Synopsis

Vincent Cacchione finds himself trapped in a clinical laboratory, where a troupe of baboons conducts a series of bizarre experiments on him. The tests range from restraint and observation to the forced ingestion of a banana-shaped pill. Under its influence, he hallucinates an unsettling romantic encounter involving Cindy and one of his simian captors. Presented like a cheerful corporate training film, the video turns the usual animal-testing scenario upside down, with the human subject enduring the treatment while the animals calmly run the lab.

Factoids & Trivia

• The video deliberately imitates the look and tone of an analog 1980s corporate film, making its bright presentation clash with the increasingly strange experiments.

• The central joke is a reversal of traditional animal-testing imagery: the human is placed in a cage while the baboons take the roles of scientists, technicians and medical staff.

• The baboons were real trained animals rather than visual effects. Their names were Jack, Janet, Jonas, Jojo, J.Lo and Jeremiah.

• The trained baboon concept had reportedly been in development for several years before the right project came along.

• The song was released as a single by Lucky Number on June 17, 2013, ahead of Caged Animals' album "In The Land Of Giants," released on September 2, 2013.

• "Cindy + Me" is built around a sample from Raymond Scott's "Cindy Electronium," an electronic composition from 1959.

• Vincent Cacchione described the song as a sinister adolescent fantasy about running away with a lover, stealing cars and embracing an outlaw future. The video intentionally approaches that material from a more surreal and absurd angle.

• The production credits list Tim Williams as animal trainer, with Sarah Lawson producing and Niko Wiesnet serving as director of photography.