was a visual and audio piece of art. Loved it. I think Trent would love it as well.
I have listened to this wondrous piece of art far too many times to continue NOT commenting. The way you cover the nuances of this song, a song that means so much to so many, shows respect to and total understanding of the original. This classic is multi layered in context and content and you do not miss a single beat. A perfect example is when it is seemingly tapering towards a climax but is,in fact,building up to a very powerful statement. It's so impressive that not one bit of this is lost in your rendition. I thank you for a truly magnificent alternative to one of the best songs ever written. Don't ever stop what you're doing.
25 years of listening to NIN, and all of a sudden these two musicians I never heard of pop up on my monitor and fill me with peace and give me shivers. Kudos for the song, and also the video in itself. Music has no boundaries, and even on a terrible day can put a smile on your face and suddenly make you feel larger and stronger than the sum of your inner demons. Much love, and a much sincere tip of my hat to you reading this.
Another nine inch nails cover please! Or maybe some tool? I just found this and I'm star struck by your performance! Please never give this up, for you are wonderful at your craft
'should' be? I guess I'm... Not the most intelligent or educated when it comes to all the professional keys and terms... But I do have ears and passion for what I hear... And my ears and heart is telling me this is absolutely beautiful as is... And that's the honest truth. Thank you for sharing this. I listen to it often, it really is the best cover (In my opinion...)
This is quite incredible. Achingly beautiful, haunting even. My only disappointment is the fact I've lived almost 5 years before finally discovering it.
I can imagine the budget for this video was tight. So hats off for making this piece of art, including the full dance group choreography. Everything seems to come together.
Thanks! It was a collaboration between us and the director, who's a friend and even more important a huge NIN fan! We released it as a homage to Trent Reznor on his birthday 😊
@@MumiHandpan It's perfect. Every element of this is, in itself, difficult. From your touch and sound on the hand pans to the choreography to the mixing to the playing of the synths. The fact that you released this for Trent on his birthday makes me love you all with the energy of a million suns.
@@MumiHandpan you are very welcome and you deserve the praise. I literally got goosebumps listening to your cover. It spoke to my soul in a way that even the original did not quite do.
Same, hon: some heinously low points, but Reznor always kinda ferried me through. How amazing is this though? Are you ok now though? I hope you are, hon, but please reach out if you’re struggling, and that totally extends to anyone hurting. I shit you not. I’ve been there. Hit me me up, even as a last resort.
Thank you man. Who know why, I have a video as well on this platform that stayed there for more than one year around 80000 views and than baaaam, more than 2 million views in a short time. I guess the last Black Mirror episode played a role in this!
@@MumiHandpan ikr, it's just really weird because I'm always looking at Nine Inch Nails vids on RUclips and not once did this ever come up, it's like RUclips's algorithm is off or something, but I love your video, thank you so much!!
This is a beautiful, refreshing piece of expression. I agree with everyone here that this is next level impressive. Outstanding way to take one of NIN's best songs (imo) and breathing life into it.
Jonathan Godefroy thank you so much Jonathan, we really appreciate your words from the deep of our hearts. We are super fans of NIN and when we were thinking about which cover we wanted to do (we've released it on Trent's birthday because we wanted to hommage the man who inspired us on so many levels) we thought this was THE ONE, no doubts ❤
As a lifelong fan of Nine Inch Nails and someone who loves space drums, this video seemed like it was going to be a longshot at first. After the first few taps I realized I was in for a ride. I love how the voice was muted for the first 4 minutes of the video and then it just comes through clearly in that last minute. Shivers everywhere. Incredible rendition of a great piece. As a huge fan of NIN I'd absolutely love to hear "The Great Below" or "Echoplex" or "Hurt" -- though all three would prove to be tremendously difficult to do on a space drum. Good luck and will keep watching this vid well into the future.
Mumi, I just have to let you know, I heard this for the first time on my phone, thought it was great. I listened to it again in my car with a great stereo cranked up, pre-dawn, on an empty freeway... I was brought completely to tears. What an incredible experience. I listened to it right after the original and I like this better even than Nine Inch Nails performing it. I recommend to anyone hearing this for the first time to either have a good set of headphones or an good stereo, it is worth it.
I rarely ever comment on YT, but this is the time when I really need to express my appreciation for your this fantastic cover! True to the original, yet stunningly original on its own. Great visual concept, too.
Speachless! This is one of my favorite songs of NIN. You really stripped this song and make it again. Such a powerfull balad and the music composition... I can´t even describe what I feel, overwhelming. Thank you.
The thing I always loved about this track is that I never took Trent's philosophical speculation literally - that is I never thought of him asking whether we are all actually in a dream or simulation or whatever (though this is still a valid interpretation), with or without the question of solipsism attached to it. The way I think of it is about questioning the dogma of your values and ontological beliefs and whether your concept of truth even aligns with what is actually real or not (maybe you're wrong about everything, hence living in a "dream" in a figurative sense) - prompting an entire revision to the way one thinks about the world. Definitely pushed me towards philosophy when I listened to it in high school. I do also recall interpreting the whole album as a kind of coming to terms with human evolution and humbling oneself through all of what that entails when you actually take it seriously (hence the "animal in the cage", probably a chimp or bonobo, realizing we aren't fundamentally different and how arbitrary it is to some extent that we aren't in the cage ourselves)... I think the lyrics of many With Teeth tracks mixed with the live visuals (during the With Teeth tour) consistently hinted at that as a theme. SEE: ruclips.net/video/9_dgIfz876A/видео.html Not the best NIN album, but possibly the deepest. Still hosts a few of my favorite NIN tracks (RWIB being one of them), but ironically none of them are the singles from it.
My original interpretation was actually a lot more along the lines of yours. I thought it was more about taking a critical look at the way that you see the yourself and the world and considering the possibility that you're wrong about all of it. Almost everyone finds themselves afraid to see...
Yuup thats pretty much the point i guess. But whats even the difference between being wrong in your whole worldview or about the existence at all. The consequence is the same. In both cases u lived and decided in cause of a lie.
When Trent first started writing the album that would become With Teeth, he was basing much of the lyrics on The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin. I think this song is definitely one where that influence stuck around.
This seems really simple to me. It's about being on display and coming to terms with what he's become. An icon, musician, etc. "What side of the glass you are on". Is he seeing the animals or is he the animal. The nail in this coffin is the crowd cheering on the third verse in the original.
I think that's a very fair reading of it. The song seems to be about critical self reflection, so I don't think the solipsism is really meant be the position he's staking. It's hard for me not to reading this album on the following one as apolitical given the time in which they appeared. There was a lot of America looking at itself at the time and deciding what was going to be.
I can’t believe this many people were not just willing but inspired to take part in this, from a song that’s so seemingly forgettable, innocuous, understated and, underrated to so many fans. Well fucking done.
Hands down the best cover I've heard of this song. Those handpans work so well with this song it's just amazing. Also the video was very enjoyable to watch. Kudos to everyone involved!
It takes allot for a cover to move me like this one did. Thank you for doing so much justice to this song. The video itself with the choreography it's absolutely breathtaking.
I completely understand. This song has always hurt deep inside since the first time I've heard it. I've been through a great many things and moved from one addiction to the next since then and I've finally at this point come to a couple months shy of 4 years sober. It struck me as almost unbelievable to look back and count those years just now... Point is, this song has taken on many meanings over this time and it brings me to tears almost every time. I always interpreted the last lines as if you could look right through the cracks would you give yourself - or - find yourself afraid to see? And sometimes it's been one and sometimes the other.
@@Steam_Engenius This is a beautiful rendition. I vividly remember the first time I heard the original. I was deep in the horrible stages of opiate addiction. I feel the song shows through words and sound how beautiful a sober life can be when you TRULY decide to exit the illusion of addiction. The music and overall tone and sound PERFECTLY mimicks the message of the lyrics. The idea of being in a distorted illusion and then entering a clear reality. When I was sick I remember feeling how the synthetic bass repeatedly bobbing up and down methodically was like the mechanical cycle my life had become. Wake up feeling dirty and sick, score drugs, get high, wake up sick, and repeat. The only semblance of anything remotely good in my life was the vauge notion in the back of my mind that one day I'd stop. Eventually something has to happen. However it may happen. As scary as that thought was. Like the little piano always above the cycle singing a lullaby that was both comforting and vaugly haunting. And the song sounding distorted, warped, and murky was just like the psychology and emotional space of deep addiction: it felt small, muffled, dirty, confined, and damaged. But I distinctly remember that moment when Trent sang "You could live in this illusion, you could choose to believe..." then slowly the sound of the music seemed to emerge from the "illusion" as the dirty, muffled effect slowly faded back and emerged into an open and crystal clear sounding panorama as bright as sunlight. The sounds of clapping and cheering erupted... Man, I have never been so viscerally and emotionally moved by a single song in my life. It gives me the hope to stay clean and forever away from the "illusion" and as I hope it continues to do for you as well my friend. Peace. ✌🏼
Quite amazing! I like someone's comment comparing it to hearing the original the first time and getting goose bumps. I had a pretty intense emotional response.
I watch this almost every day, often several times a day, since I discovered it a few weeks ago, and truly wish I had the words for what this invokes in me. This is *literature.* My body knows it, too, as it covers itself in chills and involuntary tears come to my eyes, especially at the start of the dance that begins with a single dancer. I find the first dancer to be so expressive in the simultaneous boldness and simplicity of his movements. You tell a *story* with this video, and every time I watch it, I am trying to puzzle it out. I absolutely *love* this. You are talented. You are practiced. You are skilled. Thank you to each person who lent a hand in creating this video. It is absolute literature, and absolute art.
Your words melted our hearts. We were reading your words while in Jacky's studio, working on the next cover and you gave us some extra motivation. Thank you so much 🙏🏻
This is really such an amazing cover. So creative, so "your-own", and like right on the money in terms of how the instrumentation and your voice are making the song work. And the video is just a crazy big cherry right on top. This is one of my favorite NIN songs, specifically because of the sonic transition near the end and you absolutely NAILED that part. Thanks for making this music :)
I don't know, how often I've listened to the within the last weeks. Found it probably when it was new and almost forgot about it, but a few months ago the algorithm reminded me. Since then I listen to it all the time. I was a bit disappointed, not to find it on Spotify, but damn, I really love your version of this classic. I get goose bumps, everytime I reach the point where your voice changes from this light distortion to your pure clear voice. Thank you for this masterpiece.
Just imagine all the really important things you don't know! It's not something very unique you just like it so use Goggle search by genre, covers etc... Put forth the effort instead of whining and complaining! RUclips recommendations are horrible especially with all that money you're paying them! This is unacceptable YT should get it right since they can read your mind!
This is the first of your stuff I found, honestly expected it to be bad cause of how perfect the original is but well, currently watching like everything youve ever done. Excellent work
This is absolutely the kind of work of art I needed to find at 3am... sent chills all up and down my spine, my arms, everywhere. As a lifelong NIN fan... thank you for this. It's such a beautiful rendition. And what an amazing deep voice!
This is stunning. It’s amazing when people can breath a new life into a song which already seemed so totally anchored in another place and time. The version you made absolutely needed to exist!
This cover gives me chills. There's just something about the clarity of the pan drums, the raw, grungy electronics, coupled with the free style of bodies slowly descending into chaos... And then the crescendo hits at the darket moment. Mumi's voice rises above it all, like she's parting the darkest clouds away and leaves you with hope. Everything about this music+video comes together beautifully. I wish Jacky 0 & Mumi collaborated more and did this kind of music again.
The contrast with the analog and electronics is perfect with the text. It is the cracks in our illusion of self. I would love to hear more of you both, the raw and the beautiful. I listen at least once a week, more even than the original, because somehow you nailed it.
@@MumiHandpan no prob just here before you get to famous to react to the comments :D But now do another! I looked at Dissonance, but only the start is something you could try, the rest is too much rock. You can try nZRVLpqMQtA yourself with the voice distortion you used here, or Something I Can Never Have from NiN... but really, do another I really love the contrast!
God this is so good. I'd never even seen/heard of that instrument before but it's perfect for this that's for sure. Also the part where all the people stop running and everything becomes clear is a really cool recreation of how the song clears up in the real version.
@@MumiHandpan Hi Mumi, I was just dropping by to say that I've been obsessed with steel drums (tongue drums, Rav Vasts and especially handpans) for what feels like forever now, and I was trying to figure out exactly when I got a name for the instrument that I love so much, and even though I had heard it before this and loved it, this must have been when I figured out what they were specifically (only 3 years ago! Like I said feels like this instrument has been in my head forever). Anyway I will probably be purchasing one before the year is out and just wanted to let you know that in a way my journey began here with this video, so thank you so much. - Josh
@@TheRoflstranger this is awesome! You'll love it and you'll see there is a great community around these instruments. They are also instruments very intuitive to play at first, and this pushes people to play a lot and make progresses quite quickly. Also, if you'll ever want a handpan I am a handpan maker (I love playing them, but my job is making and tuning them!). For anything you can contact us on www.elaiahandpans.com or facebook.com/elaiahandpans of instagram @elaiahandpans 😊 Hugs ✨🙏🏻
Amazing! A close friend of mine, a die hard NIN fan, passed away last year around this time. So this hits home. May his soul rest in peace. Love your work!
Fantastic cover of Right Were it Belongs. This track has a special place in my life and you really did it some symbolic justice in your cover and performance. Thanks for this
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In my entire life I have NEVER listened to a cover which retained EVERY aspect of the original (mood, message, context, feelings, literally everything) while being rearranged in such a personal, peculiar and unique way. absolute masterpiece. this deserves an enormously larger recognition and I'm sure Trent would be proud of your work. as they said, NEVER stop doing what you're doing.
Wow, thank you so much, we really appreciate such words. ❤️🙏
Same!!!
This tune is overrated imo
Same applies to her cover of Nothing Else Matters 🤩
What an aggressive compliment lol
For a huge NIN's fan like me, I adore this cover. You broke it up in a million pieces and realign it like I've never could imagine. The atmosphere still grey but with a ray of light, that doesn't happen with the original version altough I love it.
Thank you so much, i think you totally got what we wanted to communicate in the last part of the song, when the filter on the voice goes away and the dancers stop running in opposite directions! Thank you for finding the time to drop a comment here. 🙏🏻❤️
as a lifelong, die hard NIN fan I must give due respect for this cover? I really think Trent would approve?
stuart rouse thank you!
your most welcome Mumi......not only does your cover capture the mood and feel of the original song, but....your use of hand pans is in the truest Trent Reznor tradition? as a musician and composer, Trent always looked for new and different sonic ways of expression and that is certainly the case here. I have watched may of your videos and, as a musician myself, I'm ashamed to say that I had never heard of hand pans before? they have an exquisite tone, quite haunting and beautiful.
and of course ......Jacky's synth and sequencer is perfect!
Are you asking?
@@mikahwright i think he's asking? there are so many question marks? i don't know how to interpret this?
United States Marine...ashamed to say that I hurt. Marines don't hurt. This one does. I thought that i wasn't able to cry. Your music proved to me that I could. Thank You both!!!
This song is so powerful in many ways. NIN did a masterpiece, we tried our best to honor their creation. Thanks for dropping a comment and for your appreciation!
Marines do hurt, they are just very good at keeping it bottled up in a jar. Thank you for your service, Semper Fi.
Check out the Sylvette cover!
Weep. Catharsis.
Years later, this is still the best cover i've ever heard. the best cover of ANYTHING. cover of NIN. of this song. of anything.
Hard yes.
Have you heared the sylvette cover? That man has a voice of a god
@@moesol292 I have! That one is really amazing too!
Get a life simp
Get a life simp
Will you please think about doing "The day the whole world went away." This cover was like listening to the original song the first time. Goose bumps all up and down my arms.
Thank you so much, for your lovely words, we love that song too and we'll make for sure other covers! Thank you for the suggestion!
mumi handpan - YES PLEASE!
Omg yes that would be awesome, as this cover here gave me chills. Fantastic
I'm so glad I'm not alone in this. Thus song is so powerful. Such a spot on cover. I'd love to hear you cover more NIN.
Or "A warm place." :))
Absolutely unexpected in the best way. When I see "Nine Inch nails cover" I usually prepare myself for a very poor
imitation. This was a visual and audio piece of art. Loved it. I think Trent would love it as well.
Shaidon66 thank you so much, it means a lot to read words like yours
Agree totally
Better than Miley Cyrus in Black Mirror!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@aureliacortet2414 that's not even really a cover though. More of a rewrite if anything. Trent has also said he likes her version...
"I think Trent would love it as well." I mean he's still alive last I checked, can't he decide for himself if he likes it?
Where was i. Im at least 3 years too late. She is awesome. I love you. Greatest sound again...
Thank you ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I have listened to this wondrous piece of art far too many times to continue NOT commenting.
The way you cover the nuances of this song, a song that means so much to so many, shows respect to and total understanding of the original. This classic is multi layered in context and content and you do not miss a single beat. A perfect example is when it is seemingly tapering towards a climax but is,in fact,building up to a very powerful statement. It's so impressive that not one bit of this is lost in your rendition.
I thank you for a truly magnificent alternative to one of the best songs ever written.
Don't ever stop what you're doing.
Oh my, Gordon, thank you so much for such beautiful words ❤️
@@MumiHandpan you so earned them 🤩👏
@@MumiHandpan Honestly, similarly I would love for this to be on Spotify so I could add it to my playlists.
25 years of listening to NIN, and all of a sudden these two musicians I never heard of pop up on my monitor and fill me with peace and give me shivers. Kudos for the song, and also the video in itself. Music has no boundaries, and even on a terrible day can put a smile on your face and suddenly make you feel larger and stronger than the sum of your inner demons.
Much love, and a much sincere tip of my hat to you reading this.
Words like yours are the ones that are able to change the day! Thank you for listening, appreciating and dropping us a comment. A hug.
@@MumiHandpan your amazing! Keep it up!
THANKS!! Thank you for all the love and appreciation! 🙏🏻💙
We are thinking about our next cover: what would you like to hear?
Another nine inch nails cover please! Or maybe some tool? I just found this and I'm star struck by your performance! Please never give this up, for you are wonderful at your craft
Nine Inch Nails | Find My Way
you should cover something off of Wax Trax... any of the bands on the label.. KMFDM. etc... or like.. Nitzer Ebb. something from the 90's revamped.
Nitzer Ebb- Getting Closer / Fun to Be Had... or like KMFDM-Disgust
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome
most covers suck. I think Trent Reznor himself would dig this one. good job.
Seriously? I cannot see it! I would love to find that post, can you link it to me? :)
yeah, i went into this expecting to hate it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ it's pretty good.
Search youtube: Closer by NIN (Cover by Kawehi)
Your welcome.
@@MumiHandpan excellent! It's wonderful:)
The dancing is a lil odd...
wow.. that voice was an octave lower than i expected. and it's awesome.
Thank you! I should be a soprano but I prefer lower tones for sure! 😅
'should' be? I guess I'm... Not the most intelligent or educated when it comes to all the professional keys and terms...
But I do have ears and passion for what I hear...
And my ears and heart is telling me this is absolutely beautiful as is...
And that's the honest truth.
Thank you for sharing this. I listen to it often, it really is the best cover (In my opinion...)
@@Convoluted-and-Exiled just saw the comment! Yeah, should be because I used to be a soprano, but I love low notes with burning passion!
"The Great Below" would be amazing, too!
Thank you for suggesting it!
Agreed! The Great Below is one of my favorites!
Yes. I support this.
OMG YES. They would destroy "The Great Below"! You can hear the synth in this song! Hats off.
Yes! Please do the Great Below
This is quite incredible. Achingly beautiful, haunting even. My only disappointment is the fact I've lived almost 5 years before finally discovering it.
❤🙏
Seriously! I feel this.
This is by far the most immaculate cover of this song.
Thank you!!
I can imagine the budget for this video was tight. So hats off for making this piece of art, including the full dance group choreography. Everything seems to come together.
Thanks! It was a collaboration between us and the director, who's a friend and even more important a huge NIN fan! We released it as a homage to Trent Reznor on his birthday 😊
@@MumiHandpan It's perfect. Every element of this is, in itself, difficult. From your touch and sound on the hand pans to the choreography to the mixing to the playing of the synths. The fact that you released this for Trent on his birthday makes me love you all with the energy of a million suns.
Wow.....just wow....This song is so emotional...this voice, the sound, the dancer....thats not just a cover, thats pure art! Just wow...
Grace and beauty with such refined hands. You bring tears to these tired eyes. Love conquers all.
❤🙏
I think this is one of the best NIN covers I've ever heard and I have been a hardcore NIN fan for over 25 years.
Thank you so much Mathew, comments like yours are making our day 🙏🏻
@@MumiHandpan you are very welcome and you deserve the praise. I literally got goosebumps listening to your cover. It spoke to my soul in a way that even the original did not quite do.
This is incredible! I'm blown away by your version of one of my favorite songs from my favorite band! I hope you do more NIN!
Thank you so much for your support!!
Very unsure what I was expecting to find clicking the thumbnail, but holy mother of god you guys did an amazing job on this cover. Thank You.
THIS IS IT! I'VE FOUND IT! THE PERFECT NIN COVER!
NIN got me through some really dark times, your cover was able to capture that emotion! Now I feel like I need to dust off the records.
It's always a good time for some NIN! BTW thank you!
Same, hon: some heinously low points, but Reznor always kinda ferried me through. How amazing is this though?
Are you ok now though? I hope you are, hon, but please reach out if you’re struggling, and that totally extends to anyone hurting. I shit you not.
I’ve been there. Hit me me up, even as a last resort.
Beautiful cover... Takes me back to the eerie feeling of when I first heard the original. I can't stop listening to this! Awesome work!
Thank you so much for your kind words 😮❤️
The hand pans sound so damn close to Trent's personal work it's eerie
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This was 2 years ago, how am I just now hearing this for the 1st time, really well done
Same
Well kept secret i guess
Thank you man. Who know why, I have a video as well on this platform that stayed there for more than one year around 80000 views and than baaaam, more than 2 million views in a short time. I guess the last Black Mirror episode played a role in this!
@@MumiHandpan ikr, it's just really weird because I'm always looking at Nine Inch Nails vids on RUclips and not once did this ever come up, it's like RUclips's algorithm is off or something, but I love your video, thank you so much!!
@@MumiHandpan i find something magical in this song, totally in my music style, please don't stop.
This is a beautiful, refreshing piece of expression. I agree with everyone here that this is next level impressive. Outstanding way to take one of NIN's best songs (imo) and breathing life into it.
Jonathan Godefroy thank you so much Jonathan, we really appreciate your words from the deep of our hearts. We are super fans of NIN and when we were thinking about which cover we wanted to do (we've released it on Trent's birthday because we wanted to hommage the man who inspired us on so many levels) we thought this was THE ONE, no doubts ❤
As a lifelong fan of Nine Inch Nails and someone who loves space drums, this video seemed like it was going to be a longshot at first. After the first few taps I realized I was in for a ride. I love how the voice was muted for the first 4 minutes of the video and then it just comes through clearly in that last minute. Shivers everywhere. Incredible rendition of a great piece. As a huge fan of NIN I'd absolutely love to hear "The Great Below" or "Echoplex" or "Hurt" -- though all three would prove to be tremendously difficult to do on a space drum.
Good luck and will keep watching this vid well into the future.
Mumi, I just have to let you know, I heard this for the first time on my phone, thought it was great. I listened to it again in my car with a great stereo cranked up, pre-dawn, on an empty freeway... I was brought completely to tears. What an incredible experience. I listened to it right after the original and I like this better even than Nine Inch Nails performing it.
I recommend to anyone hearing this for the first time to either have a good set of headphones or an good stereo, it is worth it.
Thank you so much man! Comments like yours brighten our days! 🙏🏻✨
Wow, I added a sub to my car, now I really feel the song more. Hats off to Jacky0 for such a good job on the DJ/mixing side of things.
Wow, wow wow wow WOW! The mix, the arrangement, the minimalist approach to the video and the colours... Great job guys!
never gets old best @ maximum vol thank you
I rarely ever comment on YT, but this is the time when I really need to express my appreciation for your this fantastic cover! True to the original, yet stunningly original on its own. Great visual concept, too.
Thank you so much!! ❤️
This is my absolute favourite cover of any song that I’ve ever heard.
It is beautiful, atmospheric, heart wrenching, and personal.
Love it 💖
Speachless! This is one of my favorite songs of NIN. You really stripped this song and make it again. Such a powerfull balad and the music composition... I can´t even describe what I feel, overwhelming. Thank you.
Thank you for your beautiful words ✨🙏🏻
When your trying to record a song and the space is already booked for a yoga class.
Lmao, pretty much!
Hahah broo
HA!....Hit that nail....lmao!!!!🤣
No kidding. Absolutely zero talent here.
Incredible voice!
The thing I always loved about this track is that I never took Trent's philosophical speculation literally - that is I never thought of him asking whether we are all actually in a dream or simulation or whatever (though this is still a valid interpretation), with or without the question of solipsism attached to it.
The way I think of it is about questioning the dogma of your values and ontological beliefs and whether your concept of truth even aligns with what is actually real or not (maybe you're wrong about everything, hence living in a "dream" in a figurative sense) - prompting an entire revision to the way one thinks about the world.
Definitely pushed me towards philosophy when I listened to it in high school. I do also recall interpreting the whole album as a kind of coming to terms with human evolution and humbling oneself through all of what that entails when you actually take it seriously (hence the "animal in the cage", probably a chimp or bonobo, realizing we aren't fundamentally different and how arbitrary it is to some extent that we aren't in the cage ourselves)... I think the lyrics of many With Teeth tracks mixed with the live visuals (during the With Teeth tour) consistently hinted at that as a theme.
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Not the best NIN album, but possibly the deepest. Still hosts a few of my favorite NIN tracks (RWIB being one of them), but ironically none of them are the singles from it.
My original interpretation was actually a lot more along the lines of yours. I thought it was more about taking a critical look at the way that you see the yourself and the world and considering the possibility that you're wrong about all of it. Almost everyone finds themselves afraid to see...
Yuup thats pretty much the point i guess. But whats even the difference between being wrong in your whole worldview or about the existence at all. The consequence is the same. In both cases u lived and decided in cause of a lie.
When Trent first started writing the album that would become With Teeth, he was basing much of the lyrics on The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin. I think this song is definitely one where that influence stuck around.
This seems really simple to me. It's about being on display and coming to terms with what he's become. An icon, musician, etc. "What side of the glass you are on". Is he seeing the animals or is he the animal. The nail in this coffin is the crowd cheering on the third verse in the original.
I think that's a very fair reading of it. The song seems to be about critical self reflection, so I don't think the solipsism is really meant be the position he's staking. It's hard for me not to reading this album on the following one as apolitical given the time in which they appeared. There was a lot of America looking at itself at the time and deciding what was going to be.
Oh dear lord. Can I like this video more than once? I love your own original personal spin on this great track.
Thank you so much!
Everything about this gave me legit goosebumps! What an epic cover and I really enjoyed the video, it was an awesome experience!
I can’t believe this many people were not just willing but inspired to take part in this, from a song that’s so seemingly forgettable, innocuous, understated and, underrated to so many fans.
Well fucking done.
Hands down the best cover I've heard of this song. Those handpans work so well with this song it's just amazing. Also the video was very enjoyable to watch. Kudos to everyone involved!
Thank you so much for your kind words and the appreciation!
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How is it possible that you recreate an already perfect masterpiece of a song into something that is even better? Thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much!
As a big NIN this is freaking AMAZING...the music and the video. I think Trent will approve. Love how the voice goes clear at the end.
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That’s just beautiful. A song that doesn’t get anywhere the attention it deserves. Thanks for doing it justice
Absolutely stunning cover of one of my favorite songs. So well done. Bravo!
It takes allot for a cover to move me like this one did. Thank you for doing so much justice to this song. The video itself with the choreography it's absolutely breathtaking.
Thank you so much! ✨
As a person who has struggled with addiction, this song always brings me to tears.
It's indeed so powerful! Be strong man! I wish you all the best!
I completely understand. This song has always hurt deep inside since the first time I've heard it. I've been through a great many things and moved from one addiction to the next since then and I've finally at this point come to a couple months shy of 4 years sober. It struck me as almost unbelievable to look back and count those years just now...
Point is, this song has taken on many meanings over this time and it brings me to tears almost every time. I always interpreted the last lines as if you could look right through the cracks would you give yourself - or - find yourself afraid to see? And sometimes it's been one and sometimes the other.
@@Steam_Engenius This is a beautiful rendition. I vividly remember the first time I heard the original. I was deep in the horrible stages of opiate addiction. I feel the song shows through words and sound how beautiful a sober life can be when you TRULY decide to exit the illusion of addiction. The music and overall tone and sound PERFECTLY mimicks the message of the lyrics. The idea of being in a distorted illusion and then entering a clear reality. When I was sick I remember feeling how the synthetic bass repeatedly bobbing up and down methodically was like the mechanical cycle my life had become. Wake up feeling dirty and sick, score drugs, get high, wake up sick, and repeat. The only semblance of anything remotely good in my life was the vauge notion in the back of my mind that one day I'd stop. Eventually something has to happen. However it may happen. As scary as that thought was. Like the little piano always above the cycle singing a lullaby that was both comforting and vaugly haunting. And the song sounding distorted, warped, and murky was just like the psychology and emotional space of deep addiction: it felt small, muffled, dirty, confined, and damaged. But I distinctly remember that moment when Trent sang "You could live in this illusion, you could choose to believe..." then slowly the sound of the music seemed to emerge from the "illusion" as the dirty, muffled effect slowly faded back and emerged into an open and crystal clear sounding panorama as bright as sunlight. The sounds of clapping and cheering erupted... Man, I have never been so viscerally and emotionally moved by a single song in my life. It gives me the hope to stay clean and forever away from the "illusion" and as I hope it continues to do for you as well my friend. Peace. ✌🏼
As a lifelong nin fan I have to say...my soul must say...this is beautifully-disastrous.
Disastrous is a great word for it
Beautiful vocals and great work by the sound engineering guy! Powerful cover!
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By far one of my favourite covers. Very well done. I keep coming back to this one.
Thank you so much!
Quite amazing! I like someone's comment comparing it to hearing the original the first time and getting goose bumps. I had a pretty intense emotional response.
Thank you!!
I watch this almost every day, often several times a day, since I discovered it a few weeks ago, and truly wish I had the words for what this invokes in me. This is *literature.* My body knows it, too, as it covers itself in chills and involuntary tears come to my eyes, especially at the start of the dance that begins with a single dancer. I find the first dancer to be so expressive in the simultaneous boldness and simplicity of his movements. You tell a *story* with this video, and every time I watch it, I am trying to puzzle it out. I absolutely *love* this. You are talented. You are practiced. You are skilled. Thank you to each person who lent a hand in creating this video. It is absolute literature, and absolute art.
Your words melted our hearts. We were reading your words while in Jacky's studio, working on the next cover and you gave us some extra motivation. Thank you so much 🙏🏻
@@MumiHandpan I'm both honored and delighted for you all. If you've any doubts, your work is worthy and worth it. ❤️
If Björk and Trent Reznor had a baby, this would be their child.
maybe we're their illegitimate children
lol cute idea
I THINK SO
Ohhh wow i didn't think of that, your right
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This is really such an amazing cover. So creative, so "your-own", and like right on the money in terms of how the instrumentation and your voice are making the song work. And the video is just a crazy big cherry right on top. This is one of my favorite NIN songs, specifically because of the sonic transition near the end and you absolutely NAILED that part. Thanks for making this music :)
I don't know, how often I've listened to the within the last weeks. Found it probably when it was new and almost forgot about it, but a few months ago the algorithm reminded me. Since then I listen to it all the time.
I was a bit disappointed, not to find it on Spotify, but damn, I really love your version of this classic.
I get goose bumps, everytime I reach the point where your voice changes from this light distortion to your pure clear voice.
Thank you for this masterpiece.
Much love from us! You're right, we should put it on Spotify! We're gonna work on that!
@@MumiHandpan thank you so much. Carry on that great work.
Greetings and much love from Germany
@@MumiHandpan It's still not there :(
I don't understand, for years RUclips recommends crap videos. This is brilliant! I love it, why am I finding out about this now. full respect
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I really don’t understand how the RUclips algorithm works. I’ll just randomly get suggested videos from 3 years ago like this one
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Just imagine all the really important things you don't know! It's not something very unique you just like it so use Goggle search by genre, covers etc... Put forth the effort instead of whining and complaining! RUclips recommendations are horrible especially with all that money you're paying them! This is unacceptable YT should get it right since they can read your mind!
This is the first of your stuff I found, honestly expected it to be bad cause of how perfect the original is but well, currently watching like everything youve ever done. Excellent work
Levia Music thank you so much! ❤❤❤❤
My favorite NIN song 🖤🖤🖤 Didn't know this song could be anymore powerful
Thank you so much, this kind of feedbacks, coming from NIN fans and even more from people who love this song, means the world to us.
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@@MumiHandpan You're welcome. You deserve any and all praise given to you.
Again. Blown away!!! This is art and creation at its finest!! Thank you for sharing your gifts with the world!!!
This is absolutely the kind of work of art I needed to find at 3am... sent chills all up and down my spine, my arms, everywhere. As a lifelong NIN fan... thank you for this. It's such a beautiful rendition. And what an amazing deep voice!
Thank you so much, reading words like yours from NIN fans and from people who love this song is priceless! ❤️🙏🏻
That was amazing! I was not expecting that. Beautiful performance.
The sound is good and it is a good cover. Having said that, the real beauty of the video is the way it was done in one shot. Stunning.
They all did a great job, it has been great to see them working!
Sweet Mother of God, this cover is transcendental... heart wrenching... addictive. Love you guys! Well done!
Thank you so much for your words, for real!
This is stunning. It’s amazing when people can breath a new life into a song which already seemed so totally anchored in another place and time. The version you made absolutely needed to exist!
This cover gives me chills. There's just something about the clarity of the pan drums, the raw, grungy electronics, coupled with the free style of bodies slowly descending into chaos... And then the crescendo hits at the darket moment. Mumi's voice rises above it all, like she's parting the darkest clouds away and leaves you with hope.
Everything about this music+video comes together beautifully.
I wish Jacky 0 & Mumi collaborated more and did this kind of music again.
loved it... unique composition..
it was my favorite piece from Reznor, and now I think you did a masterpiece.
Mohammad Javad wow this means A LOT if it's your favourite one. Thank you so much
I can't stop listening to it, it's in an infinite loop . 😱
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Go to the actual song song by nine inch nails. It’s way fucking better.
Im just now hearing this!? Cant wait to crawl out from under my rock to listen to more music from the both of you
Thank you so much! We have an EP on Spotify, called Circle, but we're gonna work on our new album and covers as well!
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The contrast with the analog and electronics is perfect with the text. It is the cracks in our illusion of self. I would love to hear more of you both, the raw and the beautiful. I listen at least once a week, more even than the original, because somehow you nailed it.
Thank you so much for your words and for appreciating our version. 🙏🏻✨
@@MumiHandpan no prob just here before you get to famous to react to the comments :D But now do another! I looked at Dissonance, but only the start is something you could try, the rest is too much rock. You can try nZRVLpqMQtA yourself with the voice distortion you used here, or Something I Can Never Have from NiN... but really, do another I really love the contrast!
Wonderful song. Great tribute, great performance.
Thanks!
@@MumiHandpan 🎶🤝🎶
God this is so good. I'd never even seen/heard of that instrument before but it's perfect for this that's for sure. Also the part where all the people stop running and everything becomes clear is a really cool recreation of how the song clears up in the real version.
TheRoflstranger thank you so much!!!!!! The instrument is called handpan!
@@MumiHandpan Hi Mumi, I was just dropping by to say that I've been obsessed with steel drums (tongue drums, Rav Vasts and especially handpans) for what feels like forever now, and I was trying to figure out exactly when I got a name for the instrument that I love so much, and even though I had heard it before this and loved it, this must have been when I figured out what they were specifically (only 3 years ago! Like I said feels like this instrument has been in my head forever). Anyway I will probably be purchasing one before the year is out and just wanted to let you know that in a way my journey began here with this video, so thank you so much. - Josh
@@TheRoflstranger this is awesome! You'll love it and you'll see there is a great community around these instruments. They are also instruments very intuitive to play at first, and this pushes people to play a lot and make progresses quite quickly.
Also, if you'll ever want a handpan I am a handpan maker (I love playing them, but my job is making and tuning them!). For anything you can contact us on www.elaiahandpans.com or facebook.com/elaiahandpans of instagram @elaiahandpans 😊
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I’m so glad I came across this video and discovered you. Amazing cover! goosebumps all over my body.
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Prob one of the best things I could have stumbled upon. Good job 10/10
Alex Sauceda thank you so much!!!!
This is so good, brought tears to my eyes. The steel drum works so well for this song
Thank you!
Amazing! A close friend of mine, a die hard NIN fan, passed away last year around this time. So this hits home. May his soul rest in peace. Love your work!
Been a NIN fan for almost 20 years and never thought of hang drums, but damn that's on point.
Right?!
gives me chills...absolutely beautiful and breathtaking...goes straight to my soul. Keep it! Your beautiful :)
Elly Papp 😍😊
One of the most beautiful and creative thing i found. Some faith in humanity restored.
BlackkkSunrise thank you so much
Holy mother of God, this cover was incredible.
Blown away! Ultra-tasteful, beautiful treatment here, both the video & sound-wise. (+ Kind of addicted to the sound of those handpans now!)
Thanks so much!
awesome. I love this so much. I listen to it multiple times a day. that was amazing! to say the least.
I'm a lifelong NIN fan and this gives me chills more than the original.
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Absolutely beautiful. I am speechless. Brought to one's knees.
Thank you so much!!
One of the best covers I've heard. Great work!
Thank you so much!
this was so beautifull and well done i loved it, the music, the voice, and the dancers everythings melted together in a piece of art.
Thank you Rita! ❤️🙏🏻
Have to agree with everyone else thats written here. What a stunning sound. Just gorgeous. You have done amazing justice to one of my favourite songs!
Honestly, I like this more than the original. Thank you!
Thank you!!
2 years old and I'm just seeing this now? You need to do more covers because this was one of the best of this song.
Thank you so much! A new one is gonna come soon!
Or do some original stuff.
Bloody brilliant!!!
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Fantastic cover of Right Were it Belongs. This track has a special place in my life and you really did it some symbolic justice in your cover and performance. Thanks for this
wondrous, epic, massive!! Respect!!!
Love!
This one is close to the top of the list when it comes to NIИ covers
Thank you!!!!
I honestly love this NIN cover so much. Perhaps at number 2 after Jihnny Cash in my top 5 NIN covers toplist. Bravo..
Dwi Agatio wow, thank you!
Respect. Wonderful arrangement, concept, performance.
Wow, such an incredible melodic voice and skills.
Thank you!
Mumi, I don't have the words to explain how i love this song ! i like your voice, the atmosphere of the song, and the beats.
Congratulations
Collot Kévin thank you bro!
by the way I really liked this, good to hear an obscure nin tune done beautifully, it was very human. thanks guys.
Thank you!!
Yeah true that.
Way to take an already great track and really put your own spin and style into it. Hauntingly lovely work.
Deadm0nk thank you so much, your words are melting my heart. 😊
Best cover yet
Thank you Anthony!
Beautiful! Thank you. Makes me so happy to hear this song again, restructured and with dancers too. Love your voice, and the programming was intense.
Thank you so much Thomas for dropping a comment and for your words of appreciation ❤️🙏🏻