Synopsis
At an upscale restaurant, a group of children sits through an unsettlingly adult dinner while the world around them takes on a lurid, psychedelic quality. Their behavior grows increasingly strange and uninhibited as colorful imagery, distorted performances, and surreal interruptions fracture the refined setting. The video turns the song's warning into dark satire, contrasting childhood innocence with reckless behavior and the dangerous allure of guns, drugs, and adult irresponsibility.
Factoids & Trivia
- The video served as an early promotional piece for "Don't Play With Guns," the first single from The Black Angels' 2013 album *Indigo Meadow*.
- It was released online on January 22, 2013, ahead of the album's April release. A later official upload appeared in May 2013.
- Video production was handled by The Uprising Creative.
- The video's central conceit was described at the time as loosely involving children being given psychedelic drugs in a classy restaurant, which explains the clash between the formal dining environment and the increasingly surreal imagery.
- The song's lyrics introduce figures named Josephine and Angie, while the video shifts the warning away from a literal gun narrative and toward a broader, disturbing portrait of adults exposing children to dangerous influences.
- The clip's bright, psychedelic presentation deliberately softens the subject matter on the surface, creating an ironic contrast with the song's ominous title and its themes of violence and loss of control.