Shot in Hertfordshire, the video is visually stunning yet has a distinctly sinister tone, with each member of the trio foreseeing their own death. The dark vision of a suburban nightmare playing out in real life is in perfect accord with the lyrics of the song, which reference feeling trapped and wanting to escape.
 
Compulsory were clear from the outset that 16mm film would be used to shoot the video - Mill Colourist Oisin O’Driscoll explains how this influenced his approach, “We didn’t want to take away from the natural beauty of the film too much and make it look overly graded. Instead we were careful to put together quite natural and saturated images.”