Muse - Plug In Baby (official: Video)

: The video features the band performing in a bedroom-like setting, interspersed with shots of women whose body parts are replaced with synthetic, tentacle-like tubes and mechanical limbs. Key Visual Themes & Trivia

: The initial idea was to have robotic limbs moving around the band during their performance to suggest a "mechanical sex machine".

: Matt Bellamy has stated it explores the "path evolution can take," specifically the good and bad sides of technology and genetic engineering. Muse - Plug In Baby (Official Video)

: Another interpretation from Bellamy is that the "plug in baby" represents the touring lifestyle and his willingness to sacrifice a personal life for the sake of music.

Watch the official music video to see Howard Greenhalgh's surreal visual interpretation of the track: Muse - Plug In Baby (Official Video) YouTube• Feb 8, 2010 Muse - IMVDb : The video features the band performing in

: The song and video are often interpreted as a critique of modern technology and the loss of individualism as humans become "plugged in" to a collective whole via cables. Interpretation of Meaning

The video is known for its surreal, slightly unsettling imagery that blends performance with science-fiction body horror. : Howard Greenhalgh. : Another interpretation from Bellamy is that the

: It can be seen as an analogy for putting emotion into soulless objects, like a computer or a guitar (the "baby" that is plugged in).