The animated music video for Pearl Jam - Do the Evolution was co-directed by Todd McFarlane and Kevin Altieri. McFarlane, creator of the comic Spawn and producer of its HBO animated adaptation, brought the dark, visceral tone, while Altieri — a key figure behind Batman: The Animated Series —... handled the narrative design and storyboards. The production was led by Epoch Ink Animation, working with a large international team of artists specialized in adult animation. The idea originated with Eddie Vedder, who wrote the lyrics alongside Stone Gossard and wanted a video that did not feature the band, opting instead for a fully conceptual approach. Inspired by Spawn, Vedder shared visual references with McFarlane, shaping the project into an allegory of human evolution. The video was created using traditional 2D animation, with hand-drawn and hand-painted cels, reinforcing its raw, symbolic aesthetic and aligning with the social critique at the core of the song by Pearl Jam.show more

I loved this song and video so much! I wish Pearl Jam had got a better response to this so we would have got more super heavy stuf.

McFarlane gets all the credit but he literally did nothing except put his name on it. All the details are in the Making Of book.

Probably one of the best music videos of all time. Nothing like it.

Skypiea reference😏

"In some of the frame the hot girl has a skull for a face" is exactly the kind of thing we thought was cool and edgy in the 90s

An awesome animation for an awesome song: for those who are interested, there is a detyailed analysis of #DotheEvolution, here (in Spanish): #Pearljam #grunge #McFarlane #animation #retro #90s

I fucking hate pearl jam with a passion but I love this song and video, it makes me think they might have a few more songs up their sleeve but their godawful stuff has completely stopped me from looking anything else up. Regardless everything about this song and video rule.

Things certainly take on a life of their own. I never could watch this and not be distracted by the silhouette of a phoenix in the book burning scene. The whole thing felt like a memory of the Wild Hunt

I so remember watching that for the first time. My jaw dropped at some of the imagery. I still have it on a VHS tape in my physical media archives. Much like the movie "Idiocracy"(2006), it ended up being a prophecy. Sigh....

Uno de los mejores videos de todos los tiempos

@douglasisadope This was peak Pearl Jam along with black from mtv unplugged. That simple solo lick went so hard

The shape of the fire at the start looks like Venezuela, surely a coincidence, tho. I always loved this music video.

I remember hearing somewhere that the reason the video was animated was because the guys in Pearl Jam hated recording music videos.

That solo, every time.

Did AI write this post, cause it sure sounds like it?

The artwork looks like Bruce Timm to me.

@derekg14

✨👌🏼

One of the best animated music videos of all time

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This video is so good

Its evolution baby s

Yes. Hand-drawn original creations. Not AI slops

Admire me Admire my home Admire my son He’s my clone! This land is mine, this land is free I'll do what I want but irresponsibly!

I remember this video.

What a epic fucking music video and what a great song. Yeah, we'll all go to hell, but we'll do it in style. 🌎💣

awesome!😍

I miss music videos.

So is she Death or something... worse?

Epic music-video!!! 🔥🔥🔥

This is one of the music videos that should have a billion views on YouTube. Heck Jeremy, Alive, and Even Flow should be up there as well