Synopsis

Against a stark black background, a woman and a man move through an abstract, constantly shifting visual space. Their dark silhouettes contain rapidly changing scenes filled with vivid colors, patterns, and flashes of motion. They run, leap, tumble, and appear to move through an invisible world while the imagery inside their bodies keeps transforming. The two figures remain separate for most of the video, creating a sense of parallel movement and emotional distance, before finally coming together in the closing moments.

Factoids & Trivia

• "Swoon" was released in 2010 as the first official single from The Chemical Brothers' album "Further."

• The video was created as part of the wider visual world of "Further," an album that was accompanied by a continuous film made from connected music-video imagery.

• The visuals combine the "Swoon" and "Dissolve" sections of that accompanying film.

• The central technique places moving footage inside the silhouettes of the two performers, giving the figures the appearance of living screens or containers for the song's imagery.

• The video's colorful, high-contrast silhouette style continued the long-running visual relationship between The Chemical Brothers and their live-show collaborators.

• Production involved the US branch of Black Dog Films and RSA Films.

• Visual-effects artist Gavin Free later said that he worked on the music video.