Talks to Watch

OK Go - Upside Down & Inside Out

31M views · Feb 13, 2016 · 3:22 · 3 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2018–2026

OK Go's music video for Upside Down & Inside Out, filmed during parabolic flights so the band and performers are weightless in the plane.

Why Hacker News points people here: Commenters recommend it as a creative music video shot entirely in zero gravity, citing it in threads about parabolic flights and space.

“One of my preferred video clip ever was filmed entirely during a parabolic flight”HN comment, 2022

What Hacker News said 3

Strongly recommendshathawshDec 2018

“You owe it to yourself to see these amazing videos filmed on planes that simulate zero G”

Music video filmed on a zero-g parabolic flight.

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They fly the plane downward, matching the vertical acceleration with the acceleration caused by gravity. You owe it to yourself to see these amazing videos filmed on planes that simulate zero G: OK Go - this video Physics Girl - link Veritasium - link

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Strongly recommendsbjkchoySep 2022

“One of my preferred video clip ever was filmed entirely during a parabolic flight”

Music video shot entirely during a parabolic flight.

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One of my preferred video clip ever was filmed entirely during a parabolic flight: OK Go, Upside Down & Inside Out this video

in “Weightless: Parabolic flight on an A310” · view on HN
Recommendsthrow0101cMay 2026

“A number of their music videos are quite creative”

Creative OK Go video filmed in a zero-g plane.

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A number of their music videos are quite creative: * in a zero-G plane: this video * one-take (?) on electric unicycles: link * 4.2s real-time scene with the footage slowed down to 4 minutes: link * Chevrolet-sponsored video where they use a moving car as an instrument: link

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