This guide explores the production, meaning, and legacy of the official music video for "Plug In Baby" by Muse, released as the lead single from their 2001 album Origin of Symmetry . Video Production Overview
: It can be seen as an analogy for putting emotion into soulless objects, like a computer or a guitar (the "baby" that is plugged in).
: Ken Shuttleworth's "Crescent House" in Wiltshire, UK. Release Year : 2001. Muse - Plug In Baby (Official Video)
: The video features the band performing in a bedroom-like setting, interspersed with shots of women whose body parts are replaced with synthetic, tentacle-like tubes and mechanical limbs. Key Visual Themes & Trivia
: Matt Bellamy used a JT-Res guitar during the filming. This guide explores the production, meaning, and legacy
: Matt Bellamy has stated it explores the "path evolution can take," specifically the good and bad sides of technology and genetic engineering.
: The song and video are often interpreted as a critique of modern technology and the loss of individualism as humans become "plugged in" to a collective whole via cables. Interpretation of Meaning Release Year : 2001
The video is known for its surreal, slightly unsettling imagery that blends performance with science-fiction body horror. : Howard Greenhalgh.