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Imagine Dragons Notch Fifth YouTube Billion-View Video With ‘Whatever It Takes’


Imagine Dragons have notched their fifth YouTube billion-view video thanks to the water-logged clip for their 2017 single 'Whatever It Takes.'

It opens with singer Dan Reynolds swimming through a flooded room past curios from the Overlook Hotel, the infamous site of the murderous action in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. As a downpour drenches the men mid-song, the gentle shower turns into a torrent, with the water slowly rising to their knees, then their chests, as a pair of spooky sirens dive into the now chin-high flood. Struggling to hold their instruments high enough to avoid the deluge, the men finally submit, slipping under the waves, with Reynolds continuing to sing, fully submerged while the women pull at his sleeves.

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