Perfect Drug (Nine Inch Nails music video)
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Perfect Drug (Nine Inch Nails music video) is a visually stylized, gothic-tinged music video for Nine Inch Nails’ 1997 song, noted for its surreal imagery and elaborate production design.
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| Perfect Drug (Nine Inch Nails music video) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6262235 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Perfect Drug (Nine Inch Nails music video) Context triple: [Mark Romanek, directed, Perfect Drug (Nine Inch Nails music video)]
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One (Metallica music video)
"One" (Metallica music video) is the dark, war-themed visual accompaniment to Metallica’s song "One," featuring the band’s performance intercut with footage from the film "Johnny Got His Gun" to depict the horrors of combat and isolation.
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Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails is an influential American industrial rock band formed by Trent Reznor, known for its dark, experimental sound and critically acclaimed albums like "The Downward Spiral" and "The Fragile."
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Mr. Brightside
"Mr. Brightside" is a hugely popular 2003 indie rock song by American band The Killers, known for its catchy melody and lyrics about jealousy and heartbreak.
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Numb (music video)
"Numb" (music video) is the visual accompaniment to Linkin Park's hit single "Numb," featuring the band's performance intercut with a narrative about a struggling teenage girl dealing with feelings of isolation and pressure.
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Like a Drug I Never Did Before
"Like a Drug I Never Did Before" is a song featured on the album "Don’t Worry About Me."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Perfect Drug (Nine Inch Nails music video) Target entity description: Perfect Drug (Nine Inch Nails music video) is a visually stylized, gothic-tinged music video for Nine Inch Nails’ 1997 song, noted for its surreal imagery and elaborate production design.
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A.
One (Metallica music video)
"One" (Metallica music video) is the dark, war-themed visual accompaniment to Metallica’s song "One," featuring the band’s performance intercut with footage from the film "Johnny Got His Gun" to depict the horrors of combat and isolation.
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B.
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails is an influential American industrial rock band formed by Trent Reznor, known for its dark, experimental sound and critically acclaimed albums like "The Downward Spiral" and "The Fragile."
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C.
Mr. Brightside
"Mr. Brightside" is a hugely popular 2003 indie rock song by American band The Killers, known for its catchy melody and lyrics about jealousy and heartbreak.
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D.
Numb (music video)
"Numb" (music video) is the visual accompaniment to Linkin Park's hit single "Numb," featuring the band's performance intercut with a narrative about a struggling teenage girl dealing with feelings of isolation and pressure.
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E.
Like a Drug I Never Did Before
"Like a Drug I Never Did Before" is a song featured on the album "Don’t Worry About Me."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | music video ⓘ |
| artist | Nine Inch Nails NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Lost Highway: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
NERFINISHED
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The Perfect Drug (single) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Perfect Drug (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Harris Savides NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Mark Romanek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Robert Duffy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresMember | Trent Reznor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresMotif |
Victorian-era costumes
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absinthe ⓘ fog and mist ⓘ funeral procession ⓘ green-tinted color palette ⓘ laboratory apparatus ⓘ lightning ⓘ lightning-struck tree ⓘ mirror imagery ⓘ mysterious child ⓘ ornate mansion interiors ⓘ ornate picture frames ⓘ raven ⓘ staircases ⓘ stormy landscape ⓘ topiary garden ⓘ |
| featuresTrentReznorInRole | mourning father ⓘ |
| genre |
gothic music video
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rock music video ⓘ |
| hasFanReception | cult favorite among Nine Inch Nails fans ⓘ |
| hasOnlineAvailability | music video platforms ⓘ |
| hasVisualCharacteristic |
Victorian and fin-de-siècle influences
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dark, gothic atmosphere ⓘ highly stylized production design ⓘ surreal imagery ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
collaboration between Trent Reznor and Mark Romanek
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dense, symbolic imagery ⓘ elaborate production design ⓘ gothic and decadent aesthetic ⓘ |
| partOf | visual works of Nine Inch Nails ⓘ |
| performer | Nine Inch Nails NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionDesigner | Steve Hardie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| style |
baroque
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gothic ⓘ surreal ⓘ |
| title | The Perfect Drug NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Perfect Drug (Nine Inch Nails music video) Description of subject: Perfect Drug (Nine Inch Nails music video) is a visually stylized, gothic-tinged music video for Nine Inch Nails’ 1997 song, noted for its surreal imagery and elaborate production design.
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