⭐𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗥𝗬: 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗞⭐

💫✨ 𝑪𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍
𝑶𝒓 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒍? ✨💫


Today we celebrate the ⭐𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐘⭐ of "𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐊" which was released 𝟐𝟏 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒐 (March 19, 2001) as the third single from 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐's third album "𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄" (2000).

Photo credit: Screenshots from the video, cover of the single / Edit by Rita

"𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑲" was recorded at 𝑶𝒍𝒚𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒄 𝑺𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒐𝒔 in 𝑳𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒏, was produced by 𝑷𝒂𝒖𝒍 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒕𝒕 and 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐, engineered by 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒔, mixed by 𝑷𝒂𝒖𝒍 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒕𝒕 and features backing vocals by 𝑺𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒏 ( whose real name is 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒉), the lead singer of the indie rock band 𝑳𝒊𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒖𝒎.


Originally the song had the working title "𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒚" and was later called "𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑲" which is not a reference to a brand of cereal but is the slang word for 𝒌𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆, a laboratory drug that veterinarians use a lot to tranquilize animals. Just one dose causes amnesia or delirium, takes away your ability to talk and walk, so it's quite dangerous. In the following excerpt from an interview at the time, 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐 explained why he chose that title and what he wanted to express in the song:

Screenshot from the video

🔹𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐊. 𝐓𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧, 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲.
🎙️Well, it is Special K, the name for a street drug, the ketamine. I took it once 10 years ago and they gave it in the 1950's to the astronauts to create the sensation of anti-gravity, and it really feels like that.


🔹𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭, 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐲…
🎙️Yeah (laughs). And I don't recommend it. It's really... once was enough. But the song is also a theme that runs on a few songs on the album which compares the drugs to love. And on Special K it compares the rise... the rise on a illegal substance and the feeling that we feel when we fall… when we find love at the first sight. They are quite similar. But the moral of the story is that everything that goes up must come down.


🔹𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝.
🎙️Absolutely, yeah, really hard.
▪️𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘, 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠 𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚘 𝙻𝚎 𝙼𝚘𝚞𝚟', 𝙾𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟷𝟶, 𝟸𝟶𝟶𝟶.

Making of the video

The band had planned to release the single as a two-part CD set and a 12" vinyl, but due to the drug reference in the lyrics several radio stations refused to play the song. So the band decided to release an Enhanced CD with 7 tracks plus the official video.


📍Our dear 𝑳𝒂𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒂 wrote an interesting post where she tells in more detail the story of the censorship and the release of "𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑲".
👉 https://bit.ly/3MZXGWD


Although due to this "𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑲" did not reach a prominent position in the international charts, it is a very popular and beloved song among fans, so much so that it is the second most played song by the band in their live shows, as it has been played a total of 𝟕𝟏𝟗 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 to date.

Making of the video

🎥 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎 🎥
The amazing video for "𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑲" was premiered just a few days before the single release, on March 12, 2001, and was directed by renowned music video director 𝑯𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒈𝒉, who had previously made the videos for the songs "𝑵𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒚 𝑩𝒐𝒚" and "𝑩𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆". The video was shot at 𝑵𝒂𝒕 𝑾𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑴𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂 𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝑺𝒕. 𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏𝒔 𝑾𝒐𝒐𝒅, 𝑳𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒏 and has a futuristic aesthetic as the plot is based on the 60's sci-fi movie "𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝑽𝒐𝒚𝒂𝒈𝒆". In the video clip we see 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐 board a special ship that is shrunken down by scientist-android

–who is played by 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍– and then it's accidentally dropped into 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒕's mouth. 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 and other scientists do their best to locate 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 and rescue him, finally finding him in 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆's tear duct.

🚀 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐊 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 🎶
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Screenshot from the video

🎶⭐ 𝐋𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬 ⭐🎶

𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧
𝘖𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘧
𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘧
𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤, 𝘯𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧
𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭
𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭

𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭
𝘖𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘭?

𝘕𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘯𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘺
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘒
𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘐 𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘩
𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘩
𝘕𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘯𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘺
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘒
𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥
𝘐'𝘮 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥

𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺
𝘕𝘰 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺
𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦
𝘐 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯
𝘏𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥
𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥
𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥

𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭
𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘈𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦'𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘭
𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭
𝘖𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘭?


✨🌟 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐬 🌟✨

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