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[[File:2022_01_11_BellamyWSDTease.jpg|thumb|right|Actor wearing a Bellamy mask in the WSD music video]]
[[File:2022_01_11_BellamyWSDTease.jpg|thumb|right|The "Kueen"]]
[[File:WSD_Army.jpg|thumb|right|The "WSD Army"]]
[[File:WSD_Creature.png|thumb|right|The "Creature"]]
{{Videobox |
{{Videobox |
| Name = Won't Stand Down
| Name = Won't Stand Down
| Release = [[Ninth album | ''LP9'']]
| Release = [[Will of the People (album) | Will of the People]]
| Length = 4:01
| Length = 4:01
| Firstair = 13th January 2022
| Firstair = 13th January 2022
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| Previous = [[Blockades (video)|Blockades]]
| Previous = [[Blockades (video)|Blockades]]
| Current = [[Won't Stand Down (video)|Won't Stand Down]]
| Current = [[Won't Stand Down (video)|Won't Stand Down]]
| Next =  
| Next = [[Compliance (video)|Compliance]]
}}
}}


== Information ==
== Information ==


First music video for the first single, [[Won't Stand Down (single)|Won't Stand Down]], off of the upcoming album. It will be released together with the single itself on January 13th, 2022, at 3PM GMT. <ref>https://www.muse.mu/news/wont-stand-down-322501</ref>
First music video for the first single, [[Won't Stand Down (single)|Won't Stand Down]], off of the upcoming album. It was released together with the single itself on January 13th, 2022, at 3PM GMT. <ref>https://www.muse.mu/news/wont-stand-down-322501</ref>


Up until a few days before the release, very few teases were shown regarding the music video (only ones being the short snippet on Muse's TikTok<ref>https://www.tiktok.com/@muse/video/7051163700660538630</ref>, Bellamy teasing with a screenshot of him<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CYmPjA1JWxZ/</ref> and another screenshot from the video posted on Muse's Instagram<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CYmeq8nqnzD/</ref>), until a longer music video tease was posted by Muse on an Instagram story on January 12th, 24 hours before the release, together with a YouTube premiere link.
Up until a few days before the release, very few teases were shown regarding the music video (only ones being the short snippet on Muse's TikTok<ref>https://www.tiktok.com/@muse/video/7051163700660538630</ref>, Bellamy teasing with a screenshot of him<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CYmPjA1JWxZ/</ref> and another screenshot from the video posted on Muse's Instagram<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CYmeq8nqnzD/</ref>), until a longer music video tease was posted by Muse on an Instagram story on January 12th, 24 hours before the release, together with a YouTube premiere link.


The video has been produced by MrMr Films, a production company based in London and shot by Production Shelter, an Ukrainian production company based in Kyiv, where filming took place at, in an unknown studio. The video was directed by Jared Hogan, while overall creative direction has been handled by [[Jesse Lee Stout]].
Shot in an undisclosed location somewhere in Kyiv, Ukraine, the video has been produced by MrMr Films, a production company based in London and co-produced by Production Shelter, a Kyiv-based Ukrainian production company. The video was directed by Jared Hogan, while overall creative direction has been handled by [[Jesse Lee Stout]] and Metaform Studio, with support from Lark Creative.
 
The video is nominated for the MTV Video Music Award 2022 under the "Best Rock" category, with contenders including Jack White's video for "Taking Me Back", [[Foo Fighters]]'s video for "Love Dies Young", [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]'s video for "Black Summer", Shinedown's video for "Planet Zero" and Three Days Grace's video for "So Called Life". Voting can be done [https://www.mtv.com/vma/vote/best-rock on MTV VMA's official website].


== Description ==
== Description ==


The video depicts a mysterious figure, named "Kueen" (or simply "Queen" by the director himself), that siphons the collective energy of a dark army to transmute into an augmented being.<ref>https://www.nme.com/news/music/muse-wont-stand-down-single-video-3137071</ref> Kueen is, despite looking like Bellamy wearing make-up, actually played by an actress, wearing the grotesque Bellamy mask, which starts her journey on a wheelchair, dressed in a white gown, which, by the end of the video, later transforms into a dark grim creature, played by an actor, with a completely different mask, the same which was featured in the Instagram filter Muse put out a few days prior to the release.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Muse/comments/rzos32/30_second_audio_of_wont_stand_down_if_you_try_out/</ref>
The video depicts a mysterious figure, named "Kueen" (or simply "Queen" by the director himself), that siphons the collective energy of a dark army to transmute into an augmented being.<ref>https://www.nme.com/news/music/muse-wont-stand-down-single-video-3137071</ref> Kueen is, despite looking like Bellamy wearing make-up, actually played by an actress, wearing the grotesque Bellamy mask, which starts her journey on a wheelchair, dressed in a white gown, which, by the end of the video, later transforms into a dark grim creature, played by an actor, with a completely different mask, the same which was featured in the Instagram filter Muse put out a few days prior to the release, and also appears throughout other artworks of the album.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Muse/comments/rzos32/30_second_audio_of_wont_stand_down_if_you_try_out/</ref>


== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==


* The masks worn by the Army, portrayed in the video, are similar to the ones worn by 'Nameles Ghouls', masked band members of the Swedish metal band 'Ghost'.<ref>https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Nameless_Ghouls_-_Coachella_2013.jpg</ref>
* The mask worn by the two characters, pushing the wheelchair and attaching the finger device to the hand at the beginning, is similar to the ones worn by 'Nameles Ghouls', masked band members of the Swedish metal band 'Ghost'.<ref>https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Nameless_Ghouls_-_Coachella_2013.jpg</ref>
* Each member of the Army wears the mysterious monogram pattern on their suit, identical to the one seen on the single cover. The video theme itself also appears on the single cover.
* The same two characters both wear the mysterious monogram pattern on their suit, identical to the one seen on the single cover. The monogram also appears on the wheelchair armrest and even as the car emblem, which can be seen in the BTS gallery below
* First music video after [[Resistance (video)|Resistance]] to be filmed in a 4:3 ratio in it's entirety
* First music video after [[Resistance (video)|Resistance]] to be filmed in a 4:3 ratio in it's entirety


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File:WSD_Screen8.png
File:WSD_Screen8.png
File:WSD_Screen9.png
File:WSD_Screen9.png
</gallery>
== Behind the Scenes Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:WSD_BTS1.jpg|Via [https://www.instagram.com/ultrasuqa/ @ultrasuqa's IG Story]
File:WSD_BTS2.png|Via [https://www.instagram.com/ultrasuqa/ @ultrasuqa's IG Story]
File:WSD_BTS3.jpg|Via [https://www.instagram.com/ultrasuqa/ @ultrasuqa's IG Story]
File:WSD_BTS4.jpg|Via [https://www.instagram.com/p/CYrL8L-NolG/ @jay.reality IG Post]
File:WSD_BTS5.jpg|Via [https://www.instagram.com/p/CYrL8L-NolG/ @jay.reality IG Post]
File:WSD_BTS6.jpg|Via [https://www.instagram.com/p/CYrL8L-NolG/ @jay.reality IG Post]
File:WSD_BTS7.jpg|Via [https://www.instagram.com/p/CYrL8L-NolG/ @jay.reality IG Post]
File:WSD_BTS8.jpg|Via [https://www.instagram.com/p/CYrL8L-NolG/ @jay.reality IG Post]
File:WSD_BTS9.jpg|Via [https://www.instagram.com/p/CXWFk8qO48l/ @jared_hogan IG Post]
File:WSD_BTS10.jpg|Via [https://www.instagram.com/p/CYsD_E-AbX-/ @jared_hogan IG Post]
File:WSD_BTS11.jpg|Via [https://www.instagram.com/p/CYsD_E-AbX-/ @jared_hogan IG Post]
File:WSD_BTS12.jpg|Via [https://www.instagram.com/p/CYsD_E-AbX-/ @jared_hogan IG Post]
File:WSD_BTS13.jpg|Via [https://www.instagram.com/p/CYsD_E-AbX-/ @jared_hogan IG Post]
File:WSD_BTS14.jpg|Via [https://www.instagram.com/p/CYsD_E-AbX-/ @jared_hogan IG Post]
File:WSD_BTS15.jpg|Via [https://www.instagram.com/p/CYsD_E-AbX-/ @jared_hogan IG Post]
File:WSD BTS16.jpg|Via [https://www.instagram.com/p/CYsD_E-AbX-/ @jared_hogan IG Post]
</gallery>
</gallery>


== Credits ==
== Credits ==
Production:
Production:
<br>
*Director: Jared Hogan
*Director: Jared Hogan
*Creative Director: [[Jesse Lee Stout]]
*Producer: Savvas Stavrou
*Producer: Savvas Stavrou
*Production Company: MrMr Films
*Production Company: MrMr Films
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<br>
<br>
Service Production (Shelter):
Service Production (Shelter):
<br>
*Executive Producers: Albert Zurashvili & Gena Shevchenko
*Executive Producers: Albert Zurashvili & Gena Shevchenko
*Producer: Dasha Deriagina
*Producer: Dasha Deriagina
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*Production Manager: Max Matveev  
*Production Manager: Max Matveev  
*BTS: Ira Suldina & Sergei Prostakov  
*BTS: Ira Suldina & Sergei Prostakov  
<br>
*Masks by: Hamer FX & Plastmask
<br>
<br>
Cast:
Cast:
<br>
Kueen:  
Kueen:  
*Natalia Zozulia
*Natalia Zozulia
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*Iaroslava Zagorui  
*Iaroslava Zagorui  
*Maksim Sitalo   
*Maksim Sitalo   
*Polina Isaenko  
*Polina Isaenko


== See also ==
== See also ==


*[https://www.instagram.com/mrmrfilms/ MrMr Films on Instagram]
*[https://www.instagram.com/mrmrfilms/ MrMr Films on Instagram]
*[https://www.instagram.com/productionshelter/ Shelter Film on Instagram]
*[https://www.instagram.com/productionshelter/ Production Shelter on Instagram]


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 13:31, 26 July 2022

The "Kueen"
The "WSD Army"
The "Creature"
Muse video
Name Won't Stand Down
Album/single Will of the People
Length 4:01
Initial air date 13th January 2022
Filming Location Kyiv, Ukraine
Director Jared Hogan
Watch YouTube


Information

First music video for the first single, Won't Stand Down, off of the upcoming album. It was released together with the single itself on January 13th, 2022, at 3PM GMT. [1]

Up until a few days before the release, very few teases were shown regarding the music video (only ones being the short snippet on Muse's TikTok[2], Bellamy teasing with a screenshot of him[3] and another screenshot from the video posted on Muse's Instagram[4]), until a longer music video tease was posted by Muse on an Instagram story on January 12th, 24 hours before the release, together with a YouTube premiere link.

Shot in an undisclosed location somewhere in Kyiv, Ukraine, the video has been produced by MrMr Films, a production company based in London and co-produced by Production Shelter, a Kyiv-based Ukrainian production company. The video was directed by Jared Hogan, while overall creative direction has been handled by Jesse Lee Stout and Metaform Studio, with support from Lark Creative.

The video is nominated for the MTV Video Music Award 2022 under the "Best Rock" category, with contenders including Jack White's video for "Taking Me Back", Foo Fighters's video for "Love Dies Young", Red Hot Chili Peppers's video for "Black Summer", Shinedown's video for "Planet Zero" and Three Days Grace's video for "So Called Life". Voting can be done on MTV VMA's official website.

Description

The video depicts a mysterious figure, named "Kueen" (or simply "Queen" by the director himself), that siphons the collective energy of a dark army to transmute into an augmented being.[5] Kueen is, despite looking like Bellamy wearing make-up, actually played by an actress, wearing the grotesque Bellamy mask, which starts her journey on a wheelchair, dressed in a white gown, which, by the end of the video, later transforms into a dark grim creature, played by an actor, with a completely different mask, the same which was featured in the Instagram filter Muse put out a few days prior to the release, and also appears throughout other artworks of the album.[6]

Trivia

  • The mask worn by the two characters, pushing the wheelchair and attaching the finger device to the hand at the beginning, is similar to the ones worn by 'Nameles Ghouls', masked band members of the Swedish metal band 'Ghost'.[7]
  • The same two characters both wear the mysterious monogram pattern on their suit, identical to the one seen on the single cover. The monogram also appears on the wheelchair armrest and even as the car emblem, which can be seen in the BTS gallery below
  • First music video after Resistance to be filmed in a 4:3 ratio in it's entirety

Won't Stand Down Screenshots

  • WSD Screen1.png
  • WSD Screen2.png
  • WSD Screen3.png
  • WSD Screen4.png
  • WSD Screen5.png
  • WSD Screen6.png
  • WSD Screen7.png
  • WSD Screen8.png
  • WSD Screen9.png

Behind the Scenes Gallery

Credits

Production:

  • Director: Jared Hogan
  • Creative Director: Jesse Lee Stout
  • Producer: Savvas Stavrou
  • Production Company: MrMr Films
  • Director of Photography: Joe Cook
  • Editor: Paul O’Reilly
  • Edit Producers: Tatyana Alexandra & Polly Kemp
  • Edit Company: Trim Editing
  • VFX Supervisor: Denis Reva
  • Colourist: Jacob McKee
  • Online: Joey Doyle
  • Grade & Online Producer: Maria Webb (Forager)
  • Focus Puller: Eugene Bubley
  • Gaffer: Valeriy Butkov


Service Production (Shelter):

  • Executive Producers: Albert Zurashvili & Gena Shevchenko
  • Producer: Dasha Deriagina
  • Production Assistant: Anastasiya Kovaleva
  • 1st Assistant Director: Vadim Yuzba
  • 2nd Assistant Director: Misha Varopay
  • Production Designer Danil Dubrovsky
  • Costume Designer: Margarita Shekel
  • Wardrobe Team: Iris Laricheva, Anna Maksimova & Andrew Bib
  • Hair/Make-Up: Dasha Taivas
  • Choreographer: Roman Chukmanenko
  • Choreographer Assistant: Dasha Samoilove
  • Casting Director: Karina Melnichenko
  • Casting Manager: ​​Sergey Pulenetz
  • Stunts: Svyatoslav Barabolya
  • Production Manager: Max Matveev
  • BTS: Ira Suldina & Sergei Prostakov


  • Masks by: Hamer FX & Plastmask


Cast:
Kueen:

  • Natalia Zozulia

Creature:

  • Roman Chukmanenko

Army:

  • Vika Erchik
  • Masha Yakobchuk
  • Daria Zakharchenko
  • Eugeniy Dmitrienko
  • Aleksandr Gordeev
  • Tigran Grigoryan
  • Volodymir Kabys
  • Misha Kilimchuk
  • Ostap Kobrin
  • Alexandr Kozenko
  • Dima Kravchenko
  • Dmitriy Kudin
  • Denis Shpak
  • Artur Vagner
  • Amiran Veselov
  • Andrey Veselyi
  • Anatolii Vodzianskii
  • Rostislav Yatsunenko
  • Dmitrii Shtanko
  • Igor Kostetskiy
  • Liza Kokritskaia
  • Nastia Lapko
  • Veronika Volosova
  • Petr Simonov
  • Andrei Povoznikov
  • Iaroslava Zagorui
  • Maksim Sitalo
  • Polina Isaenko

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://www.muse.mu/news/wont-stand-down-322501
  2. ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@muse/video/7051163700660538630
  3. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CYmPjA1JWxZ/
  4. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CYmeq8nqnzD/
  5. ↑ https://www.nme.com/news/music/muse-wont-stand-down-single-video-3137071
  6. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Muse/comments/rzos32/30_second_audio_of_wont_stand_down_if_you_try_out/
  7. ↑ https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Nameless_Ghouls_-_Coachella_2013.jpg
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