Music Artist: Björk
Synopsis: The official video for Björk’s single Triumph of a Heart finds her partying in a pub while her lover, who is a cat, waits at home.
Featured Feline: The video costars an Abyssinian cat as Björk’s significant other. At the beginning the cat is lying in bed with her.
Björk is upset as her feline mate doesn’t seem very interested in her. She leaves the house as he stands at the door in his t-shirt and pants.
While she is partying all night at the club, the cat watches TV and eventually falls asleep.
The next morning the cat partner is sitting at the table reading the paper when he sees hearts floating in the air, indicating his girlfriend is heading home.
The cat drives out to pick up Björk.
At home the cat throws the keys onto a table.
The cat and Björk make up and then for some reason the cat grows to human size and the two dance together.
In a special film showing the making of the music video, the cat actor can be seen in front of a green screen being held up by a person in a green body suit.
The casting director Ragnheiður Gestsdóttir explained the casting of the cat. Three cats named Wittgenstein, Dorita and Litsen were brought in by cat trainer Gunnlaug Thorvaldsdottir for the shoot. Ragnheiður went on to explain that Dorita was just not right for the part. Wittgenstein looked promising until they got him into the tiny suit and then he went crazy. So Litsen ended up being their star. The making of video shows several moments of Litsen being posed and positioned in costume.
The video was directed by none other than the prolific Spike Jonze.
It should be noted that the shot of the cat at the table has become a populer online meme known as the ‘I Should Buy A….’.
Final Mewsings: If only dating cats were legal.
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