who is the guy in the take on me video
Take On Me The video's main theme is a romantic fantasy narrative.[21] It begins with a montage of pencil drawings in a comic-book style representing motorcycle sidecar racing, in which the hero, played by Morten Harket, is pursued by two opponents, one of whom is played by English actor Philip Jackson. It then cuts to a scene in a cafe, in which a young woman, played by Bunty Bailey (Harket's girlfriend at the time),[16] is seen drinking coffee and reading the comic book in a coffee shop. As the girl reads, the waitress brings her the bill. The comic's hero, after winning the race, seemingly winks at the girl from the page. His pencil-drawn hand reaches out of the comic book, inviting the girl into it. Once inside, she too appears in the pencil-drawn form, as he sings to her and introduces her to his black-and-white world which features a sort of looking-glass portal where people and objects look real on one side and pencil-drawn on the other.
Look What You Made Me Do The song's music video premiered on August 27, 2017 at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards.[50] The video broke the record for most-watched video within 24 hours by achieving 43.2 million views on YouTube in its first day.[51] It topped the 27.7 million Vevo views Adele's "Hello" attracted in that timeframe, as well as the 36 million YouTube views of Psy's "Gentleman" video.[52][53][54] It was viewed at an average 30,000 times per minute in its first 24 hours, with views reaching over 3 million views per hour.[51] As of July 2018, it has over 940 million views, making it the 89th most-viewed Vevo video of all time and has reached 7.7 million likes on YouTube, making it the 21st most-liked YouTube video of all time.