Synopsis

INXS perform "Devil Inside" in a shadowy, rundown California nightclub surrounded by an unruly mix of punks, bikers, surfers, dancers, and other nightlife characters. Michael Hutchence commands the room with his swaggering performance while the camera cuts rapidly between the band, the crowd, seductive dancing, neon signs, and flashes of provocative behavior. The video turns the song's theme into a stylized portrait of nightlife excess, suggesting that temptation and recklessness are not confined to one person but exist throughout the entire crowd.

Factoids & Trivia

• The video was filmed in Southern California, with Balboa in Newport Beach associated with its beachside locations and colorful local subcultures.

• Its visual world draws on the atmosphere of a seedy late-night club, using neon lighting, backlighting, smoke, fast cuts, and deliberately heightened characters rather than a conventional narrative.

• The clip was nominated for Best Editing in a Video at the 1988 MTV Video Music Awards. The award went to INXS for "Need You Tonight/Mediate," making the band both a competitor and the winner in the same category.

• "Devil Inside" was the second single from *Kick*, the 1987 album that turned INXS into major international stars.

• The video helped reinforce Michael Hutchence's image as a charismatic, sexually charged frontman, while presenting the rest of the band as part of the same nocturnal, decadent environment.

• The official INXS channel later released a remastered high-definition version of the video.