Synopsis

The Dø perform inside a stark, shadowy space as Olivia Merilahti and Dan Levy are surrounded by a shifting ensemble of dancers. Movement drives the video: bodies twist, collide, recoil, and form unstable group patterns that echo the song's tense, percussive pulse. The performers gradually become part of the same ritualistic flow, creating an atmosphere that feels both physical and psychological. Rather than following a conventional narrative, the clip turns the song's sense of danger and entrapment into an intense choreographic spectacle.

Factoids & Trivia

• Olivia Merilahti said the video was designed around "a proper choreography" that would embody the rhythm and emotional feeling of the song.

• Igor Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" was a major influence on the video's staging and its ritualistic, rhythm-led movement.

• The clip deliberately moved The Dø away from the familiar image of Olivia Merilahti and Dan Levy as a performing couple. The duo wanted to merge with the larger performance instead.

• The production featured an ensemble of dancers including Veronique Laugier, Lucia Tong, Pauline Huguet, Rob McNeill, Tommy Clawrence, David Lloyd, Michael Spenceley, and Tanya Richam-Odoi.

• Johanna Levy handled the choreography, while Michael Ragen served as director of photography. The production company was Rokkit.

• The song itself began as a studio improvisation. Merilahti started with the repeated "slippery" vocal idea, after which the track was built around vocals, drums, and percussion without a conventional harmonic backing.

• Merilahti described the song as expressing the feeling of danger and being trapped, whether in work, music, or everyday life.

• Released in December 2010, the video promoted "Slippery Slope" ahead of The Dø's second album, "Both Ways Open Jaws", released in 2011.

• The track later came to be viewed by Merilahti as one of the songs that pointed toward the duo's more electronic direction on their next album.