Right? Sooo creepy... how am I going to sleep now :/

Yes, is better than Frozen!!!!!! ✊✊✊

@@anaguillerminafernandez-ca4323 ...but Frozen isn't a horror film?

I agree

Bruh

sorry to interrupt but what instrument is playing in the background with the vocals? You were the most recent comment I saw.

gp isthebest it’s piano!

"My son, the Erlking's a wisp of fog." Me: well then if you actually KNEW it was the erlking then your son will still be alive

@@gpisthebest piano

@@gpisthebest come on its the piano. The music is by Franz Schubert and actually, this animation is based on the music and not vice Versa.

... As a 10 year old who just happened to stumble upon this video im terrified. I didnt have to specify but lol.

@@katsura3875 im also ten and my school made me watch it

@@vilalazarevik6596 why is your school cooler than mine?

this thing scarier than horror movie

I don't like that they put the wolfs there. I like the symbolism of the dancing daughters better.

Privet, Dima!

@Victor Franco it is shostakovich after all

What makes you think the Erlkonig’s son wants Gucci?

😂😂😂

@@Lagrimoso it's Schubert I thought

Same! I watched it in my Choir Class today and I'm scared of this! I usually never get scared!

Kawaii Unicorn haha same

It's supposed to give you nightmares xD Tbh - pretty impressive that a piece from 1782 can touch one's emotions that much without any "special effects" and shit like that, innit? :P Both Goethe and Schubert cannot be praised enough for this masterpiece.

same! we watched it in general music in middle school a few years ago and it still haunts me

@@jennedortmund7510 I totally agree! It's incredible when an older piece can evoke emotion and reaction from a modern audience

Yes..

German humor is no laughing matter!

Schubert must not have been a very good comedian then.

@@sudanemamimikiki1527 oh so basically edgy kids lol

Still unsure who claimed it would be comedy...

Shachar Har-Shuv Why?

Same

Song?

Im really wierd. I cry when i listen songs but usually rock songs lol. Even some metal makes me cry lol somekind of thing screams from my inside. Wut exactly is this

Pieces.

What is the backstory behind it?

@@jm6456 if i rember a boy was very sick and the father was going with him to a farm house and the elf king and quinn where trying to take him and got him

same i loved the story

@@jm6456 its a poem of Goethe. Its about a father desperateky trying to bring his son home as the child is slowly dying. The Elf king represents death chasing after the boy

I envy you, our teacher lady was boring and rude af.

Art direction? This is a one-man's job, not a basement filled with korean low-paid animators.

Jesus, the child's body going limp creeped me tf out.

​@@dondeestaCarterhuh? Art direction is still the same.

@@raawesome3851 To have an art director you need a team of artists to direct. Unless art direction means something else, I can't believe I have to explain the obvious.

Man all these composers really predict the future don't they

Oh shoot! I probably shouldn't hav watched it, cause I'm sick too 😱 Yay for the sleepless nights :]

And then she realized, she didnt have a daughter

@@jrodriguezpianothat’s too far!😂

Who was Erlking simself?Oo Was he Elven King? Was he evil or kind?Oo Did he try to save child from the cruel real world of humans?

@@tttttt2244 The erlking was not kind, not at all, EDIT depending on how you look at it the song is an allegory warning either of illness or pedophiles, so no, not kind

@@tttttt2244 I love your comment???

@@AeneasGemini or parents neglecting their child and ignoring the signs that their child is not ok.

@@ymaysernameuay1113 a few people have commented that. The Father is not neglectful, he cares for his child. I hate when people comment that he is neglectful, he (imo atleast) is not. He tries to calm down his child, and tries to get him home to safety as quickly as possible. The Father is not neglectful.

pretty sure comedy is the thing it picks if you dont choose a category

r/whoooosh

Something very wrong considering the lyrics of the song

The uploader seems to have a very twisted kind of humor

To be honest this is the accurate description of comedy in the past

Tresua Bouldin I just finished the romantic era in my class

@@lucasrizzi2496 cool! I'm assuming you enjoyed it considering you're here

I thought Schubert was mostly classical, no?

@@tdog7326 he was indeed. Goethe was classical as well in poetry this is not romantic by any means. I go to a German school and we do German poetry in depth now and Goethe wrote poems in the Sturm und Drand and the classical period. I also play the piano and I have a degree. Now I am preparing for a diploma and I am learning this piece but the solo version from Liszt

Of course!!! This animation is better than computer animations!!!!!!! Let's make more!!!!

Yes and no, its up to the reader what happend.

like son like father

Plot twist: he runs to the erlkonig and lets the erlkonig kill him

DONT U EVER

I told you to bring along a bottle of syrup paracetamol ebefore the trip but you wouldn't listen.

Here! watched it for treble choir class and now I'm in love with it.

Ich

And powerful and dramatic too.

"Be quiet, stay quiet" is a bad translation. "Be calm, stay calm" would be better

@@lukasbeck4421 yeah im german and ruhig means calm and not quiet

@@kurbikiscool I'm German as well. "Ruhig" means BOTH "quiet" AND "calm" but it's the context that makes the difference. "To be quiet" means to make no noise by speaking or in a different kind while "to be calm" means to relax. Like "sei leise" and "sei entspannt" don't mean the same thing.

indeed

Me too

Samee

I mean when you know the story it really doesn't fit with the show's plot, so far no kiddies getting stolen and raped in The Gifted, but still cool piece

AeneasGemini actually it does, technically, the music follows by how Lauren and a Andy have this dark powers from their family and it carries on , the parents of Andy and Lauren are warning them of their powers and if they keep on with their dark powers the parents are scared it could leave them to destroying themselves . Another theory is that when the dad explained about how the song is about an evil force that evil force can symbolize the powers that Andy and Lauren possess and that they are mutants and in the song the father ignores the child, what the child thought he felt or saw was make believe and the father didn’t believe him until he died . And if Lauren and Andy parents fail to ignore the “dark force” of their powers it can destroy them leading them to their death. Lauren realizes the song activates her powers stronger ,a connection between her great grandmother , that’s how she learned about her new ability to control her powers like a disc. Or another theory is that the great grandparents were murders and so they knew of the “dark path” of their powers , now from the letter of Anderas is convincing the family members to possess that powerful power that Andy and Lauren have , the great grandparents were dark powerful mutants , now the parents know that what Lauren and Andy possess is dark and they don’t want them to end up hurt or killed. That’s all of my theories that can connect to the song . It’s all symbolic .

@@coral_870 Well listen, I'm sure you can stretch the symbolism to fit the show if you like. But the fact is that the original story is an obvious allegory for pedophilia, and that just doesn't work. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad they included it (it led me to discover this piece!), but if you sand off the edges of a square peg to fit a round hole is it still the same square peg?

The Jingo it is the romantic era boi

Classic music is always good

It romantic funny