Voltaire Twins, 'Animalia' - Video of the Day

Artist: Voltaire Twins
Video: 'Animalia'
Highlight: "We gave the song to the director, Ben Young, and asked him to come up with an idea based on whatever imagery the song conjured up in his head,' Jaymes and Tegan Voltaire tell Spinner. "He sent us back a story about an old man who taxidermies people. We suggested that maybe instead of people, we could be a kind of animal/person hybrid. The song is about embracing the animal within, so that fit well. We shot the majority of it over 19 hours on the coldest day of the year, in an old disused bank."

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"We had no clothes on and were covered in makeup, so we couldn't get dressed, so it was uncomfortable -- especially on that metal slab! The rest was shot at night in a park -- also very cold -- and in a natural history museum. The original treatment had a lot of gore in it, but it ended up being scaled back, which is probably just as well. We love this video because it's dark, but with a sense of humor. It's quite tongue in cheek."