Every once in a while, there comes a music video that completely draws the attention from the song it’s portraying. The batshit video of a Russian band Leningrad’s song “Kolshik,” is certainly one of those videos.

Played in reverse, the video shows the ultraviolent disintegration of a circus; all thanks to a wayward bubble blown by a spectator. It’s gory, crazy and intense, but also beautifully shot and brilliantly executed:

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktiONWfSL48&w=560&h=315]

Someone helpfully uploaded a reversed (that is, played in actual chronological order) version of the video. Somehow, it seems even gorier when played like this:

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPtl9pUI8cM?rel=0&w=560&h=315]

This video is done by FancyShot

Director – Ilya Naishuller
Produced by Dimitry Mouraviev and Ekaterina Kononenko
Art director – Petr Bondarenko
DoP – Henry Meder