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Let’s Get Down to Business
Let’s get down to this business — Tiësto’s hit track “The Business” isn’t just a club banger with a hypnotic beat. Oh no. It comes with one of the most bizarre, brilliant, and unexpectedly heartfelt music videos in recent history.
Picture this: a dead guy, a mysterious woman, suburban streets, and some of the most awkward-yet-iconic dance moves you’ve ever seen. Let’s unpack the weirdness.
The Plot: Business Meets Bizarre
The video opens in a dark, foggy garage. A man in a suit (played by viral dance sensation Casey Frey) is zipped into a body bag. Dead. Officially out of office.
But wait — in true music video magic, he rises from the dead. Not with screams or horror movie vibes. Nope. He rises to dance.
What follows is a full-blown zombie groove session. Casey’s character prances, spins, and wiggles his way through suburbia like Frankenstein with rhythm. People stare. Lights flicker. And you, the viewer, are left thinking: Why is this strangely moving?
The Deeper Meaning: Life After Burnout?
While the video might seem like a quirky dance fest, there’s actually a pretty clever metaphor underneath:
- Resurrection as Rebirth: The man “comes back to life” through movement, energy, and self-expression. It’s like Tiësto’s saying, “You’re not dead inside, you just haven’t danced in a while.”
- Breaking Free from the Ordinary: The sterile garage and cookie-cutter suburbia? That’s life on autopilot. The dancing? That’s breaking the mold.
- Finding Connection: When the mysterious woman appears (seemingly unfazed by his corpse-vibes), she joins in his weird, wonderful world. A love story? Maybe. A metaphor for being seen and accepted in your most chaotic form? Definitely.
Casey Frey: The Star of the Show
If you’ve spent any time on the internet in the past few years, you probably recognize Casey Frey’s unique dance style: part interpretive, part comedic, part “is he okay?”
He brings the video to life (literally and metaphorically), His weirdness is his superpower — and that’s the entire mood of this video.
Final Thoughts: Death, Dance, and a Beat Drop
Tiësto’s “The Business” music video is more than meets the eye. It’s a dance party for the disillusioned. A revival for the burned out. A reminder that sometimes, getting down to business means letting go — of expectations, of the mundane, of your inner corporate zombie.
So next time you feel stuck, exhausted, or just plain “over it,” take a page from Casey Frey’s undead playbook:
Get up. Get weird. Get down to business.