Bastille | - Pompeii (official Music Video)
The video was produced with a cinematic, melancholic aesthetic that has become a signature for the band. : Jesse John Jenkins Producer : Tova Dann Length : 3 minutes and 52 seconds Critical and Commercial Impact
: After attempting to flee into the desert in a stolen car, Smith realizes he has also been affected. The video ends with him looking out from a mountain peak as his own eyes turn black. Bastille - Pompeii (Official Music Video)
: According to Dan Smith, the song is an imagined conversation between two charred corpses reflecting on the city of Pompeii, capturing human emotions of hopelessness and desperation. Production Credits The video was produced with a cinematic, melancholic
: The video follows frontman Dan Smith as he wanders through a seemingly empty Los Angeles. He soon discovers that the few people he encounters have unnatural, vacant black eyes , signaling they have been "infected". : According to Dan Smith, the song is