De Staat - Tie Me Down feat. LUWTEN (Official Video)

Best Music Video - South Film and Arts Academy Festival
Finalist Short To The Point Festival

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‘’De Staat - Tie Me Down feat. Luwten’’

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Director: Ruben Van Leer

Concept: Tessa Douwstra (LUWTEN), Torre Florim, Ruben Van Leer
Creation: RVL_studio

Produced by: Mr.Frank
Producers: Sjoerd Dekker, Miguel Teixeira, Mathilda Hedberg, Ruben Van Leer

Director of Photography: Mick Van Rossum, NSC

Editor: Philip Smeulers

Choreographer: Antonin Comestaz

1st​ AD: Eritia de Jonghe
2nd AD: Senne de Beul

Art Department: Jelier & Schaaf
Art Director: Ralf van Lanen
Set Dresser: Huib Raeven
Assistants: Mara Baas, Silvana Araoz

Stunt Department: Stuntteam de Beukelaer
Stunt coordinator: Marco Maas
Stunt rigging: Brian van der Vooren, Paul Koops, JP Dekam, Saskia Neville, Staz Lazdan, Joey van Rijthoven

Postproduction: Darlings
VFX Manager: Robert Okker
VFX Supervisor: Lise Prudhomme
3D: Tim Van Helsdingen, Alex Doss
Compositing: Lise Prudhomme, Randy Roemeon, Ruben Van Leer
Roto & paint: Noa Graphics Studio
Grading: George Balatoni

1st AC: Vincent Geijsel
Gaffer: Paul Wilens
Best Girl: Karina van der Berg
Grip: Tim de Heer

Styling: April Jumelet
Make-up & Hair: Ellen van Exter
Assistant: Dominique Rikken

Set Photography: Petra Katanic

Sound FX & Audio Mix: Guido Maat (Audentity)

Production Assistents: Adam Crick, Kathy Shiavong, Nadine Haselier, Billal Slimani

Camera Equipment: Cam-a-lot
Light Equipment: Lites Amsterdam
Grip: Gripwise
Studio: Amsterdam Studios
Windmachines: Elementum FX
Stock: GettyImages

Special thanks to: Henk de Vries, Bo Polak, Berthine Van Dalen, Joris Oosterman, MoolChand Moond, Arjo Klingens, Jelle Schotanus

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De Staat - Tie Me Down

Produced by Torre Florim
Co-produced by De Staat
Engineered / Mixed by Torre Florim
Mastered by Darius van Hefteren
Recorded at De Staat Studios / De Basis / Nijmegen / The Netherlands


Song by Torre Florim & Tessa Douwstra (Luwten)
Words by Torre Florim & Tessa Douwstra (Luwten)
Torre Florim: Lead Vocals / Guitars / Synthesizers / Kontakt Strings / Autoharp / Percussion
Luwten: Lead Vocals
Jop van Summeren: Bass
Tim van Delft: Drums / Percussion
Vedran Mirčetić: Guitars
Rocco Hueting: Guitars / Synthesizers

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Lyrics:

Tie Me Down

Click the bait, pull me in
You caught me cold and got me shaking

Don’t you claim this domain
‘cause less is more I could be chasing

I’m one foot in, one foot out
I am free and for the taking

 
Don’t you ever speak for me
I don’t need no moderator
 
No one’s on my team but me
I’m the ball, the coach, the player

I don’t need no referee
To blow the whistle on me later

Oh, are you gonna tie me down?

Keep a suitcase at the door
Just a little overnighter

Sleep with one eye open, one eye closed
No bed’s safe when stakes are higher

Oh, are you gonna tie me down?

Fix me up, slow me down
What the fuck did you just ground me?

Oh, are you gonna tie me down?

Four eyes closed, four feet in,
It feels good when I am tied to
You