When was houdini by foster the people released

The band Mark Foster, Mark Pontius, Jacob Fink is filming a music video in the studio when a lighting rig falls on them. A paramedic arrives and declares them dead. The video director is devastated. A crew member calls someone he knows, a fixer, to help. The fixer arrives and his assistants take over. The assistants, dressed completely in black, stand behind the band members and move their limbs. The video crew is doubtful, but after a change in lighting and background that effectively hides the assistants, they are convinced that the fixer's plan will work.

Together, the assistants and crew prepare for the band's concert that evening. Electronic controls are added to the faces of the band members, and now the illusion that they are alive is complete. The concert is a huge success, and the music video ends with the crew members partying backstage in front of the lifeless bodies of the band.

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The song is the fifth and final single of the album. The song was first released as a promotional single exclusively in the United Kingdom on April 1, , and then was released as the album's fifth single on May 15, A music video premiered on YouTube on April 25, The music video shows Foster the People preparing to shoot a music video a few days before their live show, only to be crushed and killed by fallen debris.

The film crew panic as they try to find ways to make the band look realistic as they play, relying on people hiding in the background controlling their movement, and their faces being controlled by remote-controlled machinery. In the end, their concert is a success, and the robots are taken away and left lying on a sofa, while the film crew celebrate their success.

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