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Harry Styles released the music video for the Harry's House single, Satellite, on May 3, 2023, as an ode to his crew. The music video was released amidst his ongoing Love On Tour outing and was a love-filled appreciation for the crew working behind the scenes every day.
The music video presented the story of a vacuum cleaner named 'Stomper.' The video was directed by Aube Perrie and followed a similar story as the 2008 animated movie, Wall-E.
While the video can have so many meanings for different people, it seems to be focused on the themes of unrequited love, much like the Wall-E movie.
As Wall-E follows Eve across the galaxy, Harry Styles' friendly crewmate, Stomper, tries his best to reach out to Curiosity.
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The Satellite video begins with the singer getting ready for the Kia Forum concert backstage. It features Stomper cleaning the floor, while the TV plays a documentary about the Mars rover, Curiosity.
The documentary's monologue grabs Stomper's attention as it mentions:
"Curiosity was born on Mars. It has spent over ten lonely years roaming the surface of the red planet."
Exploring Harry Styles' WALL-E-inspired Satellite music video
Curiosity was the second rover NASA sent to Mars which landed on the planet in 2011. Unlike Stomper, who spent his days working with so many people on the crew, the Mars rover spent her days in loneliness on an empty, barren planet.
We don't know if it was love at first sight or empathy, but Curiosity's story brings life to Stomper and we see him rising in a similar fashion as Wall-E. Stomper glances at Curiosity on the TV screen as the Mars rover looks at the vast empty sky.
Seemingly smitten, Stomper begins exploring the venue as he heads to the stage where Harry Styles is performing. The small robot does not stop there and makes its way out of the venue. He braves through rain, passing cars, sunshine, rodents, dogs, and snow, while continuing his journey.
Seemingly lost in thought of Curiosity, Stomper traverses through the Grand Canyon National Park and the desolate lands of Los Angeles.
By the end of the video, he finally reaches the Kennedy Space Center, where the documentary mentions the launch of Curiosity.
Stomper meets Hary Styles lying on a patch of grass near the space center and the two gaze at the starry sky. It is not clear what Styles may have been thinking about at the time, but Stomper is seemingly thinking about Curiosity, as the lyrics convey:
"Spinning out, waiting for you to pull me in / I can see you’re lonely down there / Don’t you know that I am right here? / Right here / Right here /Spinning out, waiting for you / I’m here / Right here / Wishing I could be there for you."
Unlike Wall-E and Eve, Stomper does not seem to get a happy ending. The robot's journey to reach Curiosity ends at the space center when his battery dies and he shuts down.
The music video ends with the shut-down Stomper lying on the grass, with the Kennedy Space Center in the background.
While the ending shows Stomper failing to convey his unrequited love to Curiosity, it leaves much to the viewer's imagination. If the viewer believes so, the powered-out battery may not have to be the end of Stomper's love story as it can always be charged again.
The music video has received over 24 million views on YouTube.
