“It’s an example of one of my favorite aspects of the music I make, which is just 100% serendipity,” DJ Shadow explained. “There are a thousand records sitting next to me that aren’t going to work; the right record got put on at the right moment to change the course of my album. It’s one of my favorite songs I’ve ever made.”

The music video pays homage to the tapes he drew inspiration from. The video showcases three janitors coming into a basement to clean; the setting actually takes place in National Audio Company, a working Missouri factory that still produces cassette tapes. They listen to tapes as they clean, and the area also happens to be an assembly line where tapes are mass produced. Throughout the video, tapes are juggled by one of the actors, labeled, and eventually put in their final box.