Synopsis

The video follows Baba, a one-line cartoon boy with a floating head and no arms, as he walks across a stark white landscape. His path is blocked by a strange fish or shark-like creature that repeatedly changes direction and multiplies, turning a simple encounter into a fast, surreal visual loop. The minimal black-line animation moves in tight synchronization with the song's insistent beat, creating a playful, hypnotic world that mirrors the track's repetitive vocal hook.

Factoids & Trivia

• The animation was produced by Media Mutant and Studio FILM BILDER in 2000.

• Its spare black-line style draws heavily on the Italian animated series "La Linea," using a nearly empty background and a continuously moving character.

• The central character is known as Baba, a recurring cartoon figure also associated with Gigi D'Agostino's video for "The Riddle."

• The fish or shark-like creature's ability to multiply and change direction gives the video its looping, unpredictable quality without relying on dialogue or a conventional storyline.

• The video became a regular presence on MTV and VIVA for months, helping make the clip's minimalist line-drawing aesthetic widely recognizable.

• The song itself was released on May 17, 1999, as the third single from "L'Amour Toujours." Its vocal hook samples the line "I've been thinking 'bout what you have done to me" from Stretch's 1975 song "Why Did You Do It."