This One Direction Video Is Even More Mindblowingly Random Than Shake It Off

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There are no words that can adequately describe how random One Direction's "Steal My Girl" music video is. You can only completely comprehend its strangeness by comparison to Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off," or by just swallowing your pride and watching it. There's Danny DeVito, Niall, Zayn, Liam, Harry, and Louis smashing their "inhibitions" by way of big metal balls, sumo wrestlers (who later get doused in yellow paint), a dancing chipmunk (among other animals—both farm and wild), tribal uniforms, a Black Swan reference (maybe?), a marching band in front of a giant cage, and more. Lock your door and enjoy.